| Sujata Day | |
| Birth Name: | Sujata Choudhury |
| Birth Date: | June 27, 1984[1] |
| Birth Place: | Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation: | Actress, model, screenwriter |
| Othername: | Sujata Ray |
Sujata Choudhury (born June 27, 1984),[2] credited professionally as Sujata Day, is an American actress, model[3] and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as CeeCee in the Issa Rae web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011-2013) and Sarah in Insecure. Day made her directorial debut with the 2020 comedy-drama, Definition Please.[4]
The daughter of an India-born mechanical engineer and a housewife, Sujata became involved in the performing arts at a very young age. She began with dance (ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and East Indian folk and classical dance) and then became equally interested in acting, singing and musical theater. She continued to study and perform in school and community productions before heading west to pursue a professional acting career in Hollywood.
Sujata has appeared in a wide variety of television shows such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Campus Ladies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7th Heaven, Greek, and The Loop.[5] In 2007, she played a supporting role in the Warner Bros.-produced Sublime. She can be seen alongside Danny Glover and Snoop Doggy Dogg in the independent film Down for Life which premiered to rave reviews at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2009 she appeared in the horror/comedy film ,[6] which screened at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.[7] [8]
She starred as CeCe in the Issa Rae-created web comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.[9] [10] She continued her work with Rae on the HBO series, Insecure.[11]
In 2017, Day wrote, produced, directed and starred in a film called Cowboy and Indian, to be developed into a television series.[12]
On May 30, 2019, it was announced that Day will direct a film called Definition Please, for which she also wrote the script. It stars Ritesh Rajan and Jake Choi and was shot on location in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2019.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Weapon of Mass Destruction | The Virgin | ||
| 2006 | Alien Secrets | Leena Gupita | Video | |
| 2007 | Sublime | Quechan Indian Girl | Video | |
| 2008 | Extremely Hermosa | Jugadamba | Short | |
| 2009 | Struggle | Park Girl | Short | |
| Down for Life | Melissa | |||
| Stacy Rahman | ||||
| 2011 | Big Breakin | Vanessa | Short | |
| 2012 | Nesting | Sasha | ||
| Directing Reality | TV Reporter | Short | ||
| 2013 | Wallflower | Herself | Short | |
| 2014 | Facebook Fatigue | Single Girl | Short | |
| Words with Girls | Ari | TV movie | ||
| 2015 | Hello Again | Sophie | Short | |
| 2016 | 9 Rides | Sleepy Woman | ||
| Tiny House | Priya | TV movie | ||
| 2017 | 20 Weeks | Ruby | ||
| Parts | Herself | Short | ||
| A Little Bit Pregnant | Amina | Short | ||
| Since We've Been Apart | Brielle | Short | ||
| Cowboy and Indian | Indian | Short | ||
| 2018 | Wrong Side of 25 | Katie | Short | |
| Killing Diaz | Claire | |||
| Lemonade | Liz | Short | ||
| Ganja Mama | Sunita | Short | ||
| The Homestay | Nina | Short | ||
| Revenge Tour | Jamila | TV Short | ||
| Bender | Reveler | Video Short | ||
| Leadwell | Liz | Short | ||
| Bull Mountain Lookout | Erin | Short | ||
| 2019 | Blowing Up Right Now | Mandy | ||
| Ring Ring | Marion | |||
| Signal | Amy | Short | ||
| Bill, the Alien | Mya | Short | ||
| 2020 | The Bellman | Stacey | ||
| aTypical Wednesday | Heather | |||
| Death of a Telemarketer | Shelly | |||
| Definition Please | Monica Chowdry | |||
| 2021 | For the Hits | Layla |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Russians in the City of Angels | Tiffany | Episode: "Papa" | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Shy Girl | Episode: "Storyteller" | ||
| 2004 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | East Indian Girl | Episode: "Episode # 12.69" | |
| 2006 | 7th Heaven | Student #1 | Episode: "Got MLK" | |
| The Underground | Dancer | - | ||
| 2007 | Campus Ladies | Hot Girl | Episode: "Foreign Policy" | |
| The Loop | Veronica | Episode: "Lady Business" | ||
| Greek | College Student #2 | Episode: "Depth Perception" | ||
| 2009 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Student #1 | Episode: "Ciao" | |
| 2010 | Desperate Housewives | Dancer | Episode: "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" | |
| Raveena and the Vampire | Raveena | Main cast | ||
| 2011–13 | Awkward Black Girl | CeCe | Main cast | |
| 2012–13 | The Guild | Sula Morrison | Main cast: season 6 | |
| 2013 | Sistah Did What? | Agent | Episode: "The Best View Is the Rear View" | |
| The Slutty Years | Cats Girl | Episode: "Party" | ||
| Arrested Development | Flight Attendant #2 | Episode: "A New Start" | ||
| True Friendship Society | Bestie | Episode: "Pilot Part 1 & 2" | ||
| Little Horribles | Sad Sack | Episode: "Spinning" | ||
| 2014 | Naked Problems | Jessie | Main cast | |
| Don't Talk in the Kitchen Presents | Sujata | Episode: "Justin Bieber: Never Say N@Gger" | ||
| 2014–16 | Larry & Lucy | Lucy | Main cast | |
| 2015 | Big Breakin | Vanessa | Main cast | |
| The Grinder | Dawn | Episode: "A Hero Has Fallen" | ||
| Namaste, Bitches | Trina | Episode: "High Low Flow" | ||
| Unfollowers | Sujata | Main cast | ||
| Get Your Life | Lady in Blackish | Episode: "Girl Get Your Blackish" | ||
| 2016 | Smoky Knights | Erika | Episode: "Everyone Gets Seth Laid" | |
| Brian Remus: Science Genius | Lindsey | Episode: "Mister Butters" | ||
| 2016–21 | Insecure | Sarah | Recurring cast: season 1-3, guest: season 5 | |
| 2017 | Life in Pieces | Hostess | Episode: "#TBT: Y2K Sophia Honeymoon Critter" | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Sarah | Episode: "Serve & Protect" | ||
| 2018 | Dell: Tales of Transformation | - | Episode: "Rio Grande Steams Into the Future" | |
| Solve | Julia | Episode: "Deal With the Devil" | ||
| 2019 | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Laura | Episode: "It's the Cigars You Smoke That Are Going to Give You Cancer" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | An American Idol Christmas | Script coordinator | Television film |
| 2010 | Raveena and the Vampire | Writer, producer | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Wallflower | Writer, director, producer | Short film |
| 2014–15 | Larry & Lucy | Writer, executive producer | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Big Breaking | Executive producer | 5 episodes |
| Unfollowers | Producer |