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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-09-18 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As

Anna Deavere Smith

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is currently the artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Deavere Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Rent

2005

Rent

as

Mrs. Jefferson

Ghosted

2023

Ghosted

as

Claudia Yates

Cry_Wolf

2005

Cry_Wolf

as

Headmaster Tinsley

The Human Stain

2003

The Human Stain

as

Mrs. Silk

The Kingdom

2007

The Kingdom

as

Maricella Canavesio

Dave

1993

Dave

as

Mrs. Travis

The American President

1995

The American President

as

Robin McCall

Philadelphia

1993

Philadelphia

as

Anthea Burton

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as

Political Pundit

Life Support

2007

Life Support

as

Lucille

Hawaii's Last Queen

1997

Hawaii's Last Queen

as

Self - Narrator

Here Today

2021

Here Today

as

Dr. Vidor

Flora & Ulysses

2021

Flora & Ulysses

as

Dr. Meescham

Fires in the Mirror

1993

Fires in the Mirror

as

Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various

Presidio Med

Presidio Med

as

Dr. Letty Jordan

The Practice

The Practice

as

D.A. Kate Brunner

Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

as

Gloria Akalitus

Extrapolations

Extrapolations

as

Arden Miller

For The People

For The People

as

Tina Krissman

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

The West Wing

The West Wing

as

Nancy McNally

black-ish

black-ish

as

Alicia

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

as

Betty Bruce (voice)

Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna

as

Maud Lewis

Production

Crew

Directing