Sanaa Lathan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-09-19 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Sanaa McCoy Lathan
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Sanaa Lathan
Biography
Sanaa McCoy Lathan (/səˈnɑ/ born September 19, 1971) is an American stage, film, television, and voice actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. She earned bachelor's degree in English from University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in drama from Yale. She is best known for her roles as Robyn in The Best Man films and subsequent TV miniseries on Peacock, Naomi Hicks on Netflix's Hit & Run, Violet Jones in Nappily Ever After, Ashe Akino on Fox's drama Shots Fired, Deputy Director Natalie Austin in Now You See Me 2 (2016), Leah Vaughn in The Perfect Guy (2015), Jenelle Wilson on Showtim...
Acting
2004
as Alexa Woods
2003
as Ann Merai Harrison
2023
as Janice Huffman
1999
as Daisy
2008
as Beneatha Younger
2009
as Khadi
1998
as Vanessa
2000
as Monica Wright
2006
as Kenya McQueen
2008
as Andrea
1999
as Robyn
1999
as Alicia
2002
as Sidney 'Sid' Shaw
2000
as Zora Banks
2011
as Aubrey Cheever
2009
as Diana
2014
as Maggie
2013
as Robyn
2024
as Barbara Jean Maxberry
2015
as Leah Vaughn
2022
as Jay
2022
2005
as Monica (voice)
-
2016
as Deputy Director Natalie Austin
2016
as Captain Emily Maddox
1999
as Nina
1997
as Carolyn Brody
2017
as Irene Kennedy
2019
as Trudy Thomas
2018
as Violet Jones
1997
as Young Lilly
2021
as (segment "Leap")
Production
2021
as Director
2022
as Director
2015
as Executive Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2018
as Producer
2022
as Director
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as Director
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