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S. Epatha Merkerson

Sharon Epatha Merkerson is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has received numerous high-profile 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 best known for her award-winning portrayal of Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010.

Aliases
  • S Epatha Merkerson
English
Filmography

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991
as Tarissa Dyson

Lincoln

2012
as Lydia Smith

A Mother's Prayer

1995
as Ruby

Loose Cannons

1990
as Rachel

Jacob's Ladder

1990
as Elsa

Radio

2003
as Maggie

Girl, Positive

2007
as Ariel Winters

Lackawanna Blues

2005
as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009
as Effa

Blood Sugar Rising

2020
as S. Epatha Merkerson

Slipstream

2007
as Bonnie

Sexual Healing

as Alberta Gay

Random Hearts

1999
as Nea

It's Nothing Personal

1993
as Louise Waters

She's Gotta Have It

1986
as Doctor Jamison

Peeples

2013
as Daphne Peeples

Mother and Child

2009
as Ada

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999
as Eslanda Robeson

A Place for Annie

1994
as Alice

Exiled: A Law & Order Movie

1998
as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006
as Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Year by the Sea

2016
as Liz

Breaking Through

1996
as Barbara

Black Snake Moan

2006
as Angela

The Gabby Douglas Story

2014
as Miss Caroline

An Unexpected Life

1998
as Beverly Hawkins

The Challenger

2015
as Jada

Director

Movie The Contradictions of Fair Hope 2012

Producer

Movie The Contradictions of Fair Hope 2012