Zainab Jah

She plays anti-corruption minister Aminata Sissoko in the second season of Deep State, and Aby Bah in Homeland. She has also appeared on Blindspot and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

• Name — Zainab Jah • Birthplace — London, UK • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2000–present

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — 100 Centre Street — Episode: "Lost Causes" • 2005 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Homeless Person — Episode: "Goliath" • 2016–17 — Homeland — Aby Bah — Recurring role; 4 episodes • 2017 — Elementary — Female Crematory Worker — Episode: "High Heat" • 2018 — Blindspot — President Botros — Episode: "Defection" • 2018 — Instinct — Rebreau — Episode: "Bye Bye Birdie" • 2019 — Deep State — Aminata Sissoko — Season 2 regular; 7 episodes • 2020 — The Good Lord Bird — Harriet Tubman — Episode: "Smells Like Bear" • 2021 — Only Murders in the Building — Ndidi Idoko — Recurring role; 4 episodes • 2023 — East New York — Adama Gueye — Episode: "We Didn't Start the Fire" • 2023 — The Blacklist — Aissa Joachim — Episode: "Dr. Michael Abani (No. 198)" • 2023 — The Continental — Mazie — Mini-series; 2 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Medea — Death • 2006 — King Lear — Regan • 2007 — (The Blood) Electra — Electra • 2008 — Trojan Women — Helen • 2009 — Eclipsed — Maima (Wife #2) • 2015 • 2016 • 2016 — Stuffed — Katey • 2017 — Venus — Sarah Baartman • 2017 — School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play — Eloise Amponsah • 2019 — Boesman and Lena — Venus