Sujata Day
Sujata Choudhury (born June 27, 1984), credited professionally as Sujata Day, is an American actress, model and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as CeeCee in the Issa Rae web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011-2013) and Sarah in Insecure. Day made her directorial debut with the 2020 comedy-drama, Definition Please.
Also recorded as Sujata Choudhury
Sujata Day
- Name
- Sujata Day
- Birth Name
- Sujata Choudhury
- Born
- 27 June 1984
- Birthplace
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- Actress, model, screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Sujata Choudhury (born June 27, 1984), credited professionally as Sujata Day, is an American actress, model and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as CeeCee in the Issa Rae web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011-2013) and Sarah in Insecure. Day made her directorial debut with the 2020 comedy-drama, Definition Please.
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Key facts
• Name — Sujata Day • Birth Name — Sujata Choudhury • Born — 27 June 1984 • Birthplace — Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States • Occupation — Actress, model, screenwriter • Other Names — Sujata Ray
Early life
Early life
Day is of Bengali descent. The daughter of an Indian-born mechanical engineer and a housewife, Day became involved in the performing arts at a very young age. She was involved with dance (ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and East Indian folk and classical dance) and later with acting, singing and musical theater. Of her childhood, she has stated that if she had seen more Brown representation on television, she might have had more inspiration to pursue a career in the arts. She nevertheless studied the arts and performed in school and community productions before pursueing a professional acting career in Hollywood.
Career
Career
Day has appeared in a wide variety of television shows such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Campus Ladies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7th Heaven, Greek, and The Loop. In 2007, she played a supporting role in the Warner Bros.-produced Sublime. She can be seen alongside Danny Glover and Snoop Doggy Dogg in the independent film Down for Life which premiered to rave reviews at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2009 she appeared in the horror/comedy film The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, which screened at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. She starred as CeCe in the Issa Rae-created web comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. She continued her work with Rae on the HBO series, Insecure. In 2017, Day wrote, produced, directed and starred in a film called Cowboy and Indian, to be developed into a television series. On May 30, 2019, it was announced that Day will direct a film called Definition Please, for which she also wrote the script. It stars Ritesh Rajan and Jake Choi and was shot on location in Day's hometown of Greensburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2019.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — Russians in the City of Angels — Tiffany — Episode: "Papa" • Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Shy Girl — Episode: "Storyteller" • 2004 — The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — East Indian Girl — Episode: "Episode # 12.69" • 2006 — 7th Heaven — Student #1 — Episode: "Got MLK" • The Underground — Dancer — - • 2007 — Campus Ladies — Hot Girl — Episode: "Foreign Policy" • The Loop — Veronica — Episode: "Lady Business" • Greek — College Student #2 — Episode: "Depth Perception" • 2009 — The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Student #1 — Episode: "Ciao" • 2010 — Desperate Housewives — Dancer — Episode: "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" • Raveena and the Vampire — Raveena — Main cast • 2011–13 — Awkward Black Girl — CeCe — Main cast • 2012–13 — The Guild — Sula Morrison — Main cast: season 6 • 2013 — Sistah Did What? — Agent — Episode: "The Best View Is the Rear View" • The Slutty Years — Cats Girl — Episode: "Party" • Arrested Development — Flight Attendant #2 — Episode: "A New Start" • True Friendship Society — Bestie — Episode: "Pilot Part 1 & 2" • Little Horribles — Sad Sack — Episode: "Spinning" • 2014 — Naked Problems — Jessie — Main cast • Don't Talk in the Kitchen Presents — Sujata — Episode: "Justin Bieber: Never Say N@Gger" • 2014–16 — Larry & Lucy — Lucy — Main cast • 2015 — Big Breakin — Vanessa — Main cast • The Grinder — Dawn — Episode: "A Hero Has Fallen" • Namaste, Bitches — Trina — Episode: "High Low Flow" • Unfollowers — Sujata — Main cast • Get Your Life — Lady in Blackish — Episode: "Girl Get Your Blackish" • 2016 — Smoky Knights — Erika — Episode: "Everyone Gets Seth Laid" • Brian Remus: Science Genius — Lindsey — Episode: "Mister Butters" • 2016–21 — Insecure — Sarah — Recurring cast: season 1-3, guest: season 5 • 2017 — Life in Pieces — Hostess — Episode: "#TBT: Y2K Sophia Honeymoon Critter" • Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Sarah — Episode: "Serve & Protect" • 2018 — Dell: Tales of Transformation — - — Episode: "Rio Grande Steams Into the Future" • Solve — Julia — Episode: "Deal With the Devil" • 2019 — I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Laura — Episode: "It's the Cigars You Smoke That Are Going to Give You Cancer"
