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 The Wilde Wedding with Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart and Minnie Driver, The Intern with Robert De Niro and multiple guest roles on various TV series including Person of Interest, The Affair, Gotham and Blue Bloods.
Early life Singer was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. Her father is African American and her mother is of Ukrainian descent. 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. At 19, Singer joined the Upright Citizens Brigade to study improvisational theatre.
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. The following year, she joined the regular cast of Freeform's teen drama-thriller series Dead of Summer, portraying summer camp counselor Jessie Tyler. 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. 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"2022Power Book III: Raising KananZisaRecurring cast: season 22024ElsbethIvy BensonEpisode: "Sweet Justice"2024Everybody Still Hates ChrisTasha Clarkson (voice)Recurring cast: season 1
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