Zainab Jah is a British award-winning theater, television and film actress of Sierra Leonean descent.
[1] She is mostly known for her theater performances as Maima (Wife Number Two) in Danai Gurira's Broadway play Eclipsed, Venus, and School Girls, among others.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] She has also worked in film and television.
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.