S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

November 28, 1952 · 73 years old

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 Bu…

Known For

19 titles
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991 · 2h 17m · Movie

A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

8.6
2
Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990 · 1h 53m · Movie

Reminiscing about his dead son, a Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of ...

7.4
3
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

2006 · 1h 56m · Movie

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

6.9
4
Radio

Radio

2003 · 1h 49m · Movie

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

6.9
5
Chicago Med

Chicago Med

2015 · 32m · TV Show

The city's most highly skilled medical team saves lives, while navigating their unique interpersonal relationships.

7.6
6
Navy Seals

Navy Seals

1990 · 1h 53m · Movie

A battle-hardened SEAL Team set off on a mission to destroy a shipment of US-built Stinger missiles that have fallen into terrorist hands.

5.5
7
She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It

1986 · 1h 24m · Movie

Story of a woman and her three lovers.

6.7
8
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009 · 2h 5m · Movie

A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

7.2
9
Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

1990 · 1h 34m · Movie

An unconventional cop who takes no bull is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals, but the cop soon realizes that his by-the-book partner has split-personality disorder.

4.9
10
Peeples

Peeples

2013 · 1h 35m · Movie

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

5.4
11
Slipstream

Slipstream

2007 · 1h 36m · Movie

While working on a murder-mystery script, unaware that his brain is about to implode, aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer becomes baffled when his characters start to appear in his life.

4.8
12
Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse

Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse

1988 · 49m · Movie

Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.

7.8
13
The Challenger

The Challenger

2015 · 1h 35m · Movie

Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.

5.5
14
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

2025 · 1h 40m · Movie

Follows the story of Anna who grieves the death of her parents as she moves from New York to Florida to stay with her grandmother. She falls in with some other teens, but when she sees a grisly act of violence, she feels trapped.

4.5
15
We Grown Now

We Grown Now

2024 · 1h 33m · Movie

Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.

6.8
16
Exiled

Exiled

1998 · 1h 24m · Movie

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan.

6.4
17
A Place for Annie

A Place for Annie

1994 · 1h 39m · Movie

A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.

7.2
18
Breaking Through

Breaking Through

1996 · 1h 33m · Movie

Laura is a 20-year-old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker, who teaches her how to communicate--and uncovers her true personality.

6.9
19
The Contradictions of Fair Hope

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

2013 · 1h 8m · Movie

Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed "benevolent societies" to respond to abject hunger, illness and the fear of a pauper's grave.

7.4