S. Epatha Merkerson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-11-28
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.
Also Known For
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jul 03, 1991
Jacob's Ladder
Nov 02, 1990
Jersey Girl
Mar 25, 2004
Black Snake Moan
Dec 31, 2006
Loose Cannons
Feb 09, 1990
Random Hearts
Oct 08, 1999
She's Gotta Have It
Aug 08, 1986
Radio
Oct 24, 2003
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Jun 18, 2009
Mother and Child
Nov 07, 2009
Slipstream
Feb 10, 2007
Peeples
May 09, 2013
A Place for Annie
May 01, 1994
Moe's World
Jul 14, 1990
Desmond's Not Here Anymore
Sep 23, 2021
Lackawanna Blues
Feb 12, 2005
We Grown Now
Apr 19, 2024
Girl, Positive
Jun 25, 2007
It's Nothing Personal
Feb 01, 1993
The Gabby Douglas Story
Feb 01, 2014
Eye for an Eye
Jul 03, 2025
An Unexpected Life
Jun 24, 1998
Lincoln
Nov 09, 2012
A Mother's Prayer
May 25, 1995
The Challenger
Mar 28, 2015
Exiled
Nov 08, 1998
Sexual Healing
After the SIlence
Dec 30, 1996
Year by the Sea
Apr 16, 2016
You Can Go
Sep 29, 2016
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
May 02, 2006
The Rising Place
Feb 01, 2001
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Aug 16, 2008
Blood Sugar Rising
Apr 15, 2020
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
Jan 15, 2010
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Jun 22, 2014
Navy Seals
Jul 20, 1990
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Dec 21, 1988
Barbecue
Dec 10, 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Oct 08, 2020
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Feb 24, 1999
After All
Second Chances
Apr 02, 1992
Finding Your Roots
Mar 24, 2012
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sep 30, 2001
Rachael Ray
Sep 18, 2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Mar 03, 2005
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
The Cosby Show
Sep 20, 1984
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Today
Jan 14, 1952
Mann & Machine
Apr 05, 1992
Here and Now
Sep 19, 1992
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Chicago Med
Nov 17, 2015
The Good Wife
Sep 22, 2009
Chicago Fire
Oct 10, 2012
Chicago P.D.
Jan 08, 2014
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Sep 13, 1986
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Poker Face
Jan 26, 2023
