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
Jacob's Ladder
As Elsa
Jersey Girl
As Doctor #1
Black Snake Moan
As Angela
Loose Cannons
As Rachel
Random Hearts
As Nea
She's Gotta Have It
As Doctor Jamison
Radio
As Maggie
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
As Effa
Mother and Child
As Ada
Slipstream
As Bonnie
Peeples
As Daphne Peeples
A Place for Annie
As Alice
Moe's World
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
As Selma
Lackawanna Blues
As Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
We Grown Now
As Anita
Girl, Positive
As Ariel Winters
It's Nothing Personal
As Louise Waters
The Gabby Douglas Story
As Miss Caroline
Eye for an Eye
An Unexpected Life
As Beverly Hawkins
Lincoln
As Lydia Smith
A Mother's Prayer
As Ruby
The Challenger
As Jada
Exiled
As Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
Sexual Healing
As Alberta Gay
After the Silence
As Barbara
Year by the Sea
As Liz
You Can Go
As Mrs. Bryant
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
As Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
The Rising Place
As Lessie Watson
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
As Narrator (voice)
Blood Sugar Rising
As Narrator (voice)
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
As Narrator (voice)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
As Self
Navy Seals
As Jolena
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
As Reba
Barbecue
As Lillie Anne
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
As Belize
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
As Eslanda Robeson (voice)
After All
Finding Your Roots
As Self
The Cosby Show
As Elena
The Closer
As Dr. Rebecca Dioli
Mann & Machine
As Capt. Margaret Claghorn
Here and Now
As Claudia St. Marth
Frasier
As Dr. McCaskill
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
As Anita Van Buren
Rachael Ray
As Self
Law & Order
As Anita Van Buren
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
Today
As Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
As Self
The View
As Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
As Herself
Chicago Med
As Sharon Goodwin
Tony Awards
As Self - Nominee
The Good Wife
As Judge Melanie Ellis
Chicago Fire
As Sharon Goodwin
Chicago P.D.
As Sharon Goodwin
Pee-wee's Playhouse
As Reba
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
As Self
Poker Face
As Joyce Carter
