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American actor and playwright

Nilaja Sun (born Nilaja Sun Gordon) is an actress, playwright, and a teaching artist from the Lower East Side in New York City.^[1] Sun has taught theatre in New York City public schools since 1998 and is best known for her award-winning one-person play, No Child...^[1] She is half Puerto Rican and half African-American.^[2]

Career

Sun has featured in TV shows and movies, including The Bourne Legacy (2012), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004–2006), and 30 Rock (2008–2012).^[3]

Her most famous work, No Child..., follows the story of Miss Sun, a visiting teacher in a 10th grade classroom at Malcolm X High School in the Bronx.^[4] The one-person play includes 16 characters, a mixture of students, teachers, and administration.

The play was created by Sun based on her eight-year experience with arts education in New York City schools,^[5] including at Martin Luther Kin Nilaja Sun - Wikipedia COFI