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Shakira Ja'nai Paye

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  • Producer
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Shakira Ja'nai Paye
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The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem (2023)
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Shakira Ja'nai Paye recently had a lead role in Calmatic & LeBron James reimagining of HOUSE PARTY and is a series regular in the upcoming tv series DEMASCUS screened at SXSW. She can also be seen on Netflix, ABC,NBC,FOX and many more. She recently sold her feature film script REGINA WANTS HER EGGS BACK to Fox for their streaming network and pilots to both Netflix and Comedy Central and continues to build her multi-hyphenate career on and off the camera.
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    Known for

    Okieriete Onaodowan in Demascus (2023)
    Demascus
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Naomi
    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Kimmy
    Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Marsai Martin in Black-ish (2014)
    Black-ish
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Vanessa
    Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole in House Party (2023)
    House Party
    4.4
    • Mika
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Untitled Shawtane Bowen and Jerah Milligan Project
      • Hazel
      • Completed
      • TV Series
    • The To Be Movie
      • Mia
      • Sheila
      • Completed
    • C.J. LeBlanc in Ness' Loc Monster (2026)
      Ness' Loc Monster
      Short
      • Layla
      • 2026
    • Khalid - It's Always Summer Somwhere Skits (2026)
      Khalid - It's Always Summer Somwhere Skits
      Video
      • Shakira
      • 2026
    • Girl Dinner (2025)
      Girl Dinner
      TV Series
      • Kamari
      • 2025
    • Nuns with Guns: Passion of the Heist (2025)
      Nuns with Guns: Passion of the Heist
      Short
      • Shirley
      • 2025
    • Okieriete Onaodowan in Demascus (2023)
      Demascus
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Naomi
      • 2025
    • A Different Kind of Forever (2025)
      A Different Kind of Forever
      TV Mini Series
      • Sidney
      • 2025
    • Rocky Pajarito, Chris Tcholakian, Jake Ellenbogen, and Alex Allsup in EverythingNowShow (2018)
      EverythingNowShow
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • 2025
    • Kikiverse (2024)
      Kikiverse
      TV Movie
      • Niki
      • 2024
    • Shakira Ja'nai Paye in 32 (2024)
      32
      Short
      • Karma
      • 2024
    • Ramón Rodríguez in Will Trent (2023)
      Will Trent
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Shanitra Hux
      • 2024
    • Paper Pals Comedy (2024)
      Paper Pals Comedy
      TV Mini Series
      • Janelle
      • 2024
    • The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem (2023)
      The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem
      5.0
      Short
      • River
      • 2023
    • Meeghan Holaway and Mark Elias in Boy Makes Girl (2023)
      Boy Makes Girl
      6.4
      • Sousie
      • 2023
    • Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Perkins, Josh Keaton, Ziggy Marley, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Dratch, Taran Killam, Yuri Lowenthal, Peggy Lu, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Whigham, Mahershala Ali, Kathryn Hahn, Lorraine Velez, Oscar Isaac, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Andrew Garfield, Nic Novicki, Jake Johnson, Donald Glover, Daniel Kaluuya, Greta Lee, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Atsuko Okatsuka, Melissa Sturm, Nicole Delaney, Amandla Stenberg, Karan Soni, Shameik Moore, Jack Quaid, Kimiko Glenn, Issa Rae, Sofia Barclay, Nina Lentini, Danielle Perez, Jharrel Jerome, Ayo Edebiri, and Metro Boomin in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
      Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
      8.5
      • Additional Voices
      • 2023
    • Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole in House Party (2023)
      House Party
      4.4
      • Mika
      • 2023

    Additional Crew

    • Jace Norman in Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)
      Henry Danger: The Movie
      4.8
      • adr voice actor
      • 2025
    • Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, and Jharrel Jerome in Unstoppable (2024)
      Unstoppable
      6.8
      • loop group
      • 2024
    • Bobby Cannavale, Kaitlin Olson, Ramon Reed, Loren Gray, Raphael Alejandro, Ali Gallo, Bardia Seiri, Isabella Ferreira, and Mason Thames in Incoming (2024)
      Incoming
      5.8
      • loop group
      • 2024
    • Snoop Dogg in The Underdoggs (2024)
      The Underdoggs
      5.6
      • loop group (as Shakira Paye)
      • 2024
    • Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, and Archie Renaux in The Other Zoey (2023)
      The Other Zoey
      5.9
      • adr loop group coordinator
      • 2023
    • Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh in A Good Person (2023)
      A Good Person
      7.1
      • The Loop Squad
      • 2023
    • Riele Downs and Auli'i Cravalho in Darby and the Dead (2022)
      Darby and the Dead
      5.7
      • voice cast
      • 2022
    • A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
      A Jazzman's Blues
      6.8
      • voice actor (as Shakira Paye)
      • 2022
    • Kevin Bacon, Cooper Koch, Monique Kim, Austin Crute, Anna Lore, Quei Tann, Theo Germaine, and Darwin del Fabro in They/Them (2022)
      They/Them
      4.0
      • adr voice cast (as Shakira Pay)
      • 2022
    • Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Fresh (2022)
      Fresh
      6.7
      • voice actor
      • 2022
    • Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Marley Shelton, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Sonia Ammar, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mikey Madison in Scream (2022)
      Scream
      6.3
      • looper
      • 2022
    • Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, Snoop Dogg, Conrad Vernon, Oscar Isaac, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, and Finn Wolfhard in The Addams Family (2019)
      The Addams Family
      5.9
      • voice actor
      • 2019

    Producer

    • Girl Dinner (2025)
      Girl Dinner
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Shakira Ja'nai Paye in 32 (2024)
      32
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Shakira Ja'nai Paye and Sandra Hinojosa in S.L.A.G. (2017)
      S.L.A.G.
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Photobomb
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2014

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    Demascus
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    Demascus

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Shakira Pay
    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Female

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      • Kira

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