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2019 — NBA 2K20 — Stacy Gibralto — MyCAREER Story
Production
Production
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — An American Idol Christmas — Script coordinator — Television film • 2010 — Raveena and the Vampire — Writer, producer — 2 episodes • 2011 — Wallflower — Writer, director, producer — Short film • 2014–15 — Larry & Lucy — Writer, executive producer — 3 episodes • 2015 — Big Breaking — Executive producer — 5 episodes • Unfollowers — Producer
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation actor. The same evidence establishes that sujata Day is recorded with the occupation stage actor. The register further records that sujata Day is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation film actor. It is also recorded that sujata Day is recorded as a citizen of United States. The same evidence establishes that sujata Day is recorded with the gender female. Institutional cataloguing adds that sujata Day was born on 27 June 1984. Recorded with the occupation film director.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Weapon of Mass Destruction — The Virgin • 2006 — Alien Secrets — Leena Gupita — Video • 2007 — Sublime — Quechan Indian Girl — Video • 2008 — Extremely Hermosa — Jugadamba — Short • 2009 — Struggle — Park Girl — Short • Down for Life — Melissa • The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu — Stacy Rahman • 2011 — Big Breakin — Vanessa — Short • 2012 — Nesting — Sasha • Directing Reality — TV Reporter — Short • 2013 — Wallflower — Herself — Short • 2014 — Facebook Fatigue — Single Girl — Short • Words with Girls — Ari — TV movie • 2015 — Hello Again — Sophie — Short • 2016 — 9 Rides — Sleepy Woman • Tiny House — Priya — TV movie • 2017 — 20 Weeks — Ruby • Parts — Herself — Short • A Little Bit Pregnant — Amina — Short • Since We've Been Apart — Brielle — Short • Cowboy and Indian — Indian — Short • 2018 — Wrong Side of 25 — Katie — Short • Killing Diaz — Claire • Lemonade — Liz — Short • Ganja Mama — Sunita — Short • The Homestay — Nina — Short • Revenge Tour — Jamila — TV Short • Bender — Reveler — Video Short • Leadwell — Liz — Short • Bull Mountain Lookout — Erin — Short • 2019 — Blowing Up Right Now — Mandy • Ring Ring — Marion • Signal — Amy — Short • Bill, the Alien — Mya — Short • 2020 — The Bellman — Stacey • aTypical Wednesday — Heather • Death of a Telemarketer — Shelly • Definition Please — Monica Chowdry • 2021 — For the Hits — Layla • Thud — Post-production
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- 1.Zornosa, Laura. Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But. New York Times. 26 January 2022.
- 2.Sujata Day. www.modelmayhem.com.
- 3.Ramos, Dino-Ray. 'Definition Please' Trailer: 'Insecure' Alum Sujata Day Makes Directorial Debut With South Asian Family Dramedy. Deadline. 2020-07-29.
- 4.Bose, Priyanka. Writer, actress Sujata Day on her new film and telling Bengali American stories. Cold Tea Collective. 2021-05-24.
- 5.Rice, Punita. Sujata Day on Representation, Hollywood, and Rewriting the Narrative. Punita Rice. 2018-10-20.
- 6.Masterson Management - Sujata Day
- 7.Slamdance '10: My Eyes Are in Love, 'The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu' Trailer Debut!
- 8.San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Tim Bradstreet and Thomas Jane Talk The Punisher and Much More! - Dread Central. Dread Central. 2012-07-14.
- 9.Slamdance '10 REVIEW: 'The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu' - Bloody Disgusting!. Bloody Disgusting!. 2010-02-01.
- 10.Kickstarter: "Support The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"
- 11.The Official Awkward Black Girl Website
- 12.Awkward Black Girl's DNA Is Alive and Well in Issa Rae's HBO Show Insecure. Vulture.
- 13.Ramos, Dino-Ray. 'Insecure's Sujata Day To Direct 'Definition Please' Starring Ritesh Rajan & Jake Choi, Justin Chon Producing. Deadline. 2019-05-30.
- 14.Rice, Punita. Sujata Day on Representation, Hollywood, and Rewriting the Narrative. Punita Rice. 2018-10-20.
- 15.Grobar, Matt. Grim Reaper-Devil Romance ‘Thud’ Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar & Rudy Pankow Rounds Out Cast With Six Final Additions. Deadline Hollywood. August 5, 2026.
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