Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1952-11-28 (73 years)
- Place of BirthSaginaw, Michigan, USA
- Also Known AsEpatha Merkerson
S. Epatha Merkerson
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
Eye for an Eye
As: May
- 2024
We Grown Now
As: Anita
- 2023
Poker Face
As: Joyce Carter
- 2021
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
As: Selma
- 2020
Barbecue
As: Lillie Anne
- 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
As: Belize
- 2020
Blood Sugar Rising
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2016
You Can Go
As: Mrs. Bryant
2016Year by the Sea
As: Liz
2015Chicago Med
As: Sharon Goodwin
2015The Challenger
As: Jada
2014The Gabby Douglas Story
As: Miss Caroline
2014Chicago P.D.
As: Sharon Goodwin
2013Peeples
As: Daphne Peeples
- 2012
Lincoln
As: Lydia Smith
2012Chicago Fire
As: Sharon Goodwin
2010We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
As: Narrator (voice)
2009Mother and Child
As: Ada
2009The Good Wife
As: Judge Melanie Ellis
2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
As: Effa
2008Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
As: Narrator (voice)
2007Girl, Positive
As: Ariel Winters
2007Slipstream
As: Bonnie
- 2006
Black Snake Moan
As: Angela
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
As: Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
2005The Closer
As: Dr. Rebecca Dioli
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury
As: Anita Van Buren
2005Lackawanna Blues
As: Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
- 2004
Jersey Girl
As: Doctor #1
2003Radio
As: Maggie
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Anita Van Buren
2001The Rising Place
As: Lessie Watson
1999Random Hearts
As: Nea
1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
As: Eslanda Robeson (voice)
1998Exiled
As: Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
1998An Unexpected Life
As: Beverly Hawkins
1996After the SIlence
As: Barbara
1995A Mother's Prayer
As: Ruby
1994A Place for Annie
As: Alice
1993Frasier
As: Dr. McCaskill
1993It's Nothing Personal
As: Louise Waters
1992Here and Now
As: Claudia St. Marth
1992Mann & Machine
As: Capt. Margaret Claghorn
- 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
As: Tarissa Dyson
- 1990
Jacob's Ladder
As: Elsa
1990Law & Order
As: Anita Van Buren
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Denise Winters
1990Navy Seals
As: Jolena
1990Loose Cannons
As: Rachel
1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
As: Reba
1986Pee-wee's Playhouse
As: Reba
1986She's Gotta Have It
As: Doctor Jamison
1984The Cosby Show
As: Elena