Djaka Souaré
Actor
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.
Movies4
MovieUpon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.
Nairobi
2020
Movie7.6ComedyHorrorStuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, two black stereotyped characters decide to F*** up the script. But the film has other plans.
Cut Me If You Can
2023 · 7 votes
Movie6.6RomanceComedyA 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.
What My Love Is For
2016 · 5 votes
MovieComedyA 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.
Series1
TV6.2Crime