S. Epatha Merkerson

Highest Rated:
98% Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Lowest Rated:
0% Loose Cannons (1990)
Birthday:
Nov 28, 1952
Birthplace:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Bio:
S. Epatha Merkerson is a Tony-nominated and Obie-winning, African-American stage actress, but is best known for her portrayal of detective squad chief Lt. Anita Van Buren in the series Law and Order. Born and raised in Detroit as the youngest of five children, she was a fine arts graduate of Wayne…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 98%
Number of Movies: 23
Box Office Since 2001: $244.9M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 33% Peeples
  • Daphne Peeples
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2012 89% Lincoln
  • Lydia Smith
$182.2M
2010 79% Mother and Child
  • Ada
$1.1M
2008 Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
  • Actor
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2008 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
  • Effa Devereaux
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2007 23% Slipstream
  • Bonnie Sylvester
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2007 66% Black Snake Moan
  • Angela
$9.3M
2007 Girl, Positive
  • Ariel Winters
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2005 71% Lackawanna Blues
  • Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
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2003 36% Radio
  • Maggie Kennedy
  • Director
$52.3M
2002 13% The Rising Place
  • Lessie Watson
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1999 15% Random Hearts
  • Actor
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1998 Exiled (Exiled: A Law & Order Movie)
  • Lt. Anita Van Buren
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1997 Unexpected Life
  • Actor
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1996 Breaking Through (After the Silence)
  • Barbara
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1995 A Mother's Prayer
  • Ruby
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1994 A Place For Annie
  • Alice
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1991 98% Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Tarissa Dyson
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1990 70% Jacob's Ladder
  • Elsa
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1990 0% Loose Cannons
  • Rachel
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1990 19% Navy Seals
  • Jolena
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1988 Pee-Wee's Playhouse: V. 5
  • Actor
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1986 93% She's Gotta Have It
  • Actor
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Quotes from S. Epatha Merkerson's Characters

    1. Rachel: You have strong lookin' thighs for a white man.
    From Loose Cannons. Submitted by Carolyn D (3 months ago)
    1. Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby: But you can't hurt me no more. I'm numb. Sometimes I look at you, don't even see you. You touch me and I don't feel you. But I can smell you and I know I'm alive. That stench ain't just some other woman's cheap perfume, it's your soul, Bill. Your rotten soul!
    From Lackawanna Blues. Submitted by Facebook U (24 months ago)
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