Mumbi Maina

Mumbi Maina is an actor, who has actively starred in local and international film projects since the beginning of her fledgling career in 2009. She is best known for her role as Zakia, in Netflix's sci-fi show Sense8. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, where from a young age she expressed her creativity through dance and choreography. After garnering her first role in 2009, she played Riziki in Unseen Unsung Unforgotten where she received her first Kalasha Award nomination for best supporting Actress. In 2011, she was selected to participate in a workshop with One Fine Day Films, where she trained with Alfre Woodard. She was then cast in the film Shattered where she acted beside Nigeria's famed Rita Dominic. She earned her second Kalasha Award Nomination for her role (Mumbi) in the film. Her name became a household name through award winning shows like NTV Kenya's Mali playing Nandi Mali (2011-2013) where she received a Kalasha award nomination for best supporting actress. She played Jojo in the futuristic film Kati Kati, a Kenyan-produced and directed film that later won several international awards, such as the TIFF 2016 Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for the Discovery program. She was then cast in season 2 of the Lana Wachowski/Tom Twyker-directed global hit Sense8 as Zakia Asalache.