Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Biography

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the sci-fi TV series Eureka and her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles. She also appeared in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside actor Will Smith. Her acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has guest-starred in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover, The Pretender and Secret Agent Man. Richardson had a recurring role as "Kim" on the show Mercy Point and as "Nancy Adams" on Rude Awakening. She played "Viveca Foster" on the television drama Family Law. On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield.

Known For

I Am Legend

Black Dynamite

Light Girls

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

Up Against the Wall

Lily in Winter

Acting

1996

The Great White Hype

as

Bambi

2004

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

as

Gail Stern

2009

Good Hair

as

Self

2007

I Am Legend

as

Zoe Neville

2003

Biker Boyz

as

Half & Half

1994

A Low Down Dirty Shame

as

Angela

2002

Antwone Fisher

as

Berta Davenport

1993

Posse

as

Lana

1992

Mo' Money

as

Pretty Customer

2009

Pastor Brown

as

Jessica 'Jesse' Brown

2010

I Will Follow

as

Maye

1996

Soul of the Game

as

Lahoma

1998

Butter

as

Blusette Ford (as Salli Richardson)

2012

We the Party

as

Principal Reynolds

1994

I Spy Returns

as

Nicole Scott

2009

Black Dynamite

as

Gloria

1996

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

2015

Light Girls

as

Self

1992

How U Like Me Now

as

Valerie

2015

Playin' for Love

as

Talisa McCoy

1994

Sioux City

as

Jolene Buckley

2013

Saving Westbrook High

as

Christine

1992

Prelude to a Kiss

as

Bridesmaid #2

2002

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

as

Karen

1996

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

as

Elisa Maza (voice)

1991

Up Against the Wall

as

Denise

1994

Lily in Winter

as

Ada Covington

CSI: Miami

as

Laura

The War at Home

as

Vanessa

The Pretender

as

Cynthia Sloan

Gargoyles

as

Gargoyles

as

Elisa Maza (voice)

Bones

as

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Kurland

The Jamie Foxx Show

as

Camille Turner

New York Undercover

as

Tammy Barrett

Criminal Minds

as

Tamara Barnes

Mercy Point

as

Lt. Salisaw

Eureka

as

Allison Blake

Stargate SG-1

as

Drey'auc

True Women

as

Martha

NCIS

as

Carrie Clark

Castle

as

Elizabeth Weston

Stitchers

as

Maggie Baptiste

Family Law

as

Viveca Foster

Rude Awakening

as

Nancy Adams

Silk Stalkings

as

Shelley

Space Rangers

as

Roc

as

Diane Hubbard

Between Brothers

as

Vanessa

Secret Agent Man

as

Rachel

NYPD Blue

as

Bobbi Kingston

Missing

as

Kelly

The Finder

as

Athena Brookes

The Newsroom

as

Jane Barrow

House of Lies

as

Sandra Joy

Being Mary Jane

as

Valerie

House

as

Sharon

Rosewood

as

Dr. Aubrey Joseph

Real Husbands of Hollywood

as

Herself

Black Lightning

as

Rebecca Montez

Second Time Around

as

Amanda

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as

Fenna / Nidell

Altered Carbon

as

Commission Leader

Production

2009

Pastor Brown

as

The Gilded Age

as

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

as

Task

as

Crew

Directing

Shadowhunters

as

Scandal

as

Stitchers

as

Queen Sugar

as

The Magicians

as

Lethal Weapon

as

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as

Marvel's Luke Cage

as

Black Lightning

as

black-ish

as

Doom Patrol

as

Dear White People

as

I'm Dying Up Here

as

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

as

American Gods

as

Pearson

as

Reprisal

as

See

as

Altered Carbon

as

Treadstone

as

Marvel's The Punisher

as

The Wheel of Time

as

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

as

Eureka

as

Underground

as

All American

as

The Gilded Age

as