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Anna Deavere Smith

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Anna Deavere Smith
When bestselling celebrity biographer Lee Israel is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend, Jack.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
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Anna Deavere Smith was born on 18 September 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Human Stain (2003), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and The American President (1995).
BornSeptember 18, 1950
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BornSeptember 18, 1950
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Jeff Perry and Anna Deavere Smith in Two Birds, One Throne (2022)
Anna Deavere Smith in The Human Stain (2003)
Tom Hanks and Anna Deavere Smith in Philadelphia (1993)
Beau Bridges, Marla Gibbs, Leslie Grossman, Anna Deavere Smith, Ethan Michael Mora, and Lyliana Wray in Black-ish (2014)
Anna Deavere Smith in Notes from the Field (2018)
Anna Deavere Smith in Notes from the Field (2018)
Anna Deavere Smith in Notes from the Field (2018)
Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Paul Schulze, Jeremy Shamos, and Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Tony Shalhoub, Vanessa Aspillaga, and Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Edie Falco and Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Vanessa Aspillaga and Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie (2009)

Known for

Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman in The Human Stain (2003)
The Human Stain
6.2
  • Mrs. Silk
  • 2003
Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Rachel Getting Married
6.7
  • Carol
  • 2008
Michael Douglas and Annette Bening in The American President (1995)
The American President
6.8
  • Robin McCall
  • 1995
Jason Bateman, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, and Ashraf Barhom in The Kingdom (2007)
The Kingdom
7.0
  • Maricella Canavesio
  • 2007

Credits

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Actress

  • Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Marsai Martin in Black-ish (2014)
    Black-ish
  • Julia Garner in Inventing Anna (2022)
    Inventing Anna
  • Here Today (2021)
    Here Today
  • John Kassir in Flora & Ulysses (2021)
    Flora & Ulysses
  • Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen in A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
    A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
  • For The People (2018)
    For The People
  • Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
    Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Notes from the Field (2018)
    Notes from the Field
  • Berlin Station (2016)
    Berlin Station
  • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
    BoJack Horseman
    • (voice)
  • Dominic Purcell, Olivia Swann, Shayan Sobhian, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Adam Tsekhman, Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, and Lisseth Chavez in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
    DC's Legends of Tomorrow
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie (2009)
    Nurse Jackie
  • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
    Madam Secretary
  • The Surgeon General

Writer

  • Notes from the Field (2018)
    Notes from the Field
  • Alex Kingston, Jossara Jinaro, Emily Kuroda, Annet Mahendru, and Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris in Seven (2017)
    Seven
  • My America (2012)
    My America
  • Twilight: Los Angeles (2000)
    Twilight: Los Angeles
  • American Playhouse
    American Playhouse

Producer

  • Notes from the Field (2018)
    Notes from the Field
  • Twilight: Los Angeles (2000)
    Twilight: Los Angeles
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Official Trailer
Trailer 2:35
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:05
Official Trailer
Rachel Getting Married: Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 2:26
Rachel Getting Married: Theatrical Trailer
The Human Stain
Trailer 1:45
The Human Stain
Life Support
Trailer 0:31
Life Support
Rachel Getting Married - Director and Composer interviewed
Featurette 3:54
Rachel Getting Married - Director and Composer interviewed

Personal details

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    • September 18, 1950
    • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    (8/02) Stag: Artistic advisor for "Nickel and Dimed", adapted by Joan Holden from the book by Barbara Ehrenreich. Intiman Theater, Seattle, Washington/
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview
    • 3 Articles

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    Is a tenured professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
  • Quotes
    Do you want to be an artist so the whole world would look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you want to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?

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