Early and personal life
Kajese-Bolden was born Tinashe Kajese, in Durham, England to a Zimbabwean father and a German-American mother. [4] Her family moved to Zimbabwe in 1980, following its independence from the United Kingdom. [5] She moved to the United States in 1998 to pursue a degree in theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There, she met actor and director, Keith Arthur Bolden, whom she later married in 2007. [6] She has three children with him, including a step-son. [5] She lives in Atlanta with her husband. [6]
Career
Kajese-Bolden began her acting career with small roles in American film and television. She made appearances in Cold Case, Enlightened, and Powers. She later appeared in the HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , playing the younger version of Leslie Uggams' character, Sadie. [7]
She went on to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Hawkeye as Dee, [8] and later in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Officer Fitzgibbon. [9]
Kajese-Bolden gained wider recognition in 2021 after appearing as A.R.G.U.S aide, Flo Crawley, in the DC Extended Universe film, The Suicide Squad , directed by James Gunn. She later reprised the character in Gunn's The Suicide Squad spinoff television series, Peacemaker , in an uncredited cameo. [10] In 2025, Kajese-Bolden appeared again as the character in the DC Universe film, Superman , now a U.S. Secretary. [11]
In 2019 she was awarded the Princess Grace Award by the Princess Grace Foundation. [12] Recognising her work and talents as an emerging theatre director.
Since 2023 she has served as the co-artistic director of the Alliance Theatre. [6]
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