Sakina Jaffrey Bio, Age, Parents, Husband, Height, Net Worth, Movies, TV Shows

Sakina Jaffrey Biography

Sakina Jaffrey is an actress from the United States. In the Netflix series House of Cards, she played the White House Chief of Staff. It was announced in 2014 that she would play Leena Reyes, the new sheriff, in the second season of Fox’s television series Sleepy Hollow.

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How old is Sakina Jaffrey? – Age

She is 60 years old as of 14 February 2022. She was born in 1962 in Manhattan, New York, United States.

Sakina Jaffrey Family – Education

She is the youngest child of Indian-born parents, actress Madhur Jaffrey and food and travel writer Saeed Jaffrey. Her parents divorced when she was three years old, and she spent her childhood estranged from her father, who later relocated to the United Kingdom. She grew up in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, where she attended PS 41. She later attended the Nightingale-Bamford School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Sakina Jaffrey Net Worth

She has an estimated net worth of $3 million.

Sakina Jaffrey House of Cards

She appeared as Linda Vasquez, the former White House Chief of Staff under President Garrett Walker in Seasons 1, 2, and 6 of House of Cards. Vasquez has the toughness of a two-dollar steak.” She is a hard worker, a networker, and a problem solver. Regardless of how busy she is, Vasquez never loses sight of her primary mission: keeping an extremely protective, strategically sharp, eagle-eye on The President’s public policy interests, political well-being, and time management. Vasquez is extremely intelligent and has a reputation for being brutally honest with people; however, she also understands and is capable of displaying tact, diplomacy, and grace. While primarily a pragmatist, Vasquez can also manage and massage the Wall Street-Washington, D.C. complex’s big egos.

Sakina Jaffrey Defending Jacob

She appeared as Lynn Canavan in the American crime drama miniseries Defending Jacob. Police question Leonard Patz but are unable to charge him with the murder, so he is released. Jacob maintains that he never used the knife and that the comments on the board are irrelevant. Andy throws away the knife after realizing it came from the body of his ex-girlfriend Laurie.

A short time later, District Attorney Lynn Canavan informs Andy that the lone fingerprint found on Ben’s body belongs to Jacob and that Jacob has emerged as the primary suspect in the case. Andy is upset when Canavan informs him that he has been removed from the case, and he is even more upset when he learns that Loguidice has been assigned to prosecute in his place. He claims he discovered Ben’s body but did not inform anyone because he did not want to be blamed.

Sakina Jaffrey Timeless

She appeared Denise Christopher, the American science fiction television series Timeless. When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier, and an engineer are assigned the task of apprehending the perpetrator. They quickly discover that the thief intends to rewrite history and that each of them is linked to his scheme as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine’s development.

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Sakina Jaffrey American Gods

She appeared as Mama-Ji, a waitress at Motel America, and the Hindu goddess of death and liberation, Kali in season 2 of the American fantasy drama television series American Gods. She is a match for any mighty god or man with her skull necklace, acerbic wit, and free spirit.

Mama-ji cleans a room at a Motel America while a TV show discusses the strange weather phenomena that are happening in Kentucky (as a result of Easter’s recent actions) and Wisconsin. Anansi gathers everyone for a story about being at odds with the New Gods all the time. A sniper fires into the diner, killing Old Gods with bullets inscribed “Deus Mortuorum” (Latin for “God is dead”).

Sakina Jaffrey Movies

♦ 2021 – The Hating Game
♦ 2020 – Soul
♦ 2019 – Late Night
♦ 2018 – Red Sparrow
♦ 2018 – Behold My Heart
♦ 2018 – The Equalizer 2
♦ 2017 – The Meyerowitz Stories
♦ 2016 – Claire in Motion
♦ 2013 – The Necklace
♦ 2012 – The Domino
♦ 2011 – Breakaway
♦ 2010 – Nevermind Nirvana
♦ 2009 – Company Retreat
♦ 2008 – Definitely, Maybe

Sakina Jaffrey TV Shows

♦ 2022 – Billions
♦ 2022 – Ms. Marvel
♦ 2021 – Snowpiercer
♦ 2020 – Defending Jacob
♦ 2019 – American Gods
♦ 2019 – Lost in Space
♦ 2018 – Homeland
♦ 2017 – The Problem with Apu
♦ 2016–18 – Timeless
♦ 2016 – Blindspot
♦ 2015–17 – Mr. Robot
♦ 2015–16 – The Mindy Project
♦ 2015 – Halal in the Family