Djaka Souaré

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Djaka Souaré

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Djaka Souaré is an actress & filmmaker. She currently stars in the festival darling horror/comedy "Cut Me If You Can" directed by Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet (Clermont-Ferrand, SCAD, Moscow FF.) Other credits include the HULU special "Black Stories Present: Your Attention Please", directed by TriBeCa 2019 award-winner Phillip Youmans.  She acts in and produced Zainab Jah & Timothy Naylor's "Reunion", Oscar-qualified for 2025, with EP Danai Gurira & associate produced by Lupita Nyong'o. Djaka's first short film as a director, "Jazz in Wakanda", was selected at Urban World, Nitehawk Shorts, NY African FF, etc, sold to COMCAST and is streaming on TUBI. In 2023, she was selected for the CANEX/AFRIFF program "Script to Screen" to develop her first feature, and was one of the 25 screenwriters to win the pitching competition. Of Guinean & French descent, Djaka is the face of rebel fighter Halima in the video game "Call of Duty." Djaka speaks English, French & Spanish fluently.

Talented In Paris
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Actor26-46 yearsFrench, American
Place of residence New York (US)
Genderfemale
Housing optionsParis (FR), Los Angeles (US), London (GB)
AssociationsActors' Equity Association (AEA), SAG-AFTRA
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colorbrown
Hair colordark brown
Height (cm)180
LanguagesEnglish(native-language)French(native-language)
DialectsEnglish-Standard(native dialect)
AccentsAfricanBelgianFrench
SportFitnessStage combatYoga
DanceHip hop
PitchAlto
SingingJazz
Special skills(cartoon) voice actingCatwalkChoreography
Training

Identity School of Acting - Los Angeles

Other professional training
2021
BlackMagic Emerging Actors
2020
BGB Studio
2018
Shakespeare Intensive
2017
HB Studio
2015
Broadway Dance Center
Film
2023
Cut Me If You Can picture
Cut Me If You Can
Michelle (MR)
Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol & Jean Jerome Loubet dit Gajol
2022
Reunion picture
Reunion
Supporting role
Zainab Jah & Tim Naylor Danaï Gurira Zainab Jah & Tim Naylor
2022
A Smaller Big Bang picture
A Smaller Big Bang
Tara (MR)
Jeff Perreca Jeff Perreca
2020
Nairobi picture
Nairobi
Eloïse
Phillip Youmans Solange Knowles SAINT HERON Phillip Youmans
2019
Words picture
Words
Her (MR)
Amhalise Morgan Audra Dosunmu Amhalise Morgan
2019
Jazz in Wakanda picture
Jazz in Wakanda
Julie (MR)
Djaka Souaré Ahmed Barbary COMCAST/TUBI Djaka Souaré
2018
An Afternoon in Monte Carlo picture
An Afternoon in Monte Carlo
Margot (MR)
Emmanuel Martin di Feliciantonio FilmHub, Amazon Emmanuel Martin di Feliciantonio
2018
Z-Born picture
Z-Born
Zoe Terrea (MR)
Shaan Couture Jordan Hart, Katrina Medoff, Tracy Sayre Aaron Ballard & Laura E Bray
Television
2020
Black stories present: YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE picture
Black stories present: YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
Main role
Phillip Youmans HULU HULU Phillip Youmans
Theater
The Tempest picture
The Tempest (Drama)
Ariel Spirit
Carl Cofield Classical Theater of Harlem Marcus Garvey, NYC
Romeo 'N Juliet picture
Romeo 'N Juliet (Drama)
Capulet
Justin Emeka Classical Theater of Harlem Marcus Garvey, NYC
Uncle Vanya picture
Uncle Vanya
Yelena
Morgan Green New Saloon The Invisible Dog, NYC
A world of Economics
The Girl
Pascal Rambert La Mama, NYC
West Side Story (Choreography)
Anita
Claudia Stavisky Chatelet Theater, Paris
Amadeus picture
Amadeus (Drama)
Katherina Cavalieri
Thoroughly Modern Millie picture
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Choreography)
Muzzy (SR)
Audio
Black Beach picture
Black Beach
Eva/Nun/Girl in club
Esteban Crespo NETFLIX
2020
Into The Beat picture
Into The Beat
Feli
Stefan Westerwelle NETFLIX Hannah Schweier & Stefan Westerwelle
Other
2020
Call of Duty: Vanguard picture
Call of Duty: Vanguard (Video game)
Halima Zambardi
Activision
Commercial
SEPHORA "Beautés en tête" picture
SEPHORA "Beautés en tête"
TAILLEFINE picture
TAILLEFINE
DANONE