Sharon Epatha Merkerson is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has received numerous high-profile accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards and two Tony Award nominations. She is best known for her award-winning portrayal of Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010.
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | 2012 |
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | 2012 |
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The Closer Manhunt |
2007 |
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Poker Face (2023) Time of the Monkey |
2023 |
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The Cosby Show Bookworm |
1988 |
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American Masters Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun |
2008 |
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent Badge |
2002 |
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Today July 27, 2015 |
2015 |
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Jeopardy! 1999-B Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 2 |
1999 |
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Chicago Fire Deathtrap (1) |
2017 |
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Law & Order Mushrooms |
1991 |
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Chicago Fire I Am the Apocalypse |
2015 |
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Chicago Fire Scorched Earth |
2016 |
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Frasier Dark Side of the Moon |
2000 |
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The Good Wife Going for the Gold |
2013 |
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Chicago Med Heart Matters |
2017 |
| Episode |
Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales |
2019 |
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Chicago Fire Something for the Pain |
2023 |
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PBS Specials We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 |
2010 |
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury Skeleton (2) |
2005 |
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Chicago Fire The People We Meet |
2017 |
