- Stats
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- Age
- 30
- 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 award-nominated director. She has Guest starred in US projects including Heart Eyes (2024) and Choose Love (2023), as well as local favourites such as Shortland Street (2022) and Pincher (2023) . In 2024, Jzayla made her directorial debut with 'Detangling the Stigma', a heartfelt documentary celebrating Afro hair and identity in Aotearoa, screening at international festivals in 2025. She holds a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Public Relations, and was awarded the Warner Bros. Discovery Scholarship in 2023. 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 |
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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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| Music Video | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 'Go & Be Free' by Mazbou Q | Role: Female Lead |
Production Company: Good Gal Productions
Director: Gal Hochman |
| Voiceover | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 'Juneteenth' Galveston Historical Foundation | Role: Texan Accent Narrator |
Production Company: Gibson Group
Director: Emma Robinson |
| Web Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Find My Killer | Role: Pauls Friend |
Production Company: TVNZ
Director: Rupert McKenzie |