S. Epatha Merkerson
Birthday
1952/11/28 (72 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also know as
Epatha Merkerson
Biography
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 mem...Read more
Acting
(1991) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as Tarissa Dyson
(1990) Jacob's Ladder
as Elsa
(2004) Jersey Girl
as Doctor #1
(2006) Black Snake Moan
as Angela
(1990) Loose Cannons
as Rachel
(1999) Random Hearts
as Nea
(1986) She's Gotta Have It
as Doctor Jamison
(2003) Radio
as Maggie
(2009) The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Effa
(2009) Mother and Child
as Ada
(2007) Slipstream
as Bonnie
(2013) Peeples
as Daphne Peeples
(1994) A Place for Annie
as Alice
(1990) Moe's World
as ---
(2021) Desmond's Not Here Anymore
as Selma
(2005) Lackawanna Blues
as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
(2024) We Grown Now
as Anita
(2007) Girl, Positive
as Ariel Winters
(1993) It's Nothing Personal
as Louise Waters
(2014) The Gabby Douglas Story
as Miss Caroline
Eye for an Eye
as ---
(1998) An Unexpected Life
as Beverly Hawkins
(2012) Lincoln
as Lydia Smith
(1995) A Mother's Prayer
as Ruby
(2015) The Challenger
as Jada
(1998) Exiled
as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
Sexual Healing
as Alberta Gay
(1996) After the Silence
as Barbara
(2016) Year by the Sea
as Liz
(2016) You Can Go
as Mrs. Bryant
(2006) The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
(2001) The Rising Place
as Lessie Watson
(2008) Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Blood Sugar Rising
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
(1990) Navy Seals
as Jolena
(1988) Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Reba
(2020) Barbecue
as Lillie Anne
(2020) The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Belize
(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Eslanda Robeson (voice)
After All
as ---
(2012) Finding Your Roots
as Self
(1952) Today
as Self
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Elena
(1990) Law & Order
as Denise Winters
(1990) Law & Order
as Anita Van Buren
(1992) Mann & Machine
as Capt. Margaret Claghorn
(1992) Here and Now
as Claudia St. Marth
(1993) Frasier
as Dr. McCaskill
(1997) The View
as Self
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(2005) Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Anita Van Buren
(2006) Rachael Ray
as Self
(2005) The Closer
as Dr. Rebecca Dioli
(2015) Chicago Med
as Sharon Goodwin
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(2009) The Good Wife
as Judge Melanie Ellis
(2012) Chicago Fire
as Sharon Goodwin
(2014) Chicago P.D.
as Sharon Goodwin
(1986) Pee-wee's Playhouse
as Reba
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2023) Poker Face
as Joyce Carter