# Jajube Mandiela

Jajube Mandiela is a Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Chantay Black on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

## Early life

Her mother is Jamaican theatre director Ahdri Zhina Mandiela. Mandiela graduated from the University of Toronto, studying the Innis College's Cinema Studies program.

## Career

Mandiela made her television debut in 2004 on the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation as Chantay Black. She appeared on season four through season eleven.
In 2007, she appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!, alongside Keke Palmer and Corbin Bleu.
Mandiela made her on stage debut in 2008, as Binti, a young girl growing up in modern day Malawi, in Binti's Journey. The production, based on Deborah Ellis' The Heaven Shop, was directed by her mother. It ran until March 2009.
In 2014, she starred in the play Wounded Soldiers as Lydia Grant. Her performance was met with praise by critics.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Girl with Piercings | |
| 2014 | Bee & Julie-Julie | Bee | Short film |
| 2017 | Reel Women Seen | Actress | Short film |
| 2018 | Heart | Zoe | Short film |
| 2019 | Celeste and Moulee Till the End of the World | Kenzi | Short film |
| 2019 | Cheat Meal | Rita | Short film |
| 2020 | The Robbery | Alex | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004-2011 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Chantay Black | Main role (series 4-11) |
| 2007 | Jump In! | Yolanda Brooks | Television movie |
| 2008 | The Border | Akila Megembe | Episode: "Floral Tribute" |
| 2010 | Degrassi Takes Manhattan | Chantay Black | Television movie |
| 2010 | Degrassi in India | Self | Television movie |
| 2011-2013 | Crash Canyon | Pristine Manderbelt | Voice role; 26 episodes |
| 2018 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Velma Peters | Episode: "Radio Daze" |
| 2019 | Murdoch Mysteries | Rose | Episode: "The Killing Dose" |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Discovery | Holo Officer #2 | Episode: "Die Trying" |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009-2010 | Degrassi: Minis | Chantay Black | 14 episodes |

## Filmmaking credits

| Year | Title | Producer | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 2014 | Bee & Julie-Julie | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
| 2018 | Heart | Yes | No | Yes | Short film |
| 2019 | Cheat Meal | Yes | No | No | Short film |
| TBA | First Grade Headache | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |

## On stage
### As performer

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Venue | Notes |
| 2008-2009 | Binti's Journey | Binti | Ahdri Zhina Mandiela | Tarragon Theatre | |
| 2009 | The Centre | Q-Spy | Joan Kivanda | Factory Theatre | |
| 2009 | Greenland | Tanya | Ravi Jain | Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace | Summerworks Festival |
| 2010 | Sia | Sia Wonleh | Philip McKee | St. Vladimir's Theatre | |
| 2011 | Swoon! | Emma | Jason Maghanoy | Factory Theatre | |
| 2011 | Morning Glory | Stefanie | Kate Lushington | Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace | |
| 2012 | Sia | Sia Wonleh | Nina Lee Aquino | Factory Theatre | |
| 2013 | Nobody's Idol | Frances / Annie | Ramona Gillmour-Darling | Randolph Theatre | |
| 2014 | Wounded Soldiers | Lydia Grant | Robert Winslow | Winslow Farm | |

### As production

| Year | Title | Venue | Director | Assistant director |
| 2010 | All of Him | Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Tick | George Ignatieff Theatre | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Obeah Opera | 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture | No | Yes |
| 2013 | Sister Mary's a Dyke?! | Aki Studio | No | Yes |
| 2014 | The Art of Storytelling | Honest Ed's Alleyway | Yes | No |
| 2016 | Salt-Water Moon | Factory Theatre | No | Yes |