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Anna Deavere Smith

Cast & creator

Anna Deavere Smith

1950-09-18 (age 76) Baltimore, Maryland, USA Website IMDb

Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Real Time with Bill Maher, The West Wing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is currently the artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Deavere Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

28

film credits

Series

19

television credits

Career

41

1982–2027 · acting roles

Credit score

7.1

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Lucille Fenton · 1999

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self · 2003

The West Wing

The West Wing

Nancy McNally · 1999

The Practice

The Practice

Kate Brunner · 1997

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Older Kendra · 2016

Across film & television

Filmography (47)

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Lucille Fenton

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

The West Wing

The West Wing

Nancy McNally

The Practice

The Practice

Kate Brunner

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Older Kendra

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

Betty Bruce (voice)

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Various Characters

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Writer

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary

Mary Campbell

black-ish

black-ish

Alicia

Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

Gloria Akalitus

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

Self

Extrapolations

Extrapolations

Arden Miller

For the People

For the People

Tina Krissman

Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna

Maud Lewis

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self

Ghosted

Ghosted

Claudia Yates

Presidio Med

Presidio Med

Letty Jordan

Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

Carol

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Anthea Burton

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Maricella Canavesio

The Human Stain

The Human Stain

Mrs. Silk

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Political Pundit

Here Today

Here Today

Dr. Vidor

The American President

The American President

Robin McCall

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Elaine

Flora & Ulysses

Flora & Ulysses

Dr. Meescham

Cry_Wolf

Cry_Wolf

Headmaster Tinsley

Dave

Dave

Mrs. Travis

Rent

Rent

Mrs. Jefferson

Masterclass

Masterclass

Self

Touched

Touched

Switchboard Operator

Pendulum

Pendulum

Cora

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Nancy McNally

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Anna

Life Support

Life Support

Lucille

Soup for One

Soup for One

Deborah

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Writer

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Executive Producer

Fires in the Mirror

Fires in the Mirror

Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various

Fires in the Mirror

Fires in the Mirror

Writer

Hawaii's Last Queen

Hawaii's Last Queen

Self - Narrator

Twilight: Los Angeles

Twilight: Los Angeles

Twilight: Los Angeles

Twilight: Los Angeles

Screenplay

Twilight: Los Angeles

Twilight: Los Angeles

Producer