Sujata Choudhury (born June 27, 1984), credited professionally as Sujata Day, is an American actress, model 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.
Early life
Day is of Bengali descent. The daughter of an Indian-born mechanical engineer and a housewife, Day became involved in the performing arts at a very young age. She was involved with dance (ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and East Indian folk and classical dance) and later with acting, singing and musical theater. Of her childhood, she has stated that if she had seen more Brown representation on television, she might have had more inspiration to pursue a career in the arts. She nevertheless studied the arts and performed in school and community productions before pursueing a professional acting career in Hollywood.
Career Day 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.Masterson Management - Sujata Day 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 The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu,Slamdance '10: My Eyes Are in Love, 'The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu' Trailer Debut! which screened at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.
She starred as CeCe in the Issa Rae-created web comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.Kickstarter: "Support The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"The Official Awkward Black Girl Website She continued her work with Rae on the HBO series, Insecure.
In 2017, Day wrote, produced, directed and starred in a film called Cowboy and Indian, to be developed into a television series.
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 Day's hometown of Greensburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2019.
Filmography
Film 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 The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu Stacy Rahman 2011 Big Breakin''' | Vanessa | Short |- |rowspan=2| 2012 | Nesting | Sasha
| Directing Reality | TV Reporter | Short |- | 2013 | Wallflower | Herself | Short |- |rowspan=2| 2014 | Facebook Fatigue | Single Girl | Short
| Words with Girls | Ari | TV movie |- | 2015 | Hello Again | Sophie | Short |- |rowspan=2| 2016 | 9 Rides | Sleepy Woman
| Tiny House | Priya | TV movie
|rowspan=5| 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 |- |rowspan=9| 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 |- |rowspan=4| 2019 | Blowing Up Right Now | Mandy
| Ring Ring | Marion
| Signal | Amy | Short |- | Bill, the Alien | Mya | Short |- |rowspan=4| 2020 | The Bellman | Stacey
| aTypical Wednesday | Heather
| Death of a Telemarketer | Shelly
| Definition Please | Monica Chowdry
| 2021 | For the Hits'' Layla Post-production
Television 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" |- |rowspan=2| 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 |- |rowspan=2| 2017 | Life in Pieces | Hostess | Episode: "#TBT: Y2K Sophia Honeymoon Critter"
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Sarah | Episode: "Serve & Protect" |- |rowspan=2| 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"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2019 NBA 2K20 Stacy Gibralto MyCAREER Story
Production 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
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