| Nzinga Blake | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 Sierra Leone, Africa |
| Occupation | Actress |
Nzinga Blake (born 1981) is an American / Sierra Leonean actress, writer and host of Culture Click, which appears on Saturday mornings on most ABC stations. Blake was a host on Current TV and starred on the TV series Fridays on Cartoon Network, as well as in national television commercials for Sprite and Kinkos. Her father, Cecil Blake, is the former Minister of Information in Sierra Leone.[1]
Nzinga has done a couple of television series, including a recurring role, as Vivian, on the Showtime series Barbershop, |Recently, she was listed in the credits under "Special Thanks" for the E! True Hollywood Story, "Tropic Thunder".
In 2009, she began hosting for BET and is the LA Entertainment correspondent for a talk show on Australia's Network 10, titled The Project (previously known as The 7PM Project).
Blake was named after Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, a 17th century Queen and folk heroine of the Mbundu people of southwestern Africa. She is a 1999 graduate of Munster High School in Indiana, and a 2003 graduate of UCLA as a Film & Television Major.
On an episode of Google Current she suggested (jokingly): "Maybe people could update my page and say that I'll be starring opposite Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp in their next big movie".[2]
As mentioned in one of the ads for Fridays, she speaks fluent Japanese, although she claims to speak "some" Japanese. Later on in said ad, she mentions the block title, start date, and network in Japanese.
She was a host on Current TV.
Blake is now host of Culture Click, an educational and informative TV show using virtual reality to cover current events, societal issues and pop culture.[3][4] which made its debut on September 3, 2011.[5]