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LaTanya Richardson

Actress | Soundtrack | Director

She graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. While a student at Spelman (an all-female institution), she met Samuel L. Jackson, who was a student at Morehouse College (the all-male institution affiliated with Spelman), who would later become her husband. She and Jackson have one daughter named Zoe. See full bio »

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2013 The Watsons Go to Birmingham (TV movie) (filming)
Grandma Sands
 
2012 Damages (TV series)
Judge Jaclynn Ellis
– You Want to End This Once and for All? (2012) … Judge Jaclynn Ellis (as LaTanya Richardson Jackson)
 
2011 Harry's Law (TV series)
Noreen
– In the Ghetto (2011) … Noreen (as Latanya Richardson Jackson)
 
2009 Mother and Child
Carol
 
2007/III Blackout
Mrs. Thompson
 
2007 All About Us
Cousin Bernice
 
2006 Freedomland
Marie (as LaTanya Richardson Jackson)
 
2003 The Fighting Temptations
Paulina Pritchett
 
2003 Boston Public (TV series)
Sheila
– Chapter Sixty-Two (2003) … Sheila
 
2001-2002 100 Centre Street (TV series)
Atallah Sims
– Fathers (2002) … Atallah Sims
– Bottlecaps (2001) … Atallah Sims
– Queenie's Running (2001) … Atallah Sims
– Queenie's Tough (2001) … Atallah Sims
– Kids: Part 1 (2001) … Atallah Sims
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2001 Within These Walls (TV movie)
Melinda Donovan (as Latanya Richardson)
 
2000 Hairstory (TV movie)
 
1999 Once and Again (TV series)
Counselor
– Boy Meets Girl (1999) … Counselor
 
1999 Judging Amy (TV series)
Lena Railsback
– Pilot (1999) … Lena Railsback
 
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV movie)
Auntie
 
1998-1999 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Attorney Yvette Rose
– Let's Dance (1999) … Attorney Yvette Rose
– Story of Love (1998) … Attorney Yvette Rose
 
1998 Any Day Now (TV series)
Mrs. Walker
– Call Him Johnny (1998) … Mrs. Walker
 
1998 Secrets (short)
 
1998 U.S. Marshals
Deputy Marshal Savannah Cooper
 
1997 Julian Po
Darlene (as Latanya Richardson)
 
1997 Loved
Attorney Rose Jackson
 
1997 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Lynette Thomson
– Betrayal (1997) … Lynette Thomson
 
1996 Lone Star
Priscilla Worth
 
1996 The Deliverance of Elaine (TV movie)
Edna (as Latanya Richardson)
 
1995 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Sister Cecilia
– Heavin' Can Wait (1995) … Sister Cecilia
 
1995 Losing Isaiah
Caroline Jones
 
1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Mrs. Parnett
– Cutting Edges (1995) … Mrs. Parnett
 
1994 Earth 2 (TV series)
Alex Wentworth
– A Memory Play (1994) … Alex Wentworth
 
1994 Party of Five (TV series)
Jane Gideon
– Private Lives (1994) … Jane Gideon (as La Tanya Richardson)
 
1994 Midnight Run for Your Life (TV movie)
Det. Dixon
 
1994 When a Man Loves a Woman
Dr. Gina Mendez (as Latanya Richardson)
 
1994 The Last Laugh (short)
Elaine
 
1993 Shameful Secrets (TV movie)
Louise Levy
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle
Harriet
 
1993 Cheers (TV series)
Moderator
– Woody Gets an Election (1993) … Moderator
 
1993 Civil Wars (TV series)
– Hit the Road, Jack (1993)
 
1992 One Life to Live (TV series)
Rodi #1
 
1992 Lorenzo's Oil
Nurse Ruth (as La Tanya Richardson)
 
1992 Malcolm X
Lorraine (as Latanya Richardson)
 
1992 Frannie's Turn (TV series)
Vivian
– Pilot (1992) … Vivian
– Frannie and the Kitchen Sink (1992) … Vivian
 
1992 The Nightman (TV movie)
Emily
 
1991-1992 Law & Order (TV series)
Anne Houston / Lorraine
– Sisters of Mercy (1992) … Anne Houston
– Life Choice (1991) … Lorraine
 
1992 Juice
Steel's Mother (as Latanya Richardson)
 
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes
Janeen
 
1991 The Super
Judge Smith
 
1991 Hangin' with the Homeboys
Caseworker
 
1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV series)
Doris Gilbert
– Life After Death (1989) … Doris Gilbert
 
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2003 The Fighting Temptations (performer: "Amazing Grace")
 
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2000 Hairstory (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
2012 School of My Dreams (documentary short) (voice)
 
2011 The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
2010 The Black List: Volume Three (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Samuel L. Jackson: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Road to Ingwavuma (documentary short)
 
2008 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2005 RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (video)
Herself
 
2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (documentary)
Reader
 
2001 Essence Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– The Capital of Baseball (1994) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 

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The Deliverance of Elaine -- When Elaine Hodges was only six years old, her mother was killed and her father crippled by a shotgun-wielding intruder who then committed suicide. Now, twenty years later, Elaine still lives with and cares for her father in her childhood home. Freedomland -- Clip: Where Is Your Son? U.S. Marshals -- hv post
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Starred as "The Lady in Red" in the Alliance Theatre of Atlanta's production of the stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the Rainbow is Enuf" in 1980. See more »

Alternate Names:

LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Latanya Richardson Jackson | La Tanya Richardson | Latanya Richardson
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Trivia:

Daughter: Zoè Jackson (b. 1982). See more »

Star Sign:

Libra