Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

Personal Details

Biography

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris is a multifaceted individual, excelling as both an actor and screenwriter, currently residing in Los Angeles. Her impressive portfolio boasts credits in notable productions such as Acidman, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Room 104 on HBO, Sharp Objects on HBO, Advantageous, which received the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and The Good Wife on CBS.

Notably, Sameerah played the lead female role opposite Sterling K. Brown in Suzan-Lori Parks' Father Comes Home from the Wars, staged at the Mark Taper Forum. Her outstanding performance in The Bravest, The Boldest, a Sundance Film Festival World Premiere, earned her six Best Actor Awards.

Sameerah's first feature screenplay, AFTER, received critical acclaim, taking home the Best Screenplay award at the New Faces New Voices Int'l Film Festival and the BMGF Int'l Film Festival. Her first pilot, "One Blood", co-written with Omar Luqmaan-Harris, won the Grand Prize in the Fade In Awards TV Pilot Competition.

In addition to her screenwriting endeavors, Sameerah's first full-length play, "Rapture", was a finalist for a SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency. With her impressive credentials and versatility, Sameerah is represented by Zero Gravity Management.

Career

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2023
Acidman
Acidman as Charlie
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2021
Mother's Milk
Mother's Milk as Sweetbird
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2020
City
City as Chase
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2017
The Outcasts
The Outcasts as Sugar's Mom
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2015
Good Funk
Good Funk as Akifah Traveille
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