10.0
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Belize
S. Epatha Merkerson
Nationality:United States
Education:Wayne State University, Cooley High School, Eastern Michigan University, Indiana University Bloomington, Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts
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S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson; November 28, 1952) is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010, appearing in 388 episodes of the series. She is also known for playing Reba the Mail Lady on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Sharon Goodwin in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med since the series premiered in November 2015 (and in crossover appearances on Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.).
Filmography (40 movies)
8.5
8.5
A Mother's Prayer
1995
as Ruby
8.2
8.2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Tarissa Dyson
8.0
8.0
Year by the Sea
2016
as Liz
8.0
8.0
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008
as Narrator (voice)
7.3
7.3
Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Elsa
7.3
7.3
Radio
2003
as Maggie
7.3
7.3
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as Miss Caroline
7.2
7.2
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Reba
7.1
7.1
Breaking Through
1996
as Barbara
6.8
6.8
Black Snake Moan
2006
as Angela
6.7
6.7
We Grown Now
2024
as Anita
6.6
6.6
She's Gotta Have It
1986
as Doctor Jamison
6.6
6.6
Mother and Child
2009
as Ada
6.5
6.5
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010
as Narrator (voice)
6.1
6.1
Girl, Positive
2007
as Ariel Winters
6.0
6.0
The Rising Place
2001
as Lessie Watson
6.0
6.0
A Place for Annie
1994
as Alice
5.9
5.9
The Challenger
2015
as Jada
5.7
5.7
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
5.6
5.6
Exiled
1998
as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
5.6
5.6
Peeples
2013
as Daphne Peeples
5.4
5.4
Navy Seals
1990
as Jolena
5.3
5.3
Eye for an Eye
2025
as May
5.2
5.2
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
as Effa
5.0
5.0
You Can Go
2016
as Mrs. Bryant
5.0
5.0
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
Director
4.9
4.9
Loose Cannons
1990
as Rachel
4.9
4.9
Slipstream
2007
as Bonnie
4.0
4.0
An Unexpected Life
1998
as Beverly Hawkins
1.5
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Second Chances
1992
as Ruth Clayton
It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Louise Waters
Moe's World
1990
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Eslanda Robeson (voice)
Sexual Healing
TBA
as Alberta Gay
Blood Sugar Rising
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Barbecue
2020
as Lillie Anne
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021
as Selma
After All
TBA
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