Biography
Saidah Arrika Ekulona is an Award-winning theatre, television, and film actress. She is best known for The Taking of Pelham 1:23, Two Lovers, Righteous Kill, and The Royal Tenenbaums. She also has a recurring role as Abishola’s mother on the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.
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The Family Meeting
2023-02-02
During a family meeting, a grandmother and granddaughter are forced to face their fears about growin
Saving Face
2004-09-12
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret love
Saving Lincoln
2013-02-15
The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal War
The Life of Chuck
2025-06-05
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of lov
Malignant
2013-10-04
After the death of his wife, a grieving man becomes the victim of a horrific experiment to cure his
Miss Meadows
2014-09-12
Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sw
Christian Mingle
2014-10-10
A young, modern single woman enters the world of online dating looking for an instant soul mate.
Honeyglue
2016-06-03
After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upsid
Righteous Kill
2008-09-11
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murde
Amber Alert
2024-09-27
A ride-share turns into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after it follows a car fitting the descr
Red Blooded
The sheriff of a small town finds her red-state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle-
Two Lovers
2008-11-19
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with
Dark Was the Night
2018-11-30
In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in orde
The Rebound
2009-09-16
Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There,
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001-10-05
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children
The Lost
2017-12-01
A nighttime protest downtown has escalated to require police backup for crowd control. As cop partne
Body/Antibody
2007-06-07
Kip Polyard is an obsessive-compulsive shut-in whose antiseptic world is invaded by Celine, the beau
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009-06-10
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom
Alfie
2004-10-22
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Orpheus Star
2020-12-13
Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to se
Alive
2019-05-10
It centers on a San Francisco homicide detective who's mysteriously brought back to life after being
Oh. What. Fun.
2025-12-03
Claire Clauster is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together at the holidays. But thi