Paulina Singer
Born (1991-09-05) September 5, 1991 (age 32)
Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
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 Wilde Wedding with Glen Close, John Malcovich, Patrick Stewart and Minnie Driver, The Inter with Robert Dinero and multiple guest roles on various TV series including Person of Interest, The Affair, Gotham and Bluebloods.

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

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Nuggets Official Movie Corrine
2013 The Friend Zone - Short
1970somethin Mandy Short
2014 The Recipe Sasha London
2015 The Nymphets Madison
Puerto Ricans in Paris Lexi
The Intern ATF Receptionist
2016 Uncaged Rose
2017 High School Lover Kelley Winters TV movie
The Wilde Wedding Pink
Darcy, This is Nowhere Twinkle
2018 Print Shop Sherrelle Short
Shrimp Angelina TV movie
Stella's Last Weekend Violet
2019 oMo Urbanoid Short
2020 Darcy, This is Nowhere Twinkle
2021 Hatched - Short
Sk8r Grrl Dynamic
2022 Broken Soldier Nell

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 How to Make It in America Nilda Dominguez Recurring cast: season 2
2013 Person of Interest Amber Episode: "Liberty"
2014 The Affair Ruby Episode: "Episode #1.2"
2015 Gotham Josie Mac Recurring cast: season 2
South of Hell Grace Bledsoe Main cast
2016 Blue Bloods Maribel Rivas Episode: "Blast from the Past"
Orange Is the New Black Aliyah Jones Episode: "Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again"
Dead of Summer Jessie Tyler Main cast
Same Same Corey Episode: "Scissr: Pilot"
2018 Falling Water Lainie Whicker Recurring cast: season 2
Tell Me a Story Laney Reed Recurring cast: season 1
2019 NOS4A2 Willa Brewster Recurring cast: season 1
2020 The Baker and the Beauty Zoe Episode: "Pilot"
2022 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Zisa Recurring cast: season 2

References

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

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