S. Epatha Merkerson
ActingBorn
November 28, 1952
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 L…
Known For
Filmography
Eye for an Eye
2025
We Grown Now
2024
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021
Barbecue
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Blood Sugar Rising
2020
You Can Go
2016
Year by the Sea
2016
The Challenger
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
Peeples
2013
Lincoln
2012
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010
Mother and Child
2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008
Girl, Positive
2007
Slipstream
2007
Black Snake Moan
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Lackawanna Blues
2005
Jersey Girl
2004
Radio
2003
The Rising Place
2001
Random Hearts
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Exiled
1998
An Unexpected Life
1998
After the SIlence
1996
A Mother's Prayer
1995
A Place for Annie
1994
It's Nothing Personal
1993
Second Chances
1992
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
Jacob's Ladder
1990
Navy Seals
1990
Moe's World
1990
Loose Cannons
1990
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
She's Gotta Have It
1986
Sexual Healing
After All
Poker Face
2023
Chicago Med
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
Chicago Fire
2012
Finding Your Roots
2012
The Good Wife
2009
Rachael Ray
2006
The Closer
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The View
1997
Frasier
1993
Here and Now
1992
Mann & Machine
1992
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986
The Cosby Show
1984
Tony Awards
1956
Today
1952
The Emmy Awards
1949