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Acting

Anna Deavere Smith

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Rachel Getting Married
75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Anna Deavere Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Historical
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 2
Social Commentary 2
Inspirational 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 60

Pendulum

as Cora

Ghosted

42

as Claudia Yates

Extrapolations

51

TV show · as Arden Miller

Inventing Anna

57

TV show · as Maud Lewis

Flora & Ulysses

63

as Dr. Meescham

Here Today

56

as Dr. Vidor

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

89

as Nancy McNally

2010s

7 titles · average score 73

Notes from the Field

64

Writer, Executive Producer

For the People

68

TV show · as Tina Krissman

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

83

as Elaine

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

69

TV show · as Older Kendra

BoJack Horseman

88

TV show · as Betty Bruce (voice)

black-ish

75

TV show · as Alicia

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as Mary Campbell

2000s

10 titles · average score 63

Nurse Jackie

78

TV show · as Gloria Akalitus

Rachel Getting Married

75

as Carol

Life Support

67

as Lucille

The Kingdom

61

as Maricella Canavesio

Rent

60

as Mrs. Jefferson

Cry_Wolf

42

as Headmaster Tinsley

The Manchurian Candidate

71

as Political Pundit

The Human Stain

53

as Mrs. Silk

Presidio Med

TV show · as Letty Jordan

Twilight: Los Angeles

Producer, Screenplay

1990s

7 titles · average score 76

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Lucille Fenton

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Nancy McNally

The Practice

76

TV show · as Kate Brunner

The American President

74

as Robin McCall

Fires in the Mirror

as Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various

Philadelphia

76

as Anthea Burton

Dave

72

as Mrs. Travis

1980s

5 titles · average score 66

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Unfinished Business

as Anna

Touched

as Switchboard Operator

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Various Characters

Soup for One

54

as Deborah