Saidah Arrika Ekulona

Actress

Biography

Saidah Arrika Ekulona is an Award-winning theatre, television, and film actress. She is best known for The Taking of Pelham 1:23, Two Lovers, Righteous Kill, and The Royal Tenenbaums. She also has a recurring role as Abishola’s mother on the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.

Filmography (39)

• Saving Face (2004, ★ 7.3)
• The Life of Chuck (2025, ★ 7.3)
• Amber Alert (2024, ★ 7)
• Two Lovers (2008, ★ 6.9)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, ★ 7.5)
• Impastor (2015, ★ 7)
• The 100 (2014, ★ 7.9)
• A.P. Bio (2018, ★ 6.9)
• Blue Bloods (2010, ★ 7.8)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• Bones (2005, ★ 8.2)
• Better Call Saul (2015, ★ 8.7)
• The Rebound (2009, ★ 6.5)
• Sex and the City (1998, ★ 7.4)
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009, ★ 6.4)
• Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
• Scandal (2012, ★ 7.2)
• The Haunting of Hill House (2018, ★ 8.1)
• Bull (2016, ★ 7)
• Bob Hearts Abishola (2019, ★ 7.5)
• Why Women Kill (2019, ★ 7.9)
• The Newsroom (2012, ★ 8.1)
• Austin & Ally (2011, ★ 7.8)
• Shameless (2011, ★ 8.2)
• A League of Their Own (2022, ★ 6.8)
• No Activity (2017, ★ 6.7)
• NCIS (2003, ★ 7.6)
• Nurse Jackie (2009, ★ 7.1)
• Saving Lincoln (2013, ★ 5.1)
• Miss Meadows (2014, ★ 5.9)