S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

  • Birthday: 1952-11-28
  • Place of birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
  • Also know as: Epatha Merkerson

Biography

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, Obie Award, 4 NAACP Image Awards, and 2 Tony Award nominations. She is best known for her role as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) on the long-running NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, as well as the Law & Order TV movie Exiled. She appeared in 390 episodes of the series, more than any other cast member. She has a starring role as Sharon Goodwin on NBC's Chicago Med. She also had a recurring role as Reba (the mail carrier) on Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Ms. St. Marth on the TV series Here and Now. She has appeared in feature films including She's Gotta Have It, Loose Cannons, Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Random Hearts, Radio, Black Snake Moan, Lincoln (2012), and Peeples. She has also appeared in TV movies including A Place for Annie, A Mother's Prayer, Breaking Through, Lackawanna Blues, and The Gabby Douglas Story.

Filmography

Lackawanna Blues

2005

As Rachel "Nanny" Crosby

You Can Go

2016

As Mrs. Bryant

Blood Sugar Rising

2020

As narrator

The Challenger

2015

As Jada

Sexual Healing

0000

As Alberta Gay

We Grown Now

2024

As Anita

Black Snake Moan

2006

As Angela

Radio

2003

As Maggie

Peeples

2013

As Daphne Peeples

A Place for Annie

1994

As Alice

Girl, Positive

2007

As Ariel Winters

Year by the Sea

2016

As Liz

Barbecue

2020

As Lillie Anne

Mother and Child

2009

As Ada

Slipstream

2007

As Bonnie

The Gabby Douglas Story

2014

As Miss Caroline

An Unexpected Life

1998

As Beverly Hawkins

A Mother's Prayer

1995

As Ruby

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

As Tarissa Dyson

She's Gotta Have It

1986

As Doctor Jamison

Moe's World

1990

As

It's Nothing Personal

1993

As Louise Waters

The Rising Place

2001

As Lessie Watson

After the Silence

1996

As Barbara

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999

As Eslanda Robeson (voice)

Navy Seals

1990

As Jolena

Exiled

1998

As Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

Jacob's Ladder

1990

As Elsa

Loose Cannons

1990

As Rachel

Jersey Girl

2004

As Doctor #1

Random Hearts

1999

As Nea

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

As Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Lincoln

2012

As Lydia Smith

Production

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