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 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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 42
TV Shows 21
self 8
Narrator 3
Director 1
Voice 1
We Grown Now (2024)
Poker Face (2023)
Barbecue (2020)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
Blood Sugar Rising (2020)
You Can Go (2016)
Year by the Sea (2016)
Chicago Med (2015)
The Challenger (2015)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Peeples (2013)
The Contradictions of Fair Hope (2013)
Lincoln (2012)
Chicago Fire (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Mother and Child (2009)
The Good Wife (2009)
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008)
Girl, Positive (2007)
Slipstream (2007)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Rachael Ray (2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
The Closer (2005)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Jersey Girl (2004)
Radio (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Rising Place (2001)
Random Hearts (1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Exiled (1998)
An Unexpected Life (1998)
The View (1997)
After the Silence (1996)
A Mother's Prayer (1995)
A Place for Annie (1994)
Frasier (1993)
It's Nothing Personal (1993)
Here and Now (1992)
Mann & Machine (1992)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Navy Seals (1990)
Moe's World (1990)
Loose Cannons (1990)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Tony Awards (1956)
Today (1952)
Sexual Healing
Somewhere in Dreamland
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1952-11-28 (71 years old)
Birth NameSharon Epatha Merkerson
Birth PlaceSaginaw, United States of America
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEpatha Merkerson
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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