S. Epatha Merkerson
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 2005 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Lackawanna Blues
Tony Awards 2 nominated
- 2008 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
- 1990 Best Featured Actress in a Play Nominated
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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 episodes of the series, more than any other cast member.
She has a starring role as Sharon Goodwin on NBC's Chicago Med. She also had a recurring role as Reba (the mail carrier) on Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Ms. St. Marth on the TV series Here and Now.
She has appeared in feature films including She's Gotta Have It, Loose Cannons, Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Random Hearts, Radio, Black Snake Moan, Lincoln (2012), and Peeples. She has also appeared in TV movies including A Place for Annie, A Mother's Prayer, Breaking Through, Lackawanna Blues, and The Gabby Douglas Story.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Law & Order
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chicago P.D.
Chicago Fire
Frasier
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Chicago Med
The Closer
The Good Wife
The View
The Cosby Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tony Awards
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Poker Face
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Finding Your Roots
Today
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Rachael Ray
Lincoln
Jacob's Ladder
Radio
Black Snake Moan
Jersey Girl
The Emmy Awards
Random Hearts
Navy Seals
Here and Now
She's Gotta Have It
Eye for an Eye
Mother and Child
Mann & Machine
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Slipstream
Loose Cannons
We Grown Now
Peeples
The Challenger
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Exiled
It's Nothing Personal
A Place for Annie
Barbecue
Lackawanna Blues
The Gabby Douglas Story
After the SIlence
A Mother's Prayer
Sexual Healing
An Unexpected Life
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
The Rising Place
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
Girl, Positive
Directing
1 credit
Other credits
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