J. Adami is an emerging film and stage actor based in Maryland. She made her film debut in The Good Lord Bird as the Gardener with Joshua Caleb Johnson, directed by Ethan Hawke and Haifaa al-Mansour. Her film and television roles include: Netflix's House of Cards as a Department of Justice Lawyer together with Elizabeth Marvel, directed by Robin Wright. Snowden alongside Joseph Gordon Levitt, directed by Oliver Stone; VEEP (season 4, episode 6) with Julia Louis Dreyfus directed by Armando Lannucci; Henrietta Lacks Story with Oprah Winfrey directed by George C. Wolfe; Billions with Paul Giamatti Directed by Anna Boden, Parks and Recreation (season 7) with Amy Poehler directed by Dean Holland. She also did stand-in work for Cicely Tyson, Kerry Washington, Lisa Gay-Hamilton, Amanda Warren, and Renée Elise Goldsberg. Theatre credits include: Kennedy Center Honors (2016 & 2017); Elizabeth in Virgil's Law at DC Black Theatre Festival; Dee-Dee in a reading of Strange Weather and For Colored Girl...at the University of Baltimore; Decoding Silence at Run of the Mill Theatre; and a reading of Clipping Toe Nails directed by the late Paul Berman.J. trained with international Meisner master teachers Kathryn Gately and Richard Poole at Gately/Poole Conservatory, and the Artists at Yale Summer Conservatory and Michael Howard Studio; she also studied with nationally renowned private coach Paul Berman in the Maryland area. She graduated magna cum laude from Johns Hopkins University with an M.S. in Organization Behavior and a B.S. in Social Science Liberal Arts. She also has an AA in Interpreting for the Deaf from Catonsville Community College, as well as an AA in Culinary Arts from Hospitality Culinary Arts and Tourism. J. is a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do, an avid runner and weight lifter, and loves to dance and read. She facilitates communication as a sign-language interpreter at her church. She loves to cook and entertain for family and friends, and enjoys chilling and spending time with her husband. Show less «