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S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

28/11/1952

Age

73 years old

Place of Birth

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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 Bu... Read More

Known For

Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

We Grown Now

We Grown Now

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Barbecue

Barbecue

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Blood Sugar Rising

Blood Sugar Rising

You Can Go

You Can Go

Year by the Sea

Year by the Sea

The Challenger

The Challenger

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Filmography

Cast

2025

Eye for an Eye

as May

2024

We Grown Now

as Anita

2021

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

as Selma

2020

Barbecue

as Lillie Anne

2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angel...

as Belize

2020

Blood Sugar Rising

as Narrator (voice)

2016

You Can Go

as Mrs. Bryant

2016

Year by the Sea

as Liz

2015

The Challenger

as Jada

2014

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

as Self

2014

The Gabby Douglas Story

as Miss Caroline

2013

Peeples

as Daphne Peeples

2012

Lincoln

as Lydia Smith

2010

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 191...

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Mother and Child

as Ada

2009

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

as Effa

2008

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

as Narrator (voice)

2007

Girl, Positive

as Ariel Winters

2007

Slipstream

as Bonnie

2006

Black Snake Moan

as Angela

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

2004

Jersey Girl

as Doctor #1

2003

Radio

as Maggie

2001

The Rising Place

as Lessie Watson

1999

Random Hearts

as Nea

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Eslanda Robeson (voice)

1998

Exiled

as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

1998

An Unexpected Life

as Beverly Hawkins

1996

Breaking Through

as Barbara

1995

A Mother's Prayer

as Ruby

1994

A Place for Annie

as Alice

1993

It's Nothing Personal

as Louise Waters

1992

Second Chances

as Ruth Clayton

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Tarissa Dyson

1990

Jacob's Ladder

as Elsa

1990

Navy Seals

as Jolena

1990

Moe's World

1990

Loose Cannons

as Rachel

1988

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

as Reba

1986

She's Gotta Have It

as Doctor Jamison