S. Epatha Merkerson

1952 (73) • Acting

Born: 11/28/1952 (73) in Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Known for: Acting

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, Obie Award, 4 NAACP Image Awards, and 2 Tony Award nominations.

Known For

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

82%

Tarissa Dyson

1991

Chicago P.D.

84%

Sharon Goodwin

2014

Chicago Fire

84%

Sharon Goodwin

2012

Chicago Med

83%

Sharon Goodwin

2015

Black Snake Moan

68%

Angela

2006

Frasier

77%

Dr. McCaskill

1993

Radio

74%

Maggie

2003

Law & Order

73%

Anita Van Buren / Denise Winters

1990

Eye for an Eye

59%

May

2025

We Grown Now

64%

Anita

2024

Poker Face

75%

Joyce Carter

2023

Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Selma

2021

Barbecue

Lillie Anne

2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

100%

Belize

2020

Blood Sugar Rising

Narrator (voice)

2020

You Can Go

50%

Mrs. Bryant

2016

Year by the Sea

80%

Liz

2016

Chicago Med

83%

Sharon Goodwin

2015

The Challenger

59%

Jada

2015

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

15%

Self

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

58%

Self

2014

The Gabby Douglas Story

74%

Miss Caroline

2014

Chicago P.D.

84%

Sharon Goodwin

2014

Peeples

55%

Daphne Peeples

2013

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

50%

Director

2013

Lincoln

68%

Lydia Smith

2012

Chicago Fire

84%

Sharon Goodwin

2012

Finding Your Roots

65%

Self

2012

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

65%

Narrator (voice)

2010

Mother and Child

66%

Ada

2009

The Good Wife

76%

Judge Melanie Ellis

2009

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

53%

Effa

2009

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

80%

Narrator (voice)

2008

Girl, Positive

61%

Ariel Winters

2007

Slipstream

49%

Bonnie

2007

Black Snake Moan

68%

Angela

2006