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Nilaja Sun is an award-winning actor recognized for her work in film, television (Law & Order: SVU, 30 Rock), and the stage.

@TheNilajaSun has worked as an NYC teaching artist for 20 years, won 20 awards for her work on "No Child," AND she's appeared on TV shows like Madam.

Nilaja Sun (born Nilaja Sun Gordon) is an actress, playwright, and a teaching artist from the Lower East Side in New York City.

Nilaja Sun takes some time to talk to Voice about Pike St., inspirations, and to give advice to young people.

Sun, a teaching artist in the Bronx at fictional Malcom X High School.

Nilaja Sun (born Nilaja Sun Gordon) is an actress, playwright, and a teaching artist from the Lower East Side in New York City..

Nilaja Sun

American actor and playwright

Nilaja Sun (born Nilaja Sun Gordon) is an actress, playwright, and a teaching artist from the Lower East Side in New York City.^[1] Sun has taught theatre in New York City public schools since 1998 and is best known for her award-winning one-person play, No Child...^[1] She is half Puerto Rican and half African-American.^[2]

Career

Sun has featured in TV shows and movies, including The Bourne Legacy (2012), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004–2006), and 30 Rock (2008–2012).^[3]

Her most famous work, No Child..., follows the story of Miss Sun, a visiting teacher in a 10th grade classroom at Malcolm X High School in the Bronx.^[4] The one-person play includes 16 characters, a mixture of students, teachers, and administration.

The play was created by Sun based on her eight-year experience with arts education in New York City schools,^[5] including at Martin Luther Kin