EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Fatmata Kamara has joined Independent Artist Group, the agency’s Head of Global Talent, Andrew Rogers, announced on Friday.
Kamara joins from the now-defunct A3 Artists Agency, where she represented an array of diverse talent including Will Catlett (A Thousand and One, Constellation), Clark Backo (The Changeling, Venom 3), Larenz Tate (Power Book II: Ghost), Stephanie Arcila (Fire Country), Blu Hunt (The New Mutants, Sherlock & Daughter), Genneya Walton (Candy Cane Lane, Daredevil: New Beginnings), Shahadi Wright Joseph (The Lion King, Them: Covenant), and Kaci Walfall (Ava Duvernay’s Naomi), all of whom she is bringing with her to IAG.
Prior to A3, Kamara was a talent agent at CAA, where she represented such talents as Zazie Beetz, Gabrielle Union, H.E.R., Miles Brown, and Jesse Williams. Before CAA, she worked at the prior iteration of A3, Abrams Artists Agency. During her career, she has been known to have a keen eye for identifying rising stars and nurturing them. Some of her success stories include cultivating the early careers of Winston Duke, Anna Diop, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kendrick Sampson, and Taylour Paige.
“We are excited for Fatmata to join our rapidly growing agency,” Rogers told Deadline. “She is well respected throughout the industry and is well known for her ability to identify and cultivate rising stars. She will be a tremendous asset to us and we can’t wait to get to work with her and her clients.”
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