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.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(Tarissa Dyson)
Jacob's Ladder
(Elsa)
Jersey Girl
(Doctor #1)
Black Snake Moan
(Angela)
Loose Cannons
(Rachel)
Random Hearts
(Nea)
She's Gotta Have It
(Doctor Jamison)
Radio
(Maggie)
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
(Effa)
Mother and Child
(Ada)
Slipstream
(Bonnie)
Peeples
(Daphne Peeples)
A Place for Annie
(Alice)
Moe's World
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
(Selma)
Lackawanna Blues
(Rachel "Nanny" Crosby)
We Grown Now
(Anita)
Girl, Positive
(Ariel Winters)
It's Nothing Personal
(Louise Waters)
The Gabby Douglas Story
(Miss Caroline)
Somewhere in Dreamland
An Unexpected Life
(Beverly Hawkins)
Lincoln
(Lydia Smith)
A Mother's Prayer
(Ruby)
The Challenger
(Jada)
Exiled
(Lieutenant Anita Van Buren)
Sexual Healing
(Alberta Gay)
After the Silence
(Barbara)
Year by the Sea
(Liz)
You Can Go
(Mrs. Bryant)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson"))
The Rising Place
(Lessie Watson)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
(Narrator)
Blood Sugar Rising
(narrator)
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
(Narrator (voice))
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
(Self)
Navy Seals
(Jolena)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
(Reba)
Barbecue
(Lillie Anne)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
(Belize)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
(Eslanda Robeson (voice))
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
Today
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Herself)
The Cosby Show
(Elena)
Law & Order
(Denise Winters)
Law & Order
(Anita Van Buren)
Mann & Machine
(Capt. Margaret Claghorn)
Here and Now
(Claudia St. Marth)
Frasier
(Dr. McCaskill)
The View
(Self)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Lieutenant Anita Van Buren)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(Anita Van Buren)
Rachael Ray
(Herself)
The Closer
(Dr. Rebecca Dioli)
Chicago Med
(Sharon Goodwin)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee)
The Good Wife
(Judge Melanie Ellis)
Chicago Fire
(Sharon Goodwin)
Chicago P.D.
(Sharon Goodwin)
Pee-wee's Playhouse
(Reba)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Poker Face
(Joyce Carter)
