Paulina Singer

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Paulina Singer
Born (1991-09-05) September 5, 1991 (age 33)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Paulina Singer aka Zuzusilk, is an American actress, singer, music producer, writer and dancer, known for her roles as Ziza on Season II of Power: Raising Kanan, as Jessie Tyler on Freeform's teen drama series Dead of Summer , Pink in the movie The Wilde Wedding with Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart and Minnie Driver, The Intern with Robert De Niro and multiple guest roles on various TV series including Person of Interest , The Affair , Gotham and Blue Bloods .

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Early life

Singer was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. [1] Her father is African American and her mother is of Ukrainian descent. [2] She studied for a year at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City before dropping out to pursue an acting career. [3] At 19, Singer joined the Upright Citizens Brigade to study improvisational theatre. [3]

Career

In 2014, Singer was cast in musician Russ's music video for the song Gypsy. In 2015, Singer was cast in a main role in the We TV horror drama series South of Hell , executive produced by Eli Roth and Jason Blum. She portrayed Grace Bledsoe, alongside Mena Suvari and Bill Irwin. [4] The following year, she joined the regular cast of Freeform's teen drama-thriller series Dead of Summer , portraying summer camp counselor Jessie Tyler. [5] In 2017, she portrayed the lead role of Kelley Winters in the Lifetime television film High School Lover , alongside James Franco, Lana Condor, and Julia Jones. [6] In 2018, she starred in Stella's Last Weekend , alongside Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Nuggets Official MovieCorrine
2013The Friend Zone-Short
1970somethinMandyShort
2014The RecipeSasha London
2015The NymphetsMadison
Puerto Ricans in Paris Lexi
The Intern ATF Receptionist
2016UncagedRose
2017 High School Lover Kelley WintersTV movie
The Wilde Wedding Pink
Darcy, This is NowhereTwinkle
2018Print ShopSherrelleShort
Shrimp AngelinaTV movie
Stella's Last Weekend Violet
2019oMoUrbanoidShort
2020Darcy, This is NowhereTwinkle
2021Hatched-Short
Sk8r GrrlDynamic
2022Broken SoldierNell

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 How to Make It in America Nilda DominguezRecurring cast: season 2
2013 Person of Interest AmberEpisode: "Liberty"
2014 The Affair RubyEpisode: "Episode #1.2"
2015 Gotham Josie MacRecurring cast: season 2
South of Hell Grace BledsoeMain cast
2016 Blue Bloods Maribel RivasEpisode: "Blast from the Past"
Orange Is the New Black Aliyah JonesEpisode: "Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again"
Dead of Summer Jessie TylerMain cast
Same SameCoreyEpisode: "Scissr: Pilot"
2018 Falling Water Lainie WhickerRecurring cast: season 2
Tell Me a Story Laney ReedRecurring cast: season 1
2019 NOS4A2 Willa BrewsterRecurring cast: season 1
2020 The Baker and the Beauty ZoeEpisode: "Pilot"
2022 Power Book III: Raising Kanan ZisaRecurring cast: season 2
2024 Elsbeth Ivy BensonEpisode: "Sweet Justice"
2024 Everybody Still Hates Chris Tasha Clarkson (voice)Recurring cast: season 1

References

  1. Magallon, Stacy (December 31, 2015). "January 2016: Issue #55". NKD Mag. Issuu . Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  2. Agafanov, Mikhael (August 15, 2016). "10 Things You Should Know About Paulina Singer". Myspace . Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Stone, Avery (November 17, 2016). "Paulina Singer". Lady Gunn. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. "Zachary Booth, Bill Irwin, Six More Round Out 'South Of Hell' Cast On WE TV". Deadline Hollywood . October 23, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. Slezak, Michael (January 23, 2016). "Dead of Summer: Freeform Horror Series Casts Ugly Betty Vet, Others". TVLine . Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (January 13, 2017). "Lifetime Orders Michael Jackson Original Movie, Picks Up James Franco, Viola Davis Films – TCA". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on January 14, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2020.