Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina Jaffrey

Known for

Acting

Born

February 14, 1962 (age 64)

Birthplace

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Best known work

Soul

Soul

2020

Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

2018

The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2

2018

Mr. Robot

Mr. Robot

2015

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

House of Cards

House of Cards

2013

Homeland

Homeland

2011

Definitely, Maybe

Definitely, Maybe

2008

Heroes

Heroes

2006

Blindspot

Blindspot

2015

Filmography

TBA
There She Goes
TBA
I'm Dead Right?
2026
Avatar: Seven HavensTV
as Agam (voice) (13 episodes)
2026
Super Troopers 3
as Mehta
2025
Deli BoysTV
as Seema (3 episodes)
2025
Goosebumps: The VanishingTV
as Dr. Ramona Pamani (3 episodes)
2024
BeforeTV
as Gail (3 episodes)
2022
Ms. MarvelTV
as Auntie Shirin (1 episode)
2021
The Hating Game
as Helen
2021
Mayor of KingstownTV
as Leticia Marks (1 episode)
2021
GhostsTV
as Champa (2 episodes)
2020
Soul
as Doctor (voice)
2020
Little VoiceTV
as Vilina (6 episodes)
2020
SnowpiercerTV
as Mrs. Headwood (23 episodes)
2020
Defending JacobTV
as Lynn Canavan (8 episodes)
2019
SunnysideTV
as Alisha Modi (1 episode)
2019
Prodigal SonTV
as Dr. Elaine Brown (1 episode)
2019
Late Night
as Molly's Mom
2018
Dark Was the Night
as Jane
2018
The Equalizer 2
as Fatima
2018
Lost in SpaceTV
as Captain Kamal (1 episode)
2018
Red Sparrow
as Trish Forsythe
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Dr. Malini Soni
2017
American GodsTV
as Mama-Ji (3 episodes)
2017
Claire in Motion
as Maya