S. 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 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.
8.1
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991-07-03
7.4
Jacob's Ladder
1990-11-02
6.2
Jersey Girl
2004-03-25
6.9
Black Snake Moan
2006-12-31
5.0
Loose Cannons
1990-02-09
5.6
Random Hearts
1999-10-08
6.6
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
7.3
Radio
2003-10-24
5.2
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009-06-18
6.6
Mother and Child
2009-11-07
4.9
Slipstream
2007-02-10
5.6
Peeples
2013-05-09
6.0
A Place for Annie
1994-05-01
0.0
Moe's World
1990-07-14
0.0
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021-09-23
5.7
Lackawanna Blues
2005-02-12
6.7
We Grown Now
2024-04-19
6.1
Girl, Positive
2007-06-25
0.0
It's Nothing Personal
1993-02-01
7.3
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014-02-01
5.4
Eye for an Eye
2025-07-03
4.0
An Unexpected Life
1998-06-24
6.9
Lincoln
2012-11-09
8.5
A Mother's Prayer
1995-05-25
5.9
The Challenger
2015-03-28
5.8
Exiled
1998-11-08
0.0
Sexual Healing
7.1
After the SIlence
1996-12-30
8.0
Year by the Sea
2016-04-16
5.0
You Can Go
2016-09-29
0.0
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
6.0
The Rising Place
2001-02-01
8.0
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008-08-16
0.0
Blood Sugar Rising
2020-04-15
6.5
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010-01-15
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
5.4
Navy Seals
1990-07-20
7.2
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21
0.0
Barbecue
2020-12-10
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020-10-08
0.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999-02-24
0.0
After All
0.0
Second Chances
1992-04-02
Thank You
