Radha Blank

Born: 1976-09-01

Radha Blank (born September 1, 1976) is an American filmmaker, writer, and actress. Born and raised in New York City, Blank is known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the critically acclaimed feature film The 40-Year-Old Version. Blank got her start in the TV and film industry as an actress playing the role of Loquesha in the 1998 film Mixing Nia. She began her writing career as a playwright, writing several plays that never made it to the stage and the Off Broadway production Seed which received critical acclaim. Blank has performed as a comedian and rapper under the name RadhaMUSprime. For her directorial feature debut, The 40-Year-Old Version, Blank won the 2020 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay. Her other accolades include a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, an NEA New Play Development Award, the Sundance Institute's 2020 Vanguard Award, and a NYFA Fellowship.


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The Forty-Year-Old Version

as Radha
Released: 2020-01-25

Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha...

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Mixing Nia

as Loquesha
Released: 1998-04-26

An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Timeless

as Bessie Smith
First aired: 2016-10-03

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying...

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Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

as Self
First aired: 2020-05-03

Each week, Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo will send a couple of friends all the mixings...

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