SAIDAH ARRIKA EKULONA

BROADWAY
WELL (originated roles) Longacre Theatre/ Dir. Leigh Silverman

FILM
THE LOST Short/ Dir. Neil M. Paik
BEHOLD MY HEART Indie/ Dir. Joshua Leonard
HONEYGLUE Indie/ Dir. James Bird
MISS MEADOWS Indie/ Dir. Karen Leigh Hopkins
CHRISTIAN MINGLE Indie/ Dir. Corbin Bernsen
SAVING LINCOLN Indie/ Dir. Salvador Litvak
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID Indie/ Dir. Carrie Preston
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 Columbia Pictures/ Dir. Tony Scott
RIGHTEOUS KILL Millenium Films/ Dir. Jon Avnet
TWO LOVERS Magnolia Pictures/ Dir. James Gray
THE REBOUND The Film Department/ Dir. Bart Freundlich
UNCERTAINTY Indie/ Dir. Scott McGehee & David Siegel
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Touchtone Pictures/ Dir. Wes Anderson
HAPPY ACCIDENTS IFC Productions/ Dir. Brad Anderson

TELEVISION
BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA- Recurring Role CBS/ Dir. Beth McCarthy-Miller
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (PILOT)-Recurring AMAZON/ Dir. Jamie Babbit
GUMSHOE (PILOT)-Recurring role HBO MAX/ Dir. Randall Einhorn
ALIVE (PILOT)-Series Regular CBS/ Dir. Uta Briesewitz
ROOM 104 HBO/ Dir. Sydney Fleischmann
BETTER CALL SAUL-Recurring role AMC/ Dir. Melissa Bernstein/Thomas Schnauz
NO ACTIVITY CBS/ Dir. Trent O’Donnell
WHY WOMEN KILL CBS/ Dir. David Grossman
SNOWFALL-recurring role FX/ Dir. Ben Younger/ Kevin Bray
OUR PEOPLE (PILOT)- Series Regular FOX/ Dir. Trent O’ Donnell
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE NETFLIX/ Dir. Mike Flanagan
A.P. BIO NBC/ Dir. Oz Rodriguez
UNTITLED MARC CHERRY (PILOT)-Series Regular ABC/Dir. Michael Offer
BULL- Recurring role CBS/ Dir. Dan Lerner/Brad Turner/Paul Edwards
KEVIN CAN WAIT-Recurring role CBS/ Dir. Andy Fickman
IMPASTOR-Recurring role TVLand/ Dir. Clark Mathis/ Rob Greenberg
WHEN WE RISE ABC/ Dir. Dee Rees
NCIS CBS/ Dir. Terrence O’Hara
MIKE & MOLLY CBS/Dir. Michele Azenzer Bear
BONES FOX/Dir. Ian Toynton
GUIDANCE-Recurring role Awesomeness TV/ Dir. Anna Mastro
SHAMELESS SHO/ Dir. James Ponsoldt
THE 100 CW/ Dir. P.J. Pesce
NEWSROOM HBO/ Dir. Alan Poul
SCANDAL ABC/ Dir. Steve Robin
LEGIT FX/ Dir. Peter O’Fallon
AUSTIN & ALLY-Recurring role DISNEY/ Dir. Shelley Jensen/ Ken Ceizler
FRIEND ME CBS/ Dir. Fred Savage
GENERAL HOSPITAL ABC/ Variety of directors
A GIFTED MAN CBS/ Dir. Constantine Makris
BLUE BLOODS CBS/ Dir. David Barrett
NURSE JACKIE SHOWTIME/ Dir. Randall Einhorn
LAW & ORDER SVU NBC/ Dir. David Platt/Arthur Forney/Rick Rosenthal
ROYAL PAINS-Recurring role USA/ Dir. Tawnia McKiernan
THE SOPRANOS HBO/ Dir. David Chase
HOPE & FAITH ABC/ Dir. Gil Junger
QUEENS SUPREME- Recurring role CBS/ Dir. Robbins/Shapiro/Alexander/Fields/D’Elia
LAW & ORDER NBC/ Dir. Jace Alexander/Constantine Makris
SEX AND THE CITY HBO/ Dir. Allen Coulter
NEW YORK THEATER (partial list)
AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER Williamstown Theatre Festival/ Dir. Evan Cabnet
OTHELLO TOUR Vienna &Bochum/ Dir. Peter Sellars
RUINED (originated role-Mama Nadi) Manhattan Theatre Club/ Dir. Kate Whoriskey
OBIE Award Winner 2009 Outer Critics Circle Nomination 2009
JEFF Award Winner 2009- Actress In A Leading Role 2008 Drama Desk Nomination 2009
Lucille Lortel Winner 2009- Outstanding Lead Actress Drama League nomination 2009
ROMEO AND JULIET NYSF-Shakespeare in the Park/ Dir. Michael Greif
THE THUGS (originated role) Soho Rep/ Dir. Annie Kaufman
FABULATION (originated roles) Playwrights Horizons/ Dir. Kate Whoriskey
TRAINING
University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, MN MFA Acting 1995
Albright College Reading, PA B.A. Theater 1992
Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center (NTI) Waterford, CT Fall 1991