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S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1952-11-28

Birth Place

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Mother's Prayer

A Mother's Prayer

1995

8.5

Movie
A Place for Annie

A Place for Annie

1994

6.0

Movie
After All

After All

0.0

Movie
After the Silence

After the Silence

1996

7.2

Movie
An Unexpected Life

An Unexpected Life

1998

4.5

Movie
Barbecue

Barbecue

2020

0.0

Movie
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

2006

6.9

Movie
Blood Sugar Rising

Blood Sugar Rising

2020

0.0

Movie
poster

Chicago Fire

2012

8.4

TV
poster

Chicago Med

2015

8.3

TV
poster

Chicago P.D.

2014

8.4

TV
Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

2021

0.0

Movie
Exiled

Exiled

1998

5.4

Movie
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

0.0

Movie
poster

Finding Your Roots

2012

6.2

TV
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Girl, Positive

Girl, Positive

2007

6.1

Movie
poster

Here and Now

1992

6.0

TV
It's Nothing Personal

It's Nothing Personal

1993

0.0

Movie
Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990

7.4

Movie
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

2004

6.2

Movie
Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

6.3

Movie
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

8.0

TV
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014

1.5

Movie
Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

6.9

Movie
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

1990

4.9

Movie
poster

Mann & Machine

1992

7.0

TV
Moe's World

Moe's World

1990

0.0

Movie
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009

6.6

Movie
Navy Seals

Navy Seals

1990

5.3

Movie
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999

0.0

Movie
poster

Pee-wee's Playhouse

1986

7.2

TV
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

7.4

Movie
Peeples

Peeples

2013

5.5

Movie
poster

Poker Face

2023

7.7

TV
poster

Rachael Ray

2006

5.1

TV
Radio

Radio

2003

7.2

Movie
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999

5.5

Movie
Sexual Healing

Sexual Healing

0.0

Movie
She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It

1986

6.6

Movie
Slipstream

Slipstream

2007

4.9

Movie
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

8.1

Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

0.0

Movie
The Challenger

The Challenger

2015

6.0

Movie
poster

The Closer

2005

7.9

TV
poster

The Cosby Show

1984

7.0

TV
poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
The Gabby Douglas Story

The Gabby Douglas Story

2014

7.4

Movie
poster

The Good Wife

2009

7.6

TV
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

10.0

Movie
The Rising Place

The Rising Place

2001

6.0

Movie
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009

5.3

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
poster

Today

1952

5.5

TV
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
We Grown Now

We Grown Now

2024

6.5

Movie
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

2010

6.5

Movie
Year by the Sea

Year by the Sea

2016

8.0

Movie
You Can Go

You Can Go

2016

5.0

Movie
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

2008

8.0

Movie