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Nilaja Sun

Nilaja Sun

Acting

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.

Acting History

2021
The Snakes
as Heather
2016
Madam Secretary
TVas Juliet1 eps
BrainDead
TVas Breanna Burke
2015
The Good Wife
TVas Divya Feldman1 eps
2013
Hairbrained
as Skidmore Moderator
2012
The Bourne Legacy
as Blue Lab Doctor
Nature Calls
as Moses' Mother
2011
Unforgettable
TVas Ivory1 eps
2010
Knight and Day
as Allison
Louie
TVas Woman on Phone1 eps
2009
The International
as Detective Gloria Hubbard
2008
30 Rock
TVas Irene3 eps
2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Triage Nurse / Nurse1 eps

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female