Djaka was born and raised in Paris, France to a French Mother and a West African Father. She starts acting at the age of 8, singing and dancing at the age of 10.
At 17, under the direction of Claudia Stavinsky, she gets cast as the witty Anita in West Side Story at the famous Chatelet Theater. Shortly after, she spends a year immersed at the Performing Arts Academy of Skyline High near San Francisco, where she perfects her English. Back in Paris, she completes her training, studying Stanislavski Method, and joining the Paris Musical Theater Academy. She performs in festivals, works in TV, commercials and models.
She then writes her first play:"What do girls talk about?" that she performs in and tours with actress Celine Beeckmans in France, Belgium and Hong Kong. In France, she acts in independent films like "The Rival" but returns to Hong Kong where she works and performs for about three years.
Djaka currently lives in NYC and is a graduate of the ISVP Program at Broadway Dance Center for whom she choreographed a piece and danced at the 2015 NYC Dance Parade .She's performed at La Mama, at The Invisible Dog where she played Helena in New Saloon "Three Translations of uncle Vanya", and was part of Classical Theater of Harlem "Romeo'N Juliet" in 2014 and "The Tempest" in 2015.
Djaka has been working at Goldcrest Productions & Saboteur Media since 2015 and was a producer on Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested film: "Hell On Earth: the fall of Syria and the rise of Isis" .
Since then, she's starred in two features: "What my love is for" by Philippe Embury and "An afternoon in MonteCarlo" by Vaintino and just wrote and directed her first short film "Jazz in Wakanda".
Her latest projects are "Z-born", a short Sci-Fi film directed by Shaan Couture for the 2018 Women Weekend Film Challenge, "Nairobi", by Philip Youmans for Solange Knowles platform: Saint Heron and "Words" by Amhalise Morgan starring Nicholas Pinnock.
At 17, under the direction of Claudia Stavinsky, she gets cast as the witty Anita in West Side Story at the famous Chatelet Theater. Shortly after, she spends a year immersed at the Performing Arts Academy of Skyline High near San Francisco, where she perfects her English. Back in Paris, she completes her training, studying Stanislavski Method, and joining the Paris Musical Theater Academy. She performs in festivals, works in TV, commercials and models.
She then writes her first play:"What do girls talk about?" that she performs in and tours with actress Celine Beeckmans in France, Belgium and Hong Kong. In France, she acts in independent films like "The Rival" but returns to Hong Kong where she works and performs for about three years.
Djaka currently lives in NYC and is a graduate of the ISVP Program at Broadway Dance Center for whom she choreographed a piece and danced at the 2015 NYC Dance Parade .She's performed at La Mama, at The Invisible Dog where she played Helena in New Saloon "Three Translations of uncle Vanya", and was part of Classical Theater of Harlem "Romeo'N Juliet" in 2014 and "The Tempest" in 2015.
Djaka has been working at Goldcrest Productions & Saboteur Media since 2015 and was a producer on Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested film: "Hell On Earth: the fall of Syria and the rise of Isis" .
Since then, she's starred in two features: "What my love is for" by Philippe Embury and "An afternoon in MonteCarlo" by Vaintino and just wrote and directed her first short film "Jazz in Wakanda".
Her latest projects are "Z-born", a short Sci-Fi film directed by Shaan Couture for the 2018 Women Weekend Film Challenge, "Nairobi", by Philip Youmans for Solange Knowles platform: Saint Heron and "Words" by Amhalise Morgan starring Nicholas Pinnock.
