Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Acting
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.
Movies
The Life of Chuck
2025
Oh. What. Fun.
2025
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Saving Face
2004
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Two Lovers
2008
Alfie
2004
Righteous Kill
2008
Orpheus Star
2020
Christian Mingle
2014
Amber Alert
2024
The Rebound
2009
Red Blooded
2024
Malignant
2013
Miss Meadows
2014
Body/Antibody
2007
Alive
2019
Dark Was the Night
2018
Honeyglue
2016
The Lost
2017
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
NCIS
2003
Shameless
2011
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Bones
2005
Blue Bloods
2010
Better Call Saul
2015
The 100
2014
Sex and the City
1998
Scandal
2012
Bull
2016
Bob Hearts Abishola
2019
Why Women Kill
2019
The Newsroom
2012
The Haunting of Hill House
2018