Nzinga Blake

Nzinga Blake
Born	Nzinga Christine Blake 1981 (age 35–36) Sierra Leone, Africa
Occupation	Actress

Nzinga Christine Blake (born 1981) is an American / Sierra Leonean actress.

Blake was a host on Current TV and starred on the TV series Fridays on Cartoon Network, Culture Click on Litton's Weekend Adventure, as well as in national television commercials for Sprite and Kinkos. Blake now hosts "Culture Click" on the television network called "Bounce" TV, which is usually only found on non-cable television. Her father, Cecil Blake, is the former Minister of Information in Sierra Leone.

Born in Maryland, Nzinga Blake has been a jet setter from birth with a love for the arts, fashion and humanitarian efforts. As the daughter of a Sierra Leonean former UN official, cabinet minister, and world scholar, she spent a majority of her childhood in Tokyo, Japan and Nairobi, Kenya. While in Japan Nzinga, her older sister and Mother, a clinical dietitian, were swept into the fashion scene as models, which is where Nzinga began her love for fashion. She also starred in several Japanese and English musical theater performances from grade school overseas and throughout high school, igniting her love and devotion to the arts.

Nzinga’s love for humanitarian efforts began as a little child as she traveled back to her parent’s native country of Sierra Leone in West Africa. She was taught to always share with those who were less fortunate. This tradition continued when she attended the International School of Kenya, where Nzinga and classmates would often volunteer within the community. Her fondest memory was spending time at the AIDS orphanage and packing a lunch for a little child she was responsible for while taking them on Safari. She participates annually in the Los Angeles AIDS Walk. After the recent earthquake that shattered Haiti, Nzinga organized a fundraising event in Los Angeles that contributed to the general fund of the International Medical Corps.

Nzinga graduated cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) school of Film, Television and Digital Media. After graduating from UCLA, Nzinga became the first live human to be seen on Cartoon Network, where she hosted the popular show Fridays. During this time she also landed recurring role, as Vivian, on the Showtime series Barbershop and the ABC primetime drama What About Brian. She would go on to become a host, writer and producer on Al Gore’s Emmy Award winning network, Current TV. 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).

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