Zuleikha Robinson

Zuleikha Robinson (born in 1977) is a British actress. She first came to attention as Yves Adele Harlow, a mysterious thief on the 2001 series The Lone Gunmen. She has appeared in the films Hidalgo, The Merchant of Venice (2004) and The Namesake (2006). Robinson was a regular cast member on the series Lost (2009–10), the political thriller Homeland (2012) and the drama The Following (2015). In 2019, she joined the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for their 21st season, in the recurring role of Assistant District Attorney Vanessa Hadid.

Early life and education Zuleikha Robinson was born in London, England, and brought up in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia by an Indian-Burmese mother and an English father. She is also of Scottish, Burmese, Indian, Malay, and Iranian descent.

She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

Career Robinson made her film debut in the 2000 experimental film Timecode. She gained attention on the 2001 series The Lone Gunmen, part of The X-Files franchise. She played Yves Adele Harlow, a mysterious thief who often aided (and sometimes hindered) the starring trio.

Robinson's first lead role brought her to Morocco, playing a 19th-century Arabian princess named Jazira, opposite Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif, in Disney's $80 million Western epic Hidalgo (2004), directed by Joe Johnston. The film tells the story of long-distance endurance horse rider, Frank Hopkins. and was promoted to series regular for the sixth season. In 2012, she was cast in the second season of Homeland in a recurring role as Roya Hammad. Robinson also played a supporting role in the drama thriller film The Boy.

In 2014, Robinson was cast in Intelligence as Amelia Hayes, Gabriel's wife and a former CIA field officer.

In 2016, Robinson was cast as Lady Capulet in the ABC period drama Still Star-Crossed produced by ShondaLand.

Since 2019, she has a recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Assistant District Attorney Vanessa Hadid, bureau chief of sex crimes at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Personal life Robinson's brother is field botanist Alastair Robinson.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Benefactor: Scenes from an Arrangement Hope Crowley Short film 2000 Timecode Lester Moore's Assistant 2002 Slash Suzie 2004 Hidalgo Jazira The Merchant of Venice Jessica 2006 The Namesake Moushumi Mazumdar 2009 Fist Full of Love Short film, also writer 2014 Ask Me Anything Afreen 2015 The Boy Mom 2016 American Fable Vera

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 The Lone Gunmen Yves Adele Harlow Series regular, 13 episodes 2002 The X-Files Yves Adele Harlow / Lois Runce Episode: "Jump the Shark" 2007 Rome Gaia Recurring role, 7 episodes 2008 New Amsterdam Eva Marquez Series regular, 8 episodes 2009–10 Lost Ilana Verdansky Series regular, 16 episodesNominated — Monte Carlo TV Festival Award for Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (2010) 2012 Homeland Roya Hammad Recurring role, 9 episodesNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013) 2013 The Mentalist Dr. Sonia Kidd Episode: "Red in Tooth and Claw" Covert Affairs Bianca Manning Recurring role, 4 episodes 2014 Intelligence Amelia Vaughn Recurring role, 3 episodes Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Amara Recurring role, 4 episodes Kingdom Allison Recurring role, 3 episodes 2015 The Following Gwen Series regular, 15 episodes 2017 Salvation Catherine Adams Episode: "Another Trip Around the Sun" Still Star-Crossed Lady Capulet Series regular, 7 episodes The Exorcist Mouse Series regular, 10 episodes 2019–2020 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bureau Chief Assistant DA Vanessa Hadid Recurring role, 8 episodes 2021 Evil Jane Castle Episode: "F Is for Fire" 2023 Jack Ryan Zeyara Lemos 6 episodes

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result2010 Gold Derby Award Ensemble of the Year (with Naveen Andrews, Néstor Carbonell, Henry Ian Cusick, Alan Dale, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Jeff Fahey, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Evangeline Lilly & Terry O'Quinn ) Lost Golden Nymph Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Lost 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (with Morena Baccarin, Timothée Chalamet, Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, David Harewood, Diego Klattenhoff, Damian Lewis, David Marciano, Navid Negahban, Jackson Pace, Mandy Patinkin, Morgan Saylor, Jamey Sheridan & Hrach Titizian) Homeland