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Acting

S. Epatha Merkerson

Career: Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 1992 and 2020 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

S. Epatha Merkerson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Historical
1.7, average 2.6
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Coming-of-Age 4
Social Commentary 4
Contemporary Realism 4
Emotional Journey 3
Teen Drama 2
Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Alberta Gay

2020s

7 titles · average score 71

Eye for an Eye

64

as May

We Grown Now

69

as Anita

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Joyce Carter

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

as Selma

Blood Sugar Rising

as Narrator (voice)

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

as Belize

Barbecue

as Lillie Anne

2010s

11 titles · average score 64

Year by the Sea

60

as Liz

You Can Go

as Mrs. Bryant

The Challenger

53

as Jada

Chicago Med

64

TV show · as Sharon Goodwin

Chicago P.D.

66

TV show · as Sharon Goodwin

The Gabby Douglas Story

73

as Miss Caroline

Peeples

49

as Daphne Peeples

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

Director

Chicago Fire

65

TV show · as Sharon Goodwin

Lincoln

80

as Lydia Smith

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

15 titles · average score 62

Mother and Child

70

as Ada

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Judge Melanie Ellis

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

as Narrator (voice)

Slipstream

40

as Bonnie

Girl, Positive

65

as Ariel Winters

Black Snake Moan

62

as Angela

Lackawanna Blues

75

as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

The Closer

77

TV show · as Dr. Rebecca Dioli

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

77

TV show · as Anita Van Buren

Jersey Girl

50

as Doctor #1

Radio

53

as Maggie

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Anita Van Buren

1990s

17 titles · average score 64

Random Hearts

37

as Nea

An Unexpected Life

55

as Beverly Hawkins

A Mother's Prayer

76

as Ruby

A Place for Annie

67

as Alice

Frasier

85

TV show · as Dr. McCaskill

It's Nothing Personal

as Louise Waters

Mann & Machine

73

TV show · as Capt. Margaret Claghorn

Here and Now

TV show · as Claudia St. Marth

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

85

as Tarissa Dyson

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Denise Winters / Anita Van Buren

Jacob's Ladder

71

as Elsa

Navy Seals

33

as Jolena

1980s

4 titles · average score 69

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

76

as Reba

Pee-wee's Playhouse

51

TV show · as Reba

She's Gotta Have It

76

as Doctor Jamison

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Elena