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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 3rd, 2025 | Eye for an Eye | May | 5.6 | |
April 19th, 2024 | We Grown Now | Anita | 6.5 | |
September 23rd, 2021 | Desmond's Not Here Anymore | Selma | TBD | |
December 10th, 2020 | Barbecue | Lillie Anne | TBD | |
October 8th, 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Belize | 10 | |
April 15th, 2020 | Blood Sugar Rising | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
September 29th, 2016 | You Can Go | Mrs. Bryant | 5 | |
April 16th, 2016 | Year by the Sea | Liz | 8 | |
March 28th, 2015 | The Challenger | Jada | 5.9 | |
June 22nd, 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 1.5 | |
February 1st, 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story | Miss Caroline | 7.4 | |
May 9th, 2013 | Peeples | Daphne Peeples | 5.6 | |
November 9th, 2012 | Lincoln | Lydia Smith | 6.8 | |
January 15th, 2010 | We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 | Narrator (voice) | 6.5 | |
November 7th, 2009 | Mother and Child | Ada | 6.6 | |
June 18th, 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Effa | 5.3 | |
August 16th, 2008 | Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun | Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
June 25th, 2007 | Girl, Positive | Ariel Winters | 6.1 | |
February 10th, 2007 | Slipstream | Bonnie | 4.9 | |
December 31st, 2006 | Black Snake Moan | Angela | 6.8 | |
May 2nd, 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson") | TBD | |
January 26th, 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby | 5.9 | |
March 25th, 2004 | Jersey Girl | Doctor #1 | 6.2 | |
October 24th, 2003 | Radio | Maggie | 7.3 | |
February 1st, 2001 | The Rising Place | Lessie Watson | 6.7 | |
October 8th, 1999 | Random Hearts | Nea | 5.6 | |
February 24th, 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Eslanda Robeson (voice) | 8 | |
November 8th, 1998 | Exiled | Lieutenant Anita Van Buren | 5.9 | |
June 24th, 1998 | An Unexpected Life | Beverly Hawkins | 4.9 | |
December 30th, 1996 | After the SIlence | Barbara | 7.1 | |
May 25th, 1995 | A Mother's Prayer | Ruby | 8.6 | |
May 1st, 1994 | A Place for Annie | Alice | 6.1 | |
February 1st, 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Louise Waters | 7 | |
April 2nd, 1992 | Second Chances | Ruth Clayton | TBD | |
July 3rd, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Tarissa Dyson | 8.1 | |
November 2nd, 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Elsa | 7.4 | |
July 20th, 1990 | Navy Seals | Jolena | 5.4 | |
July 14th, 1990 | Moe's World | TBD | 9 | |
February 9th, 1990 | Loose Cannons | Rachel | 5.1 | |
December 21st, 1988 | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Reba | 7.2 | |
August 8th, 1986 | She's Gotta Have It | Doctor Jamison | 6.6 | |
TBD | Sexual Healing | Alberta Gay | TBD | |
TBD | After All | TBD | TBD |