Saidah Arrika Ekulona

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Shameless (2011)
• Blue Bloods (2010)
• Better Call Saul (2015)
• Scandal (2012)
• Sex and the City (1998)
• Bull (2016)
• Nurse Jackie (2009)
• Bob Hearts Abishola (2019)
• Why Women Kill (2019)
• The Newsroom (2012)
• Austin & Ally (2011)
• Hope & Faith (2003)
• The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
• A.P. Bio (2018)
• No Activity (2017)
• The Life of Chuck (2025)
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
• Oh. What. Fun. (2025)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• Guidance (2015)
• The Rebound (2009)
• Amber Alert (2024)
• Two Lovers (2008)
• Impastor (2015)
• Miss Meadows (2014)
• Alfie (2004)
• Saving Face (2004)