- Stats
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- Age
- 29
- Height
- 165cm
- Ethnicity
- Australian, African American
- Skills
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- Accents - Australian, Standard US, Southern US
| Jzayla is an African-American Australian actor and multi-award-nominated director. She has appeared in local favorites like 'Shortland Street' (2022) and 'Pincher' (2023), as well as US projects like 'Heart Eyes' (2024) and 'Choose Love' (2023). In 2024, Jzayla made her directorial debut with 'Detangling the Stigma', a heartfelt documentary shining a light on the beauty and complexity of Afro hair in Aotearoa. Jzayla is also represented in the US. |
Experience
| Feature Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Heart Eyes | Role: Maitre'd |
Production Company: Spyglass
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| 2022 | Choose Love - Interactive Romantic Comedy | Role: Stylist |
Production Company: Netflix
Director: Stuart McDonald |
| Web & Digital | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Heineken 'Opening Night' campaign | Role: Featured |
Production Company: Motion Sickness
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| 2021 | Stickybeak 'Acquisition' campaign | Role: Presenter |
Production Company: Moloney Moloney
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| Theatre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sweet Charity | Role: Ursula |
Production Company: Manukau Performing Arts Theatre
Director: Michael Sanders |
| Short Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Black Lotus | Role: Cadence (US Accent Voiceover) |
Production Company: Micah Winiata & Amber Leigh Stevens
Director: Nick Sanders |
| 2022 | Foreground | Role: Fleur |
Director: Steffen Haavik-Taylor |
| 2018 | Physical Therapy | Role: Lead |
Production Company: 48 Hour Film Festival
Director: Matt Butler & Logan Marshall |
| 2017 | Out | Role: Emily |
Production Company: Unitec
Director: Ellen Paterson |
| 2016 | Trailblazer | Role: Lucie |
Production Company: South Seas Film & TV
Director: Linus Herbig-Matten |
| 2016 | The Game | Role: Jess |
Production Company: LAB Productions
Director: Logan Marshall |
| TVC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bodyright campaign | Role: Lead |
Production Company: Good Oil Films
Director: Josiah Watson |
| 2022 | Pizza Hut 'Yumpire' campaign 2021-2024 | Role: Lead - Yumpire |
Production Company: Reel Factory & Flying Fish
Director: James Solomon & Jeff Wood |
| 2022 | Pepperstone 'Baby Scan' campaign | Role: Wife |
Production Company: Eight NZ
Director: Florence Noble |
| 2021 | Taco Bell 'Overhyped' campaign - US Release | Role: Chef #5 |
Production Company: Good Oil
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| 2020 | BP 'Wild Bean Organic Coffee' campaign | Role: Barista |
Production Company: Thick As Thieves
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| 2019 | New World 'Value' campaign | Role: Featured Shopper |
Production Company: 99 Enterprises
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| Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Foreground nominated for Best Short Film | Role: Lead |
Production Company: NZ Youth Film Festival
Director: Ryan Chow |
| Documentary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Detangling The Stigma | Role: Lead / Writer / Director |
Director: Jzayla Hughey |
| Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Liz Mullane and Rachel Bullock - Advanced Acting Workshop | Role: Actor |
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| 2021 | Perry Piercy Voice Coaching | Role: Actor |
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| 2021 | The Actors Program 5 Day Intensive | Role: Actor |
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| 2020 | The Actors Lab Weekly Workshops | Role: Actor |
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| 2020 | 10 Day Standard US Accent Coaching - Sarah Valentine | Role: Actor |
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| 2019 | Liz Mullane & Rachel Bullock Advanced Acting Workshop | Role: Actor |
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| 2018 | Elena Stejko Acting Studio - M.Chekhov Technique | Role: Actor |
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| 2016 | South Seas Film & TV - Diploma in On-Screen Acting | Role: Actor |
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| 2015 | NIDA Workshops - Margaret Philips | Role: Actor |
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| Television Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pincher | Role: Urny |
Production Company: Thomas Coppell & Sara Chen
Director: Pon Torthienchai |
| 2022 | Shortland Street | Role: Ellie Cartwright |
Production Company: South Pacific Pictures
Director: Emmett Skilton, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh & Jacqueline Nairn |
| 2021 | The Wilds | Role: Stunt/Body Double |
Production Company: Amazon Prime US
Director: Jon Polsen |
| 2020 | Cowboy Bebop | Role: Female Singer |
Production Company: Netflix
Director: Alex Garcia Lopez & Michael Katleman |
| Voiceover | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 'Juneteenth' Galveston Historical Foundation | Role: Texan Accent Narrator |
Production Company: Gibson Group
Director: Emma Robinson |
| Music Video | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 'Go & Be Free' by Mazbou Q | Role: Female Lead |
Production Company: Good Gal Productions
Director: Gal Hochman |
| Web Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Find My Killer | Role: Pauls Friend |
Production Company: TVNZ
Director: Rupert McKenzie |