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Sujata Day

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Sujata Day
Born
Sujata Choudhury

(1984-06-27) June 27, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Other namesSujata Ray
Occupation(s)Actress, model, screenwriter

Sujata Choudhury (born June 27, 1984),[1] credited professionally as Sujata Day, is an American actress, model[2] and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as CeeCee in the Issa Rae web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011-2013) and Sarah in Insecure. Day made her directorial debut with the 2020 comedy-drama, Definition Please.[3]

Early life

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The daughter of an India-born mechanical engineer and a housewife, Sujata became involved in the performing arts at a very young age. She began with dance (ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and East Indian folk and classical dance) and then became equally interested in acting, singing and musical theater. She continued to study and perform in school and community productions before heading west to pursue a professional acting career in Hollywood.[citation needed]

Career

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Sujata has appeared in a wide variety of television shows such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Campus Ladies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7th Heaven, Greek, and The Loop.[4] In 2007, she played a supporting role in the Warner Bros.-produced Sublime. She can be seen alongside Danny Glover and Snoop Doggy Dogg in the independent film Down for Life which premiered to rave reviews at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[citation needed]

In 2009 she appeared in the horror/comedy film The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu,[5] which screened at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.[6][7]

She starred as CeCe in the Issa Rae-created web comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.[8][9] She continued her work with Rae on the HBO series, Insecure.[10]

In 2017, Day wrote, produced, directed and starred in a film called Cowboy and Indian, to be developed into a television series.[11]

On May 30, 2019, it was announced that Day will direct a film called Definition Please, for which she also wrote the script. It stars Ritesh Rajan and Jake Choi and was shot on location in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2019.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Weapon of Mass Destruction The Virgin
2006 Alien Secrets Leena Gupita Video
2007 Sublime Quechan Indian Girl Video
2008 Extremely Hermosa Jugadamba Short
2009 Struggle Park Girl Short
Down for Life Melissa
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu Stacy Rahman
2011 Big Breakin' Vanessa Short
2012 Nesting Sasha
Directing Reality TV Reporter Short
2013 Wallflower Herself Short
2014 Facebook Fatigue Single Girl Short
Words with Girls Ari TV movie
2015 Hello Again Sophie Short
2016 9 Rides Sleepy Woman
Tiny House Priya TV movie
2017 20 Weeks Ruby
Parts Herself Short
A Little Bit Pregnant Amina Short
Since We've Been Apart Brielle Short
Cowboy and Indian Indian Short
2018 Wrong Side of 25 Katie Short
Killing Diaz Claire
Lemonade Liz Short
Ganja Mama Sunita Short
The Homestay Nina Short
Revenge Tour Jamila TV Short
Bender Reveler Video Short
Leadwell Liz Short
Bull Mountain Lookout Erin Short
2019 Blowing Up Right Now Mandy
Ring Ring Marion
Signal Amy Short
Bill, the Alien Mya Short
2020 The Bellman Stacey
aTypical Wednesday Heather
Death of a Telemarketer Shelly
Definition Please Monica Chowdry
2021 For the Hits Layla

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Russians in the City of Angels Tiffany Episode: "Papa"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Shy Girl Episode: "Storyteller"
2004 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno East Indian Girl Episode: "Episode # 12.69"
2006 7th Heaven Student #1 Episode: "Got MLK"
The Underground Dancer -
2007 Campus Ladies Hot Girl Episode: "Foreign Policy"
The Loop Veronica Episode: "Lady Business"
Greek College Student #2 Episode: "Depth Perception"
2009 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Student #1 Episode: "Ciao"
2010 Desperate Housewives Dancer Episode: "You Gotta Get a Gimmick"
Raveena and the Vampire Raveena Main cast
2011–13 Awkward Black Girl CeCe Main cast
2012–13 The Guild Sula Morrison Main cast: season 6
2013 Sistah Did What? Agent Episode: "The Best View Is the Rear View"
The Slutty Years Cats Girl Episode: "Party"
Arrested Development Flight Attendant #2 Episode: "A New Start"
True Friendship Society Bestie Episode: "Pilot Part 1 & 2"
Little Horribles Sad Sack Episode: "Spinning"
2014 Naked Problems Jessie Main cast
Don't Talk in the Kitchen Presents Sujata Episode: "Justin Bieber: Never Say N@Gger"
2014–16 Larry & Lucy Lucy Main cast
2015 Big Breakin' Vanessa Main cast
The Grinder Dawn Episode: "A Hero Has Fallen"
Namaste, Bitches Trina Episode: "High Low Flow"
Unfollowers Sujata Main cast
Get Your Life Lady in Blackish Episode: "Girl Get Your Blackish"
2016 Smoky Knights Erika Episode: "Everyone Gets Seth Laid"
Brian Remus: Science Genius Lindsey Episode: "Mister Butters"
2016–21 Insecure Sarah Recurring cast: season 1-3, guest: season 5
2017 Life in Pieces Hostess Episode: "#TBT: Y2K Sophia Honeymoon Critter"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sarah Episode: "Serve & Protect"
2018 Dell: Tales of Transformation - Episode: "Rio Grande Steams Into the Future"
Solve Julia Episode: "Deal With the Devil"
2019 I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Laura Episode: "It's the Cigars You Smoke That Are Going to Give You Cancer"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 NBA 2K20 Stacy Gibralto MyCAREER Story

Production

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 An American Idol Christmas Script coordinator Television film
2010 Raveena and the Vampire Writer, producer 2 episodes
2011 Wallflower Writer, director, producer Short film
2014–15 Larry & Lucy Writer, executive producer 3 episodes
2015 Big Breaking' Executive producer 5 episodes
Unfollowers Producer

References

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  1. ^ a b Zornosa, Laura (26 January 2022). "Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ^ "Sujata Day". www.modelmayhem.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-07-29). "'Definition Please' Trailer: 'Insecure' Alum Sujata Day Makes Directorial Debut With South Asian Family Dramedy". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  4. ^ Masterson Management - Sujata Day
  5. ^ Slamdance '10: My Eyes Are in Love, 'The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu' Trailer Debut!
  6. ^ "San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Tim Bradstreet and Thomas Jane Talk The Punisher and Much More! - Dread Central". Dread Central. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. ^ "Slamdance '10 REVIEW: 'The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu' - Bloody Disgusting!". Bloody Disgusting!. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  8. ^ Kickstarter: "Support The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"
  9. ^ The Official Awkward Black Girl Website
  10. ^ "Awkward Black Girl's DNA Is Alive and Well in Issa Rae's HBO Show Insecure". Vulture. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  11. ^ a b Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-05-30). "'Insecure's Sujata Day To Direct 'Definition Please' Starring Ritesh Rajan & Jake Choi, Justin Chon Producing". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
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