S. Epatha Merkerson

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 Law & Order TV movie Exiled. She appeared in 390 ep...

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

As Tarissa Dyson

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Jacob's Ladder

As Elsa

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Jersey Girl

As Doctor #1

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Black Snake Moan

As Angela

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Loose Cannons

As Rachel

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Random Hearts

As Nea

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She's Gotta Have It

As Doctor Jamison

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Radio

As Maggie

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The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

As Effa

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Mother and Child

As Ada

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Slipstream

As Bonnie

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Peeples

As Daphne Peeples

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A Place for Annie

As Alice

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Moe's World

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Desmond's Not Here Anymore

As Selma

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Lackawanna Blues

As Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

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We Grown Now

As Anita

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Girl, Positive

As Ariel Winters

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It's Nothing Personal

As Louise Waters

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The Gabby Douglas Story

As Miss Caroline

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Eye for an Eye

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An Unexpected Life

As Beverly Hawkins

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Lincoln

As Lydia Smith

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A Mother's Prayer

As Ruby

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The Challenger

As Jada

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Exiled

As Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

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Sexual Healing

As Alberta Gay

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After the Silence

As Barbara

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Year by the Sea

As Liz

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You Can Go

As Mrs. Bryant

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

As Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

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The Rising Place

As Lessie Watson

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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

As Narrator (voice)

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Blood Sugar Rising

As Narrator (voice)

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We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

As Narrator (voice)

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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

As Self

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Navy Seals

As Jolena

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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

As Reba

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Barbecue

As Lillie Anne

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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

As Belize

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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

As Eslanda Robeson (voice)

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After All

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Finding Your Roots

As Self

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The Cosby Show

As Elena

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The Closer

As Dr. Rebecca Dioli

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Mann & Machine

As Capt. Margaret Claghorn

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Here and Now

As Claudia St. Marth

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Frasier

As Dr. McCaskill

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

As Anita Van Buren

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Rachael Ray

As Self

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Law & Order

As Anita Van Buren

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

As Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

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Today

As Self

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

As Self

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The View

As Self

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

As Self - Guest

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Chicago Med

As Sharon Goodwin

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Tony Awards

As Self - Nominee

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The Good Wife

As Judge Melanie Ellis

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Chicago Fire

As Sharon Goodwin

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Chicago P.D.

As Sharon Goodwin

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Pee-wee's Playhouse

As Reba

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

As Self

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Poker Face

As Joyce Carter