
Biography
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).
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Pose

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Grey's Anatomy

The Shield

Scrubs

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Bel-Air

Key and Peele

Hacks

New Girl

Broken Bridges

Entourage

Minority Report

Mom

The League

Set It Off

The Wayans Bros.

Gridiron Gang

Las Vegas

Moesha

Friday

L.A. Law

Vacation Friends

The Conners

C'mon Man

American Dad!

The Wild Thornberrys

Stone Pillow

The District

Presumed Innocent

Unexpected Christmas

The Bernie Mac Show

Reed Between the Lines

Kiss the Girls

One Fine Day

Times Square

A Madea Christmas

Friday After Next

Along Came a Spider

How High

7th Heaven

No Good Deed

B Positive

The Last O.G.

St. Elmo's Fire

The Soul Man

Street Smart

Heartburn

Me Time

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story