S. Epatha Merkerson

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43 credits

Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye(2025)

May

We Grown Now

We Grown Now(2024)

Anita

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Desmond's Not Here Anymore(2021)

Selma

Blood Sugar Rising

Blood Sugar Rising(2020)

Narrator (voice)

Barbecue

Barbecue(2020)

Lillie Anne

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America(2020)

Belize

Year by the Sea

Year by the Sea(2016)

Liz

You Can Go

You Can Go(2016)

Mrs. Bryant

The Challenger

The Challenger(2015)

Jada

The Gabby Douglas Story

The Gabby Douglas Story(2014)

Miss Caroline

Peeples

Peeples(2013)

Daphne Peeples

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

The Contradictions of Fair Hope(2013)

Lincoln

Lincoln(2012)

Lydia Smith

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918(2010)

Narrator (voice)

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay(2009)

Effa

Mother and Child

Mother and Child(2009)

Ada

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun(2008)

Narrator (voice)

Slipstream

Slipstream(2007)

Bonnie

Girl, Positive

Girl, Positive(2007)

Ariel Winters

Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan(2006)

Angela

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays(2006)

Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues(2005)

Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl(2004)

Doctor #1

Radio

Radio(2003)

Maggie

The Rising Place

The Rising Place(2001)

Lessie Watson

Random Hearts

Random Hearts(1999)

Nea

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand(1999)

Eslanda Robeson (voice)

An Unexpected Life

An Unexpected Life(1998)

Beverly Hawkins

Exiled

Exiled(1998)

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren

After the SIlence

After the SIlence(1996)

Barbara

A Mother's Prayer

A Mother's Prayer(1995)

Ruby

A Place for Annie

A Place for Annie(1994)

Alice

It's Nothing Personal

It's Nothing Personal(1993)

Louise Waters

Second Chances(1992)

Ruth Clayton

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)

Tarissa Dyson

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder(1990)

Elsa

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons(1990)

Rachel

Moe's World

Moe's World(1990)

Navy Seals

Navy Seals(1990)

Jolena

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special(1988)

Reba

She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It(1986)

Doctor Jamison

Sexual Healing

Alberta Gay

After All