Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina Jaffrey is an American actress. She was born on 14th February 1962 in New York City, The United States of America. Sakina’s parents are Indian, and she was their youngest daughter. Sakina’s father is Saeed Jaffrey Saeed Jaffrey, a British actor, who hailed from In >> Read More... who is an actor, and Sakina’s mother is Madhur Jaffrey Madhur was born on 13 August 1933 as Madhur Bahadu >> Read More... is an actress as well as food and travel writer. Sakina’s parents got divorced and separated when she was three years old, and she also got separated from her father. She stayed and grew up with her mother. Her father moved to the United Kingdom. Sakina pursued her graduation from Vassar College in 1984. She learned Mandarin Chinese in her college because before becoming an actress, she thought of becoming a translator. Sakina worked with her father in the movie Masala released in 1991.

She worked with her mother in the film The Perfect Murder released in 1988. She worked in the movie The Truth About Charlie starring Mark Wahlberg One of the multi-awarded youngest and finest star; >> Read More... in the lead role. She appeared in the movie Raising Helen released in 2004, and The Ode released in 2008 with her son Cassius Wilkinson and daughter Jamila Wilkinson. Sakina has also worked in the Netflix series titled House of Cards as the White House Chief of Staff. Sakina also acted in the TV show Sleepy Hollow aired on Fox TV as the new sheriff named Leena Reyes. She appeared in the TV show Timeless aired on NBC in 2016 & 2017 and portrayed the role of Denise Christopher, an FBI agent. She also worked in the movie titled Meyerowitz Stories written and directed by Noah Baumbach Born in the year 1969, Noah Baumbach is the son of >> Read More... . It is a comedy-drama film, and Sakina portrayed the role of Dr. Soni in the movie.

She also worked in the movie Raising Helen released in 2004, which was directed by Garry Marshall Born on 13th November 1934, Garry Marshall's f >> Read More... . The story is about Helen, who has to raise her dead sister’s three children and faces lots of problems and difficulties to raise the children. She worked in the popular movie “Definitely Maybe” released in 2008, whose director is Adam Brooks. The story revolves around a man who has been divorced and is questioned by his daughter about his life before marriage. Sakina has worked in the movie titled The Nanny Diaries released in 2007, directed by Shari Springer Berman Shari Springer Berman is an American Filmmaker. Sh >> Read More... and Robert Pulcini Robert Pulcini is an American Film Director. He wa >> Read More... . The story of the film is about a college graduate who works as a nanny for a spoiled brat who belongs to a wealthy family. Sakina had been nominated for Outstanding Performance by Ensemble in a Drama series titled House of Cards in Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015.

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