S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Birthday: 1952-11-28

Place of birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Also known as: Epatha Merkerson , اس اپاتا مرکرسون

imdb_id: nm0580924

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.

Played in movies:

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Score: 10.0

A Mother's Prayer

Score: 8.5

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Score: 8.1

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Score: 8.0

Year by the Sea

Score: 8.0

Jacob's Ladder

Score: 7.4

The Gabby Douglas Story

Score: 7.3

Radio

Score: 7.3

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Score: 7.2

Breaking Through

Score: 7.1

Lincoln

Score: 6.9

Black Snake Moan

Score: 6.8

Eye for an Eye

Score: 6.8

We Grown Now

Score: 6.7

She's Gotta Have It

Score: 6.7

Mother and Child

Score: 6.6

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

Score: 6.5

Jersey Girl

Score: 6.2

Girl, Positive

Score: 6.1

The Rising Place

Score: 6.0

A Place for Annie

Score: 6.0

Lackawanna Blues

Score: 5.9

The Challenger

Score: 5.9

Peeples

Score: 5.6

Random Hearts

Score: 5.5

Exiled

Score: 5.5

Navy Seals

Score: 5.4

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Score: 5.2

You Can Go

Score: 5.0

Slipstream

Score: 4.9

Loose Cannons

Score: 4.9

An Unexpected Life

Score: 4.4

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Score: 1.5

Second Chances

Score: 0.0

After All

Score: 0.0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Score: 0.0

Barbecue

Score: 0.0

Blood Sugar Rising

Score: 0.0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Score: 0.0

Sexual Healing

Score: 0.0

It's Nothing Personal

Score: 0.0

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Score: 0.0

Moe's World

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Chicago P.D.

Score: 8.4

Chicago Fire

Score: 8.4

Chicago Med

Score: 8.3

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Score: 8.1

The Closer

Score: 7.9

Frasier

Score: 7.7

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

The Good Wife

Score: 7.6

Poker Face

Score: 7.6

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Score: 7.2

The Cosby Show

Score: 7.0

Mann & Machine

Score: 7.0

Finding Your Roots

Score: 6.8

Here and Now

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

Today

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

Rachael Ray

Score: 5.1

The View

Score: 4.3