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S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Total Box Office:
 $254.0M
Highest Rated:
93% She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Lowest Rated:
0% Loose Cannons (1990)
Birthday:
Nov 28
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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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
35% Peeples
  • Daphne Peeples
$9.1M 2013
89% Lincoln
  • Lydia Smith
$182.2M 2012
79% Mother and Child
  • Ada
$1.1M 2010
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
  • Actor
-- 2008
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
  • Effa Devereaux
-- 2008
66% Black Snake Moan
  • Angela
$9.3M 2007
Girl, Positive
  • Ariel Winters
-- 2007
23% Slipstream
  • Bonnie Sylvester
-- 2007
71% Lackawanna Blues
  • Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
-- 2005
36% Radio
  • Director
  • Maggie Kennedy
$52.3M 2003
13% The Rising Place
  • Lessie Watson
-- 2002
15% Random Hearts
  • Actor
-- 1999
Exiled (Exiled: A Law & Order Movie)
  • Lt. Anita Van Buren
-- 1998
Unexpected Life
  • Actor
-- 1997
Breaking Through (After the Silence)
  • Barbara
-- 1996
A Mother's Prayer
  • Ruby
-- 1995
A Place For Annie
  • Alice
-- 1994
92% Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Tarissa Dyson
-- 1991
0% Loose Cannons
  • Rachel
-- 1990
19% Navy Seals
  • Jolena
-- 1990
70% Jacob's Ladder
  • Elsa
-- 1990
Pee-Wee's Playhouse: V. 5
  • Actor
-- 1988
93% She's Gotta Have It
  • Actor
-- 1986

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
38% Deception
  • Beverly Padget
2013-2013
60% Law & Order
  • Mrs. Winters
  • Lt. Anita Van Buren
  • Lt. Anita Van
1990-2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • Van Buren
2001-2011
Drop Dead Diva
  • Actor
2009-2013
82% The Closer
  • Dr. Rebecca Dioli
  • Dr. Dioli
2005-2012
100% The Good Wife
  • Judge Ellis
2009-2014

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    1. Rachel: You have strong lookin' thighs for a white man.
    From Loose Cannons. Submitted by Carolyn D (8 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 (2 years ago)

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Weekly News Ketchup: Adam Sandler's "Chuck and Larry," "Delta Farce," Anthony Hopkin's "Slipstream," and More! Opens in new window
June 18, 2006

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