Maryam Basir
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Maryam Basir
OR:
Maryam Basir on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Maryam Basir is an American actress and
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in ...
.


Life and career

Basir was born in
Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
and raised in
Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, fifth-most populous cit ...
. Her brother is director Qasim Basir. She graduated from
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
and later moved to New York City to pursue her acting and modeling career. She began appearing in small movies, such as horror films ''Fright Club'' (2006) and '' Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet'' (2009). She also made guest starring appearances on television series ''
30 Rock ''30 Rock'' is an American satire, satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live' ...
'', '' Are We There Yet?'', ''
Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...
'', '' Chicago P.D.'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''
The Chi ''The Chi'' ( ) is an American drama television series created by Lena Waithe about life in a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. In May 2024, the series was renewed for a seventh season which premiered on May 18, 2025. In May 2025, th ...
''. Basir appeared in films ''
Mooz-lum ''Mooz-lum'' is a 2011 American independent film written and directed by Qasim "Q" Basir and stars Danny Glover, Nia Long, and Evan Ross. ''Mooz-lum'' (i.e. "Muslim") tells the story of an African American Muslim family whose lives are changed b ...
'' (2010), '' A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.'' (2018) and ''
To Live and Die and Live ''To Live and Die and Live'' is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by Qasim Basir and starring Amin Joseph. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2023 and was released theatrically in the United State ...
'' (2023), all directed by her brother, Qasim Basir. In 2020, she starred in the BET romantic comedy film, ''Holiday Heartbreak''. The following year, Basir was cast in a leading role as Lacey McCullough in the
Allblk ALLBLK (typeset as ALLBLK in press materials but stylized allblk in its logotype; pronounced as "all-black"; ALLWAYSBLK in Canada and the Caribbean), formerly Urban Movie Channel (UMC) is an over-the-top SVOD service operated by the AMC Network ...
legal drama series, ''Lace''. The second season aired in 2023. Basir also launched her line of cosmetics titled ''Maryam Beauty'' in 2023. In 2023, Basir played the lead alongside her ''Lace'' co-star
Skyh Black Skyh Alvester Black (born February 16, 1988) is an American actor, dancer and model, known for his role in the BET+ drama series, ''All the Queen's Men''. Life and career Black was born and raised by his grandparents as Alvester Martin in Miami ...
in the romantic comedy-drama film, ''A Haitian Wedding'' for
Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by ...
.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basir, Maryam 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actresses Living people American film actresses American television actresses University of Michigan alumni Year of birth missing (living people)