Sakina Jaffrey
Date of birth: 1962-02-14
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Sakina Jaffrey (born February 14, 1962) is an American actress. Her best known roles include Linda Vasquez in the Netflix original series House of Cards and Denise Christopher in the NBC series Timeless. She is the daughter of actor Saeed Jaffrey and actress/cookbook writer Madhur Jaffrey.
Movie Credits
Raising Helen
2004-05-27
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies.
The Nanny Diaries
2007-08-24
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she
The Hating Game
2021-12-09
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthles
Cotton Mary
1999-12-17
A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
Breakaway
2011-09-30
A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of
The Toe Tactic
2009-01-29
Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off:
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995-07-14
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved
Definitely, Maybe
2008-02-08
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a secon
Masala
1991-09-06
An Indian-Canadian heroin addict becomes involved in the lives of his mother's family, watched over
Ash Tuesday
2003-05-09
After September 11th, six Lower Manhattan residents must deal with pain on their own. Yet in doing s
Claire in Motion
2017-01-13
Claire is sure of herself, her work and family, until — like a bad dream — her husband disappears, l
There She Goes
Molly and Advay meet again twenty five years after being high school sweethearts. They seemed destin
Chutney Popcorn
2001-01-11
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is
Red Sparrow
2018-02-15
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017-10-13
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their
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 Ode
2008-07-17
A young, gay Indian flees to Hollywood, away from an overprotective mother and memories of his fathe
The Equalizer 2
2018-07-19
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relen
Late Night
2019-01-25
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female s
The Manchurian Candidate
2004-07-30
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terribl
The Truth About Charlie
2002-10-25
Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwi
The Mystic Masseur
2001-10-05
Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along
Slaves of New York
1989-03-18
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007-09-26
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong,
Daylight
1996-12-06
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks
Soul
2020-12-25
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at th
Revolution #9
2002-11-15
A handsome and successful young man with a lovely fiancée, James Jackson seems to have everything go
I'm Dead Right?
Desperate to sell her childhood home, Nikita, a queer South Asian woman, discovers what is making th
The Perfect Murder
1988-08-03
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been
The Guru
2002-08-21
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dre
Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers
2026-08-06
The third installment in the Super Troopers franchise. Plot TBA.
Hiding Divya
2006-11-03
The story of three generations of women and the taboos created in the South Asian-American community
Where God Left His Shoes
2007-04-27
When Frank, Angela, and their two children are evicted from their New York City apartment, they have
The Understudy
2012-03-16
A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.
The Domino Effect
2012-10-18
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in di