LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Known for
Acting
Born
October 21, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

LaTanya Richardson, often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway, before playing supporting roles on television and film.

Known For

Filmography

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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

Movie · as Self

2026
Diamond poster

Diamond

Movie · as Elizabeth

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2023
You Hurt My Feelings poster

You Hurt My Feelings

Movie · as Sylvia

2023
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? poster

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

Movie · as self - archival footage

2022
The Last Movie Stars poster

The Last Movie Stars

TV · as Self, Maude Brink (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Beyond the Spotlight poster

Beyond the Spotlight

TV · 1 ep

2019
Juanita poster

Juanita

Movie · as Kay-Rita

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Queen Bee (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart poster

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Marvel's Luke Cage

TV · as Mama Mabel, Mama Mabel Stokes · 1 ep

2015
Show Me a Hero poster

Show Me a Hero

TV · as Norma O'Neal · 6 eps

2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham poster

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Movie · as Grandma Sands

2011
Harry's Law poster

Harry's Law

TV · as Noreen · 1 ep

2010
The Black List: Volume Three

The Black List: Volume Three

Movie · as Self

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Lt. Dee Ann Carver · 3 eps

2009
Mother and Child poster

Mother and Child

Movie · as Carol

2007
Blackout poster

Blackout

Movie · as Mrs. Thompson

2007
All About Us poster

All About Us

Movie · as Cousin Bernice

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Judge Jaclynn Ellis · 1 ep

2006
Freedomland poster

Freedomland

Movie · as Marie

2006
The Water Is Wide poster

The Water Is Wide

Movie · as Edna

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Diane Pierce · 5 eps

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Caroline Lewis · 1 ep

2003
The Fighting Temptations poster

The Fighting Temptations

Movie · as Paulina Pritchett

2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives poster

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Movie

2003
Working Shakespeare poster

Working Shakespeare

TV · 5 eps

2001
Within These Walls poster

Within These Walls

Movie · as Melinda Donovan

2001
100 Centre Street poster

100 Centre Street

TV · as Atallah Sims · 31 eps

2000
Hairstory

Hairstory

Movie

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Sheila · 1 ep

1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge poster

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Movie · as Auntie

1999
Once and Again poster

Once and Again

TV · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Lena Railsback · 1 ep

1998
U.S. Marshals poster

U.S. Marshals

Movie · as Cooper

1997
Julian Po poster

Julian Po

Movie

1997
Loved poster

Loved

Movie · as Attorney Rose Jackson

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Attorney Yvette Rose · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1996
Lone Star poster

Lone Star

Movie · as Priscilla Worth

1996
The Deliverance of Elaine poster

The Deliverance of Elaine

Movie · as Edna (as Latanya Richardson)

1995
Losing Isaiah poster

Losing Isaiah

Movie · as Caroline Jones

1994
Midnight Run for Your Life poster

Midnight Run for Your Life

Movie · as Detective Dixon

1994
When a Man Loves a Woman poster

When a Man Loves a Woman

Movie · as Gina Mendez

1994
Earth 2 poster

Earth 2

TV · as Alex Wentworth · 1 ep

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Jane Gideon · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Mrs. Parnett · 1 ep

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Various (voice)

1993
Shameful Secrets poster

Shameful Secrets

Movie · as Louise Levy

1993
Sleepless in Seattle poster

Sleepless in Seattle

Movie · as Harriet

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Lynette Thomson · 1 ep

1992
Juice poster

Juice

Movie · as Steel's Mother

1992
The Nightman poster

The Nightman

Movie · as Emily

1992
Malcolm X poster

Malcolm X

Movie · as Lorraine

1992
Lorenzo's Oil poster

Lorenzo's Oil

Movie · as Nurse Ruth

1992
Frannie's Turn poster

Frannie's Turn

TV · as Vivian · 6 eps

1991
Fried Green Tomatoes poster

Fried Green Tomatoes

Movie · as Janeen

1991
The Super poster

The Super

Movie · as Judge Smith

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Lorraine, Anne Houston · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Moderator · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Edna Graves · 1 ep