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Shakina

Shakina

Actor · Born December 8, 1980 (45) · Ventura County, California, USA

Originally from Southern California, Shakina is a performer, director, writer, producer, and social activist living in New York City. She is most known for her work as Lola on the Hulu comedy series Difficult People (seasons 2 and 3) and as the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, where she has supported the development of over 100 new musicals including her own autobiographical rock musical, Manifest Pussy. Shakina is a Lilly Award winner, TRU Humanitarian Award winner, two-time Drama League Fellow, and a proud graduate of University of California Santa Cruz (Community Studies) with an MFA and PhD from UC Riverside. More: shakeenz

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 8, 1980 (45)
From
Ventura County, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 27% in 30 days

Where can I watch Shakina's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Shakina's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Problemista(2023)

    as Nadine

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Ro & Shirelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Quantum Leap(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Writer · as Dottie

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • 25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Connecting...(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ellis

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Transparent: Musicale Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer · as Ava

  • Trapeze, U.S.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Cab driver

  • Jessica Jones(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Frankie

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Difficult People(2015)

    Show 16 episodes · as Lola

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Transparent(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Ava

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

Career shape

Highest rated

Difficult People (2015)

Midcredits 47th