S. Epatha Merkerson
S. Epatha Merkerson is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010, appearing in 388 episodes of the series. She is also known for playing Reba the Mail Lady on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Sharon Goodwin in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med since the series premiered in November 2015.
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Eye for an Eye
actor
2025
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
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2020
The Challenger
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2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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2014
The Gabby Douglas Story
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2014
Peeples
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2013
Mother and Child
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2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
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2009
Slipstream
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2007
Black Snake Moan
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2006
Lackawanna Blues
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2005
Radio
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2003
Exiled
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1998
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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1991
Jacob's Ladder
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1990
Navy Seals
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1990
Loose Cannons
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1990
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
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1988
She's Gotta Have It
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1986
Sexual Healing
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