Radha Blank

Radha Blank

Born: September 1, 1976
in New York, New York, U.S.
Radha Blank (born September 1, 1976) is an American filmmaker, writer, and actress. Born and raised in New York City, Blank is known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the critically acclaimed feature film The 40-Year-Old Version.

Blank got her start in the TV and film industry as an actress playing the role of Loquesha in the 1998 film Mixing Nia. She began her writing career as a playwright, writing several plays that never made it to the stage and the Off Broadway production Seed which received critical acclaim. Blank has performed as a comedian and rapper under the name RadhaMUSprime.

For her directorial feature debut, The 40-Year-Old Version, Blank won the 2020 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay. Her other accolades include a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, an NEA New Play Development Award, the Sundance Institute's 2020 Vanguard Award, and a NYFA Fellowship.

Movies for Radha Blank...

The Forty-Year-Old Version
Title: The Forty-Year-Old Version
Character: Radha
Released: January 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
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Title: Timeless
Character: Bessie Smith
Released: October 3, 2016
Type: TV
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?
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Mixing Nia
Title: Mixing Nia
Character: Loquesha
Released: April 26, 1998
Type: Movie
An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from her job and goes searching for her racial identity.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.