Milauna Jackson

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Milauna Jackson
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Milauna Jemai Jackson

Other namesMilauna Jemai
OccupationActress

Milauna Jemai Jackson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as DEA Special Agent Kim Martinez in the British-American action television series Strike Back seasons four & five. [1]

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Early life

A native of Chicago, Milauna Jemai Jackson was raised on the South Side by her single mother. To study in a safe environment, she lived part-time with her mother and partially with her grandparents. Before enrolling in the performing arts program at Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School, she acted in church programs and community theater at a young age. She had her mother Linda and Miss Lillian Monkus (deceased), whom she met in high school, as female role models. [2] Her first television role was in 2000 in the court show Arrest & Trial (episode "Nightstalker") where she played herself. After high school, Jackson attended several colleges; Howard University and Cal State Fullerton, before enrolling at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she began to appear in commercials, a Twista video, and industrial films. [3]

Career

In 2002, she moved to Los Angeles to further her career aspirations. In 2012, she enrolled in UCLA and completed her education. During her orientation day she learned that director Spike Lee cast her for an HBO pilot Da Brick, "and that was the last part of my academic year." [2] In 2004, two years later, Milauna Jackson landed a role in the TV series Cold Case (episode "Volunteers"). She also appeared in several TV movies, other TV series and films. She was also a regular member of Squad 85 , an American comedy series created by Gregory Bonsignore. It was aired on YouTube's YOMYOMF channel and premiered on November 13, 2012. [2]

A few weeks after her audition for the role of DEA SA Kim Martinez on Strike Back , Milauna Jackson found herself in South Africa for the filming of the show. It was in Johannesburg that the military advisor for the show, Paul Hornsby, put her skills and knowledge in hand-to-hand combat, weapons work and other military techniques to the test. [2] She also has a recurring role on NBC's Aquarius starring David Duchovny, as the wife of David's detective partner, Grey Damon. From 2016 to 2017, she had a recurring role as A.D.A. Rene Atwood in the ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Brother 2 (Brat 2)
2000One WeekTasha
2001 Save the Last Dance Hip Hop Dancer (uncredited)2001
2006The Ties That BindTeen LynneShort film
2007Redemption SongEvaShort film
2008 Fix Lawyer's Receptionist
2008Grace HereafterSophia WilliamsShort film
2010 Blood Done Sign My Name Willie Mae Marrow
2010The Ties That BindNicoleShort film
2012C'mon ManSparkle Smith
2019 Adopt a Highway Detective Minardi
2019 American Skin Tayana Jefferson
2022 A Jazzman's Blues Citsy
2024 The Six Triple Eight Captain CampbellPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Arrest & Trial HerselfEpisode: "Nightstalker"
2001 Fear Factor HerselfEpisode 9 season 1
2004 Cold Case Colette Ferguson (1969)Episode: "Volunteers"
2006 The Underground EnsembleSeason 1, Episode 3
2006 Without a Trace Lucinda BiggsEpisode: "Watch Over Me"
2006 Dexter Co-edEpisode: "Shrink Wrap"
2008–2009 Lincoln Heights Cydelle Glass / Cyd
2010 FlashForward SusanEpisode: "Let No Man Put Asunder"
2011 NCIS Emma ParkEpisode: "Dead Reflection"
2011 Rizzoli & Isles Relita WashingtonEpisode: "Can I Get a Witness?"
2011 Da Brick Lynette (2011)TV movie
2012 Squad 85 Wheels6 episodes
2013Quinn and ZinEpisodes: "Jail", "Lawyer"
2013 Strike Back: Shadow Warfare Kim Martinez / DEA SA Kim MartinezMain role, 16 episodes
2015-16 Aquarius Kristin ShafeRecurring role, 16 episodes
2016–2017 How to Get Away with Murder A.D.A. Rene AtwoodSeason 3; Recurring role (10 episodes)
2018 Chicago P.D Laila DavisEpisode: "Black and Blue"
2019 FBI Gina PrattEpisode: "Identity Crisis"
2019-21 Animal Kingdom Pam8 episodes
2020 The Good Doctor Kerry GastonEpisode: "Fractured"
2022 Law & Order Defense Attorney JacksonEpisode: "The System"

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References

  1. TVSA actress profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wagner, Curt (August 13, 2013). "'Strike Back' star Milauna Jemai Jackson finds inner—and outer—strength". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  3. "Milauna Jackson | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  4. Dailly, Paul (October 27, 2016). "How to Get Away with Murder Q&A: Milauna Jackson on Renee Sparring With Annalise". TV Fanatic.