Nilaja Sun

Nilaja Sun

Nilaja Sun (born Nilaja Sun Gordon) is an actress, playwright, and a teaching artist from the Lower East Side in New York City. Sun has taught theatre in New York City public schools since 1998 and is best known for her award-winning one-person play, No Child... She is half Puerto Rican and half African-American.

Movies for Nilaja Sun...

The Snakes
Title: The Snakes
Character: Heather
Released: November 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Set in an alternate future where Roe v. Wade has been overturned, a depressed Black woman, deals with the culture of fear by channeling her rage into violent fantasies.
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Title: BrainDead
Character: Breanna Burke
Released: June 13, 2016
Type: TV
A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovering two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.
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Hairbrained
Title: Hairbrained
Character: Skidmore Moderator
Released: November 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.
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The Bourne Legacy
Title: The Bourne Legacy
Character: Blue Lab Doctor
Released: August 8, 2012
Type: Movie
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
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Nature Calls
Title: Nature Calls
Character: Moses' Mother
Released: March 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
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Title: Louie
Character: Woman on Phone
Released: June 29, 2010
Type: TV
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
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Knight and Day
Title: Knight and Day
Character: Allison
Released: June 15, 2010
Type: Movie
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
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The International
Title: The International
Character: Detective Gloria Hubbard
Released: February 3, 2009
Type: Movie
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Irene
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Triage Nurse
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Nurse
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.