Eclipsed's Zainab Jah Reveals Her AK-47 Muscles, Guilty Pleasures & Adorable Nicknames

Age: "That’s for me to know and you to find out."

Hometown: "I have two: Freetown in Sierra Leone and London, England."

Current Role:  Making a stunning debut as the bad-ass, gun-toting Maima in Danai Gurira's acclaimed drama Eclipsed, which centers on five Liberian women facing hard choices and brutal conditions. 

Stage & Screen Cred: In addition to originating the role of Maima in Eclipsed off-Broadway, Jah has notably played the title role in Hamlet and appeared in such classics as Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Trojan Women. Her more contemporary stage roles include The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Convert and Ruined. Her screen credits include Law & Order: SVU, Outliving Emily and Along Came Love.