Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1952-11-28 (Age: 74)
Place of Birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography (41)
Eye for an Eye
2025
We Grown Now
2024
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
2021
Barbecue
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Blood Sugar Rising
2020
You Can Go
2016
Year by the Sea
2016
The Challenger
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
Peeples
2013
Lincoln
2012
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
2010
