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 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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Films (44)
Ojo por Ojo
2025 · May
We Grown Now
2024 · Anita
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021 · Selma
Barbecue
2020 · Lillie Anne
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · Belize
Blood Sugar Rising
2020 · Narrator (voice)
You Can Go
2016 · Mrs. Bryant
Year by the Sea
2016 · Liz
The Challenger
2015 · Jada
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Gabby Douglas, une médaille d'or à 16 ans
2014 · Miss Caroline
Peeples
2013 · Daphne Peeples
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013 · Director
Lincoln
2012 · Lydia Smith
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Destin de femmes
2009 · Ada
Mon Père et ses 6 veuves
2009 · Effa
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008 · Narrator (voice)
Conséquences
2007 · Ariel Winters
Slipstream
2007 · Bonnie
El lamento de la serpiente negra
2006 · Angela
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
Père et fille
2004 · Doctor #1
Me Llaman Radio
2003 · Maggie
The Rising Place
2001 · Lessie Watson
L'Ombre d'un soupçon
1999 · Nea
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Eslanda Robeson (voice)
Le retour de l'inspecteur Logan
1998 · Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
An Unexpected Life
1998 · Beverly Hawkins
Le silence de Laura
1996 · Barbara
A Mother's Prayer
1995 · Ruby
A Place for Annie
1994 · Alice
It's Nothing Personal
1993 · Louise Waters
Second Chances
1992 · Ruth Clayton
Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier
1991 · Tarissa Dyson
L'Échelle de Jacob
1990 · Elsa
Navy Seals : Les Meilleurs
1990 · Jolena
Moe's World
1990
Loose Cannons
1990 · Rachel
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988 · Reba
She's Gotta Have It
1986 · Doctor Jamison
Sexual Healing
· Alberta Gay
After All
Séries (23)
Poker Face
2023 · Joyce Carter
Chicago Med
2015 · Sharon Goodwin
Le Tonight Show
2014 · Self
Chicago Police Department
2014 · Sharon Goodwin
Chicago Fire : Caserne 51
2012 · Sharon Goodwin
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Une femme exemplaire
2009 · Judge Melanie Ellis
Rachael Ray
2006 · Self
The Closer : L.A. Enquêtes Prioritaires
2005 · Dr. Rebecca Dioli
New York Cour de Justice
2005 · Anita Van Buren
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
New York Section Criminelle
2001 · Anita Van Buren
La Vue
1997 · Self
Frasier
1993 · Dr. McCaskill
Here and Now
1992 · Claudia St. Marth
Mann & Machine
1992 · Capt. Margaret Claghorn
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Denise Winters, Anita Van Buren
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986 · Reba
The Cosby Show
1984 · Elena
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Today
1952 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self