S. Epatha Merkerson
Acting
- Born:
- 1952-11-28
- Place of birth:
- Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Eye for an Eye
We Grown Now
Poker Face
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
Barbecue
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Blood Sugar Rising
You Can Go
Year by the Sea
Chicago Med
The Challenger
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Gabby Douglas Story
Chicago P.D.
Peeples
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
Lincoln
Chicago Fire
Finding Your Roots
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
Mother and Child
The Good Wife
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Girl, Positive
Slipstream
Black Snake Moan
Rachael Ray
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Closer
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Lackawanna Blues
Jersey Girl
Radio
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Rising Place
Random Hearts
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Exiled
An Unexpected Life
The View
After the SIlence
A Mother's Prayer
A Place for Annie
Frasier
It's Nothing Personal
Here and Now
Mann & Machine
Second Chances
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jacob's Ladder
Law & Order
Navy Seals
Moe's World
Loose Cannons
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Pee-wee's Playhouse