Jade Eshete (born January 9, 1985) is an American television and film actress. She starred in the
BBC America
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series ''
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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''.
Early life
Jade Eshete was born to Guyanese and Ethiopian parents in
Brooklyn
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,
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. While obtaining her structural engineering degree from
The City College of New York
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, she volunteered with
National Dance Institute National Dance Institute (NDI) was founded in 1976 by New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise (dancer), Jacques d'Amboise.
NDI works with mainstream, bilingual, and special education classes.
NDI classes are taught by professional ...
helping inner city youth learn dance.
Career
Upon graduation, Eshete started her professional career in commercial print modeling for brands including '' L'Oreal Paris'', ''Marshalls'', ''
QVC
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'', ''
Essence Magazine
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History
Edward Lewis, Clarence O ...
'', ''Dark & Lovely'' and '' SoftSheen-Carson''. She then transitioned into featured roles on stage, including the character Squeak in the national tour of the musical ''
The Color Purple
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Diane Paulus
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.
She also appeared in the short films 2015 ''Brooklove'' and the 2017 ''Ache''.
On television, Eshete has been seen in episodes of
HBO
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's 2012 series ''
High Maintenance
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'',
Hulu
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NBC
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's 2016 series ''
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'' and
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's '' Billions''. Most notably she has starred as Farah Black in the
BBC America
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Unlike the BBC's ...
science-fiction detective 2016 series ''
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romanti ...