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LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Acting

Born October 21, 1949 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also known as LaTanya Richardson · LaTanya Jackson

Biography

LaTanya Richardson, often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway, before playing supporting roles on television and film.

Awards & recognition

  • honorary degree from Spelman College · 2012
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 2014 · nominated

Filmography44 titles

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

2023as self - archival footage

Criminal Minds

2005as Caroline Lewis

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Diane Pierce

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Lynette Thomson

Blue Bloods

2010as Lt. Dee Ann Carver

Summer Camp Island

2018as Queen Bee (voice)

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991as Janeen

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2022Executive Producer

Malcolm X

1992as Lorraine

Cheers

1982as Moderator

Damages

2007as Judge Jaclynn Ellis

Baseball

1994as (voice)

Law & Order

1990as Anne Houston

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Juice

1992as Steel's Mother

Lorenzo's Oil

1992as Nurse Ruth

Show Me a Hero

2015as Norma O'Neal

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

2013as Grandma Sands

The Water Is Wide

2006as Edna

Lone Star

1996as Priscilla Worth

Party of Five

1994as Jane Gideon

The Last Movie Stars

2022as Maude Brink (voice)

Luke Cage

2016as Mama Mabel Stokes

Sleepless in Seattle

1993as Harriet

Mother and Child

2009as Carol

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994as Dr. Gina Mendez

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999as Auntie

U.S. Marshals

1998as Cooper

Ally McBeal

1997as Attorney Yvette Rose

Losing Isaiah

1995as Caroline Jones

You Hurt My Feelings

2023as Sylvia

Shameful Secrets

1993as Louise Levy

The Super

1991as Judge Smith

The Fighting Temptations

2003as Paulina Pritchett

The American Revolution

2025as (voice)

Within These Walls

2001as Melinda Donovan

Juanita

2019as Kay-Rita

Freedomland

2006as Marie

Tamron Hall

2019as Self - Guest

All About Us

2007as Cousin Bernice

Loved

1997as Attorney Rose Jackson

The View

1997as Self

Sherri

2022as Self - Guest

Beyond the Spotlight