Sakina Jaffrey

You Might Know Her From

Damian and Anne welcome the inimitable Sakina Jaffrey to this week’s show. You Might Know Her From House of Cards, The Mindy Project, Chutney Popcorn, Timeless, Sex and the City, Raising Helen, American Gods, and Daylight. Sakina regales us with stories of her artist stock, with actor parents Madhur and Saeed Jaffrey and musician stepfather Sanford Allen, playing Mindy Kaling’s mother, working with Kevin Spacey, her iconic episode of SATC, and then blows our fucking minds with the lesbian trope we didn’t know existed. You know what we’re gonna say? It was a delight. Also, please leave us a GD review, kittens.

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Discussed this week:

Nabisco Giggles

Anne was trying to name Cheez Nips

Boo Berry & monster cereals etc

Mr Peanut through the years

Planters Cheez Balls

Chutney Popcorn (1999)

Sakina’s mom: Madhur Jaffrey; father: Saeed Jaffrey ; stepfather: Sanford Allen

Lion’s Head Tavern & Stonewall Riots

Sakina on The Mindy Project

Sakina's friend and fellow Indian-American actress, Sarita Choudhury

Play at the New Group, Rafta Rafta

Dead Lesbian Trope or Lesbian Killer Trope

The Full Jaffrey: women of color cast as lesbian couple (9-1-1, Timeless, Glow, Jessica Jones, The First)

Lisa Gay Hamilton

Sakina played Linda Vasquez in House of Cards as a lesbian (!!!)

Playing Irish in Defending Jacob (Apple TV+ series)

House of Cards Kevin Spacey situation

Family friend: Wallace “Wally” Shawn. She appeared in his play, Marie and Bruce

Oral history of Splat! Sakina’s famous episode of Sex and the City

Starred opposite her father, Saeed in Masala

Father starred on famous UK sitcom, Tandoori Nights

Sakina’s diner scene in American Gods

Played opposite Kate Hudson & Joan Cusack Raising Helen

Sakina Jaffrey danced for the Joffrey Ballet - how do you spell man’s name Geoffrey?

Daylight shot in Rome

Warm blanket movie: Talledega Nights

Sakina Jaffrey in Red Sparrow with Jennifer Lawrence, but couldn’t watch it

Loved Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017)

Glow Season 3’s Arthie and Yolanda are The Full Jaffrey