Actor/Writer/DJ
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
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
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
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
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.
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
CAPOEIRA. DANCE: HIP HOP/FUNK STYLES, MODERN, BALLET, AFRO-CUBAN, AFRO- HAITIAN.
DIALECTS: BRITISH, WEST INDIAN, SOUTHERN, WEST AFRICAN, SOUTH AFRICAN
Cadre Entertainment
Martha Avedikia
Martha@CadreEntertainment.com
Defining Artists
424. 274.3114
http://definingartists.
Bobby Ball Agency
818.506.8188
https://www.bbatalent.
Atlas Talent Agency
310. 324.9800
https://www.atlastalent.