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S. Epatha Merkerson in A Place for Annie (1994)

Glenn Close and S. Epatha Merkerson in The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America (2020)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Paula Newsome in Chicago Med (2015)

S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)

Tommy Lee Jones and S. Epatha Merkerson in Lincoln (2012)

Carey Lowell, Benjamin Bratt, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, Steven Hill, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Brian Tee in Chicago Med (2015)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Colin Donnell in Chicago Med (2015)

Marlyne Barrett, Jeff Hephner, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Nick Gehlfuss in Chicago Med (2015)

Jeff Hephner and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)

Oliver Platt and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)

Marlyne Barrett and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)

Elias Koteas, Jason Beghe, Oliver Platt, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer, S. Epatha Merkerson, Amy Morton, Jon Seda, Brian Tee, Patrick John Flueger, Brian Geraghty, Torrey DeVitto, Yaya DaCosta, Marina Squerciati, LaRoyce Hawkins, Nick Gehlfuss, Rachel DiPillo, and Colin Donnell in Chicago Fire (2012)

Still of S. Epatha Merkerson in The Challenger (September 11th, 2015).

Laurie Holden, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Nick Gehlfuss in Chicago Fire (2012)

S. Epatha Merkerson in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)

Paul Reubens and S. Epatha Merkerson in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)

Jesse L. Martin and S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Milena Govich in Law & Order (1990)

Dennis Farina, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Stewart J. Zully in Law & Order (1990)

David Alan Grier and S. Epatha Merkerson in Peeples (2013)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Tyler James Williams in Peeples (2013)

S. Epatha Merkerson in Black Snake Moan (2006)

Benjamin Bratt and S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

Jeremy Sisto, Jesse L. Martin, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order (1990)

S. Epatha Merkerson and Dick Wolf at an event for Chicago Med (2015)

Steven Spielberg and S. Epatha Merkerson at an event for Lincoln (2012)

Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Tony Kushner at an event for Lincoln (2012)

S. Epatha Merkerson at an event for Entourage (2004)

A native of Michigan, S. Epatha Merkerson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Wayne State University. In 1978, she moved to New York City to apply her craft on stage. Although best known since 1993 as the smart and shrewd Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the long-running TV crime drama Law & Order (1990), she has a long list of Broadway and off-Broadway credits and honors that include Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations for Best Actress for her performance in the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson (1995), a 1992 Obie Award for her performance in "I'm Not Stupid," and a 1998 Helen Hayes Award for her starring role in the Studio Theater production in Washington, DC, of the John Henry Redwood play "The Old Settler." Her first appearance on television was a guest-starring role on an episode of The Cosby Show (1984). Her earliest regular role in television, however, was that of Reba the Mail Woman on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986). Merkerson remains a theatrical force on the stage and on the screen and has the distinction of having been nominated for an Image Award in the Outstanding-Lead-Actress-in-a-Drama category for Law & Order (1990) for three consecutive years by the NAACP.

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