Acting
Zakiyyah Deen
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Zakiyyah Deen is an actor and writer born and bred in London with Afro-Caribbean roots. She worked with academy award winning director Steve McQueen on his anthology series SMALL AXE and also played a series regular role in BBC Three Series ENTERPRICE created by Kayode Ewumi. On the writing side, Zakiyyah was Theatre Deli’s Classic Residency Artist in 2022 and Tara Theatre’s Constellations Artist in 2023. She is currently early stages of development with her debut full length play – WHY A BLACK WOMAN WILL NEVER BE PRIME MINISTER – which she will also star in.
Acting credits
6.7James Bowen finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat, Bob, at Christmas.
A Christmas Gift from Bob
2020
5.5A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive.
Surge
2020
4.0A struggling social media influencer discovers the house he shares is haunted. The ghost brings him and his friends fame and fortune, but with deadly consequences.
Followers
2022
Tori has to put on a brave face at her best friend Bells party after receiving life changing news on her reproductive health. Then living in confusion and suppression in triggered to breaking point forcing her to reflect on being woman.
To Be A Woman
2023
Set in one room, spanning over the course of one year, the traumatic inner turmoil of one young women is exposed though the lens of therapy, as she questions her sense of self and belonging in the world.
The Journey of Self
2024