Zakiyyah Deen
Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
Small Axe
James 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
A 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
Kazim and Jeremiah are two young entrepreneurs in the early stages of rolling out their home delivery business Speedi-Kazz. We follow this fledgling enterprise and this awkward bromance in this sitcom.
Enterprice
A 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
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
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.