Personal Info
Known Credits
42
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1952-11-28 (73 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also Known For
Epatha 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 the Law & Order TV movie Exiled. She appeared in 390 episodes of the series, more than any other cast mem ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
We Grown Now
| Anita
2021 --
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
| Selma
2020 --
Barbecue
| Lillie Anne
2020 --
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
| Belize
2020 --
Blood Sugar Rising
| Narrator (voice)
2016 --
You Can Go
| Mrs. Bryant
2016 --
Year by the Sea
| Liz
2015 --
The Challenger
| Jada
2014 --
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
| Self
2014 --
The Gabby Douglas Story
| Miss Caroline
2013 --
Peeples
| Daphne Peeples
2012 --
Lincoln
| Lydia Smith
2010 --
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
| Narrator (voice)
2009 --
Mother and Child
| Ada
2009 --
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
| Effa
2008 --
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
| Narrator (voice)
2007 --
Girl, Positive
| Ariel Winters
2007 --
Slipstream
| Bonnie
2006 --
Black Snake Moan
| Angela
2006 --
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
| Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
2005 --
Lackawanna Blues
| Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
2004 --
Jersey Girl
| Doctor #1
2003 --
Radio
| Maggie
2001 --
The Rising Place
| Lessie Watson
1999 --
Random Hearts
| Nea
1999 --
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
| Eslanda Robeson (voice)
1998 --
Exiled
| Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
1998 --
An Unexpected Life
| Beverly Hawkins
1996 --
After the Silence
| Barbara
1995 --
A Mother's Prayer
| Ruby
1994 --
A Place for Annie
| Alice
1993 --
It's Nothing Personal
| Louise Waters
1991 --
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
| Tarissa Dyson
1990 --
Jacob's Ladder
| Elsa
1990 --
Navy Seals
| Jolena
1990 --
Moe's World
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1990 --
Loose Cannons
| Rachel
1988 --
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
| Reba
1986 --
She's Gotta Have It
| Doctor Jamison