S. Epatha Merkerson
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Eye for an Eye
as May
We Grown Now
as Anita
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
as Selma
Barbecue
as Lillie Anne
You Can Go
as Mrs. Bryant
Year by the Sea
as Liz
The Challenger
as Jada
The Gabby Douglas Story
as Miss Caroline
Peeples
as Daphne Peeples
Lincoln
as Lydia Smith
Mother and Child
as Ada
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Effa
Girl, Positive
as Ariel Winters
Slipstream
as Bonnie
Black Snake Moan
as Angela
Lackawanna Blues
as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
Jersey Girl
as Doctor #1
Radio
as Maggie
The Rising Place
as Lessie Watson
Random Hearts
as Nea
Exiled
as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
An Unexpected Life
as Beverly Hawkins
After the SIlence
as Barbara
A Mother's Prayer
as Ruby
A Place for Annie
as Alice
It's Nothing Personal
as Louise Waters
Second Chances
as Ruth Clayton
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as Tarissa Dyson
Jacob's Ladder
as Elsa