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About

Samina recently shot a supporting role in the upcoming MarVista Entertainment/Tubi Original movie, SUGAR MAMA. She has also appeared as Dr. Kumar on UrbanflixTV's scripted series, COCAINE SISTERS and recurred as Professor Bennett on the debut season of Brat TV’s hit show, CHICKEN GIRLS: COLLEGE YEARS. Samina volunteers with FILM2FUTURE, a nonprofit that delivers professional-level filmmaking programs for under-served teenagers in Los Angeles. A former broadcast journalist and lawyer, Samina is also an avid archer, dog mom and sci-fi fan.

Height: 5 ft, 3 in

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Television

Sugar Mama | MarVista Entertainment, Tubi Original (TV Movie)

Supporting

Cocaine Sisters | UrbanflixTV

Co-Star

Chicken Girls: College Years | Brat TV

Recurring Co-Star

Film

Friends Unlimited | Fifth Populous

Supporting

Stalk Her | Snakebyte Productions

Supporting

 

Anosmia (Short) | Independent

Lead

Baby You Got Me Blue (Short) | Independent

Supporting

A Breath Away (Short) | Working Artist Entertainment

Supporting

Kiss My Putt (Short) | Somebody Once Told Me

Supporting

Rise and Shine (Short) | Sunny Side Pictures

Supporting

Lyssa (Short) | Independent

Supporting

Theatre

An Evening Repast | Morgan-Wixson Theatre | Santa Monica, CA

Lead

 

Vice | Zephyr Theatre | Los Angeles, CA

Lead

Voiceover
Training 
Education

Space Race | Boathouse Entertainment Inc.

Supporting (Scripted Podcast)

Margie Haber Studio | Advanced On-Camera Ongoing | Jim Nieb

Margie Haber Studio | Advanced On-Camera Intensive | Jim Nieb

Beverly Hills Playhouse | Advanced Scene Study | Allen Barton

 

Real Voice L.A. | Commercial, Gaming & Animation | Multiple

The Casting Director's Cut | Ace Your Self-Tape | Erica Bream & Cara Rosenbaum

 

The Casting Director’s Cut | Self-Tape Intensive | Ramani Leah

 

Groundlings | Improv | Julie Welch

Harvard University | Master in Public Administration

 

University of Toronto | Juris Doctor

 

McMaster University | Bachelor of Arts and Science

More

Film2Future volunteer.

Standardized patient at four medical schools.

Skilled in ear prompter and teleprompter, improvisation, archery, bowling and various skating styles.

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