S. Epatha Merkerson
Acting
Born November 28, 1952
From Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also known 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 Bu...
Filmography
Eye for an Eye
May
20255.9
We Grown Now
Anita
20246.4
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
Selma
2021
Barbecue
Lillie Anne
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Belize
202010.0
Blood Sugar Rising
Narrator (voice)
2020
You Can Go
Mrs. Bryant
20165.0
Year by the Sea
Liz
20168.0
The Challenger
Jada
20155.9
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
20141.5
The Gabby Douglas Story
Miss Caroline
20147.4
Peeples
Daphne Peeples
20135.5
Lincoln
Lydia Smith
20126.8
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
Narrator (voice)
20106.5
Mother and Child
Ada
20096.6
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Effa
20095.3
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Narrator (voice)
20088.0
Girl, Positive
Ariel Winters
20076.1
Slipstream
Bonnie
20074.9
Black Snake Moan
Angela
20066.8
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
2006
Lackawanna Blues
Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
20055.9
Jersey Girl
Doctor #1
20046.2
Radio
Maggie
20037.3
The Rising Place
Lessie Watson
20016.7
Random Hearts
Nea
19995.6
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Eslanda Robeson (voice)
19998.0
Exiled
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
19985.9
An Unexpected Life
Beverly Hawkins
19984.9
After the SIlence
Barbara
19967.2
A Mother's Prayer
Ruby
19958.6
A Place for Annie
Alice
19946.1
It's Nothing Personal
Louise Waters
19937.0
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Second Chances
Ruth Clayton
1992
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Tarissa Dyson
19918.2
Jacob's Ladder
Elsa
19907.4
Navy Seals
Jolena
19905.4
Moe's World
19909.0
Loose Cannons
Rachel
19905.0
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Reba
19887.2
She's Gotta Have It
Doctor Jamison
19866.6
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Sexual Healing
Alberta Gay
N/A
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After All
N/A