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1952—

Actor

Merkerson, S. Epatha, photograph. © .

S. Epatha Merkerson has made a name for herself playing Lt.

Anita Van Buren on the long-running, Emmy award-winning police drama, Law & Order. For more than a decade, fans have tuned in to watch the show's ensemble cast portray gritty, often straight-from-the-headlines, New York crime stories.

Merkerson is also an accomplished stage and screen actor, having performed on and off Broadway, in film, and on television.

Sharon epatha merkerson an atheists prayer

Her talents have earned her attention from the industry's most prestigious award granting organizations.

S. Epatha Merkerson was born on November 28, 1952, in Saginaw, Michigan, and raised by her mother, a divorced postal employee, in Detroit, Michigan, along with four siblings.

At the age of 13 Merkerson's family moved to an all-white neighborhood and experienced racism that she remembers well. During the 1960s, Detroit erupted in racial riots that made relations b