Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Acting
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.
Known For
tv
7.9
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · tv
tv
7.3
1990
Law & Order
1990 · tv
tv
7.6
2003
NCIS
2003 · tv
tv
8.2
2011
Shameless
2011 · tv
tv
8.2
2005
Bones
2005 · tv
tv
8.7
2015
Better Call Saul
2015 · tv
tv
7.8
2010
Blue Bloods
2010 · tv
tv
7.9
2014
The 100
2014 · tv
tv
7.4
1998
Sex and the City
1998 · tv
tv
7.2
2012
Scandal
2012 · tv
tv
7.0
2016
Bull
2016 · tv
tv
8.1
2012
The Newsroom
2012 · tv
tv
7.1
2009
Nurse Jackie
2009 · tv
tv
7.5
2019
Bob Hearts Abishola
2019 · tv
tv
7.9
2019
Why Women Kill
2019 · tv
tv
8.1
2018
The Haunting of Hill House
2018 · tv
tv
7.8
2011
Austin & Ally
2011 · tv
tv
5.4
2003
Hope & Faith
2003 · tv
tv
6.9
2018
A.P. Bio
2018 · tv
tv
6.7
2017
No Activity
2017 · tv
movie
7.3
2025
The Life of Chuck
2025 · movie
tv
7.0
2015
Impastor
2015 · tv
tv
6.8
2022
A League of Their Own
2022 · tv
movie
7.5
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · movie
movie
6.5
2009
The Rebound
2009 · movie
movie
6.4
2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · movie
tv
4.4
2015
Guidance
2015 · tv
movie
7.3
2004
Saving Face
2004 · movie
tv
7.2
2000
Wonderland
2000 · tv
movie
5.6
2025
Oh. What. Fun.
2025 · movie