1952-11-28 ( 72 years old ) in Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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.
Movies
Eye for an Eye
2025-06-20
We Grown Now
2024-04-19
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021-09-23
Barbecue
2020-12-10
Blood Sugar Rising
2020-04-15
You Can Go
2016-09-29
Year by the Sea
2016-04-16
The Challenger
2015-03-28
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014-02-01
Peeples
2013-05-09
Lincoln
2012-11-09
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010-01-15
Mother and Child
2009-11-07
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009-06-18
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008-08-16
Girl, Positive
2007-06-25
Slipstream
2007-02-10
Black Snake Moan
2006-12-31
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
Lackawanna Blues
2005-02-12
Jersey Girl
2004-03-25
Radio
2003-10-24
The Rising Place
2001-02-01
Random Hearts
1999-10-08
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999-02-24
Exiled
1998-11-08
An Unexpected Life
1998-06-24
After the Silence
1996-12-30
A Mother's Prayer
1995-05-25
A Place for Annie
1994-05-01
It's Nothing Personal
1993-02-01
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991-07-03
Jacob's Ladder
1990-11-02
Navy Seals
1990-07-20
Moe's World
1990-07-14
Loose Cannons
1990-02-09
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
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