S. Epatha Merkerson

An Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winner, S. Epatha Merkerson has won critical acclaim for her brilliant work in theatre, television, and film.  She is perhaps best-known for her role as Lt. Anita Van Buren on the hit series Law & Order, for which she received a 2006, NAACP Image Award and 2007 and 2008 NAACP Image Award Nominations.  On stage, she has appeared in Come Back Little Sheba, Suzan Lori-Parks' F**KING A, Piano Lesson, I'm Not Stupid, and Birdie Blue.  She's also appeared in the HBO film Lackawanna Blues, Jersey Girl, Mother and Child, Terminator II: Judgment Day, and Black Snake Moan, among others.  An Earphones Award-winning narrator, Epatha read The Story of a Marriage, written by Andrew Sean Greer and published by Macmillan Audio.