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Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Theatre World Award · 2007
Filmography14 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Triage Nurse
1999as Triage Nurse
Louie
2010as Woman on Phone
2010as Woman on Phone
The Good Wife
2009as Divya Feldman
2009as Divya Feldman
30 Rock
2006as Irene
2006as Irene
BrainDead
2016as Breanna Burke
2016as Breanna Burke
Unforgettable
2011as Ivory
2011as Ivory
Nurse Jackie
2009as Tress
2009as Tress
Madam Secretary
2014as CIA Agent Juliet
2014as CIA Agent Juliet
The International
2009as Detective Gloria Hubbard
2009as Detective Gloria Hubbard
The Bourne Legacy
2012as Blue Lab Doctor
2012as Blue Lab Doctor
Knight and Day
2010as Allison
2010as Allison
Hair Brained
2013as Skidmore Moderator
2013as Skidmore Moderator
Nature Calls
2012as Moses' Mother
2012as Moses' Mother
The Snakes
2021as Heather
2021as Heather