Djaka Souaré
Biography
Djaka Souaré is an actress and filmmaker. She currently stars in the award-winning horror/comedy "Cut Me If You Can" (Clermont-Ferrand FF 2024). Her credits include the HULU special "Black Stories Present: Your Attention Please", directed by TriBeCa 2019 award-winner Phillip Youmans. Djaka also acts in and produced Zainab Jah & Timothy Naylor's "Reunion", short film qualified for Oscar contention in 2025. Her first short film as a director, "Jazz in Wakanda", was an Official selection at Urban World, Nitehawk Shorts, NY African FF, etc, sold to COMCAST and is streaming on TUBI. In 2023, she was selected for the CANEX/AFRIFF program "Script to Screen" to develop her first feature, and was one of the 25 screenwriters to win the pitching competition. Of Guinean & French descent, Djaka is the face of soldier Halima in the video game "Call of Duty". She speaks English, French & Spanish fluently.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Hôtesse de l'air
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Michelle
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, two black stereotyped characters decide to F*** up the script. But the film has other plans.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Kitty
A young gay writer inherits his grandmother's crumbling East Hampton beach house, and while grappling with the financial burden, he falls for a charming painter who tempts him to trade his independence for a wealthy lover to save their dreams and their budding romance.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Angela
A young queer actor makes a new years resolution to change his life. But during his spiritual quest he gets addicted to designer caffeine, and while effective at first at bringing about change, when he runs out of Oat Milk the coffee grains of success quickly slip through his fingers.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Dolores Wade
In 1970 Los Angeles, a Black family looks fifty years into the future and imagines what life might be like in the year 2020. Told through a distinctly Black lens, their predictions unfold through a series of abstract, Afrofuturist images that blur past, present, and imagined possibility. Imagine a Moon Colony explores Black life, family, and visions of the future through the hopes and expectations of an earlier generation. This short film is part of the Hulu TV Series "Your Attention Please." Season 1, Episode 2.