Chatting With Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes actor and writer; Philicia Saunders! Philicia Saunders is an American actress of Jamaican and African-American parentage. She is best known for her role as Tabala Zo in the Star Wars Universe, The Force Awakens.  Philicia completed a master's degree program in acting at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. At UCLA, she appeared in many stage productions, including William Wycherley's The Country Wife, Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine and Noël Coward's Hay Fever. She also attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England with an emphasis on classical acting and Shakespeare.  Philicia also worked as a production and casting intern on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, Salim Akil's Jumping the Broom and Justin Tipping's Kicks. She started her professional career in acting when she made her stage debut at Ark Theater in Los Angeles as Hermia in William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, portraying Portia with the Independent Shakespeare Company in a pr