Jaquita Ta'le

Actor/Writer/DJ

Jaquita Ta'le

Bio

A native Angeleno and 3rd generation artist,  Jaquita is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (BFA, Theater and Dramatic Writing). While training at Tisch’s Experimental Theater Wing, she also studied spoken word performance at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand and modern, folkloric, and experimental dance in Havana, Cuba. Post-college, Jaquita ventured into music as 1/2 of the Afro-diasporic Hip Hop duo Nola Darling, appearing on the same bill  with artists like J. Cole, B.O.B. and Mavado. 

As a DJ under the moniker “Eartha Littt”, she’s spun at venues like The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, The Montalbán, The Craft Contemporary Museum, Space 1520, and Los Globos. 

Credits include: (Theater) The Heal (The Getty Villa), Too Heavy For Your Pocket (Sacred Fools), (Little Children Dream of God (The Road Theatre), And Then They Fell (Atwater Village Theatre),  (Television) Good Behavior, Castle, Shameless, Criminal Minds, ER. 

“The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that” – Eartha Kitt

Resumé

Film

PINOCCHIO

CAMILO

THE MANOR

THE LAST STRAW

PROTECT AND SERVE

FOG

AN AMERICAN IN HOLLYWOOD

ED

SUPPORTING (Voice)

SUPPORTING

SUPPORTING

SUPPORTING

LEAD

SUPPORTING

SUPPORTING

SUPPORTING

Dir. Robert Zemeckis

Dir. Chris Gabo

Dir. Axelle Carolyn

Dir. Carrie Lazar

Dir. Kate Jopson

Dir. Chelsea Woods

Dir. Sai Varadan

Dir. Bill Couturié

Television

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

GOOD BEHAVIOR

CASTLE

 

 

SHAMELESS

CRIMINAL MINDS

R.U.S.H.

THE DIVISION

ER

KATE BRASHER

ROSWELL

THE JOURNEY OF ALLEN STRANGE

CO-STAR

GUEST STAR RECURRING

GUEST STAR 

CO-STAR

GUEST STAR

CO-STAR

CO-STAR

CO-STAR

CO-STAR

CO-STAR

SERIES-REGULAR

ABC/dir. Ben Younger

FREEFORM/Various

ABC/ dir. Hannele M. Culpepper

SHOWTIME/ dir. Jake Schreir

CBS/ dir. Rob Spera

CBS/ dir. Gary Fleder

LIFETIME/ dir. Artie Mandelberg

NBC/ dir. Jonathan Kaplan

CBS/ dir. Jerry Levine

WB/ dir. Patrick R. Norris

NICKELODEON/ Various

Theatre

THE HEAL

TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET

MEAT PUPPET

LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD

AND THEN THEY FELL

LOVE AND ANGER

THALIA

EVELYN

SHAMIKA/OSHUN

SULA

CRYSTAL

GAIL

THE GETTY VILLA, LA

THE BROADWATER, LA

THE SECRET ROSE THEATER, LA

THE ROAD THEATRE, LA

ATWATER VILLAGE THEATER, LA

ACCESS THEATER, NYC

Web

MEAT PUPPET: THE FILMED EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING BABY GREEN BYRD PROD.

HELLO CUPID: FARRAH SUPPORTING BLACK & SEXY TV

ASSASSIN’S CREED: THE MUSICAL SUPPORTING MACHINIMA

NOISEMAKER BLUES: SUPPORTING BROWN-HSU PROD.

SUPPORTING

 

SUPPORTING 

 

SUPPORTING

 

SUPPORTING

BABY GREEN BYRD PROD.

BLACK & SEXY TV


MACHINIMA

BROWN-HSU PROD.

Education / Training

B.F.A. DRAMA (Honors), NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSTRAND SCHOOL OF DRAMA – JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

LUDWIG FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS DANCE PROGRAM – HAVANA, CUBA

LEE STRASBERG THEATER ARTS INSTITUTE, NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES

Special Training / Experience

CAPOEIRA. DANCE: HIP HOP/FUNK STYLES, MODERN, BALLET, AFRO-CUBAN, AFRO- HAITIAN.

DIALECTS: BRITISH, WEST INDIAN, SOUTHERN, WEST AFRICAN, SOUTH AFRICAN

Reels

On Camera Reel

Headshots

Representation

Management

Cadre Entertainment
Martha Avedikia
Martha@CadreEntertainment.com

Theatrical:

Defining Artists
424. 274.3114
http://definingartists.com/

Commercial:

Bobby Ball Agency
818.506.8188
https://www.bbatalent.com/

Voice Over:

Atlas Talent Agency
310. 324.9800
https://www.atlastalent.com/

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