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Sanaa Lathan

09/19/1971 (52 years old) | New York City, USA | Actor | Female | 170 cm (5'7")

Sanaa McCoy Lathan (/s?'n?/ 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 Showtime's drama The Affair, Mona Fredricks on Starz' drama Boss, Andrea in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008), Beneatha Younger in ABC's film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun (2008), Kenya McQueen in Something New (2006), Ann Merai Harrison in Out of Time (2004), Sidney 'Sid' Shaw in Brown Sugar (2002), Monica Wright in Love & Basketball (2000), Zora Banks in Disappearing Acts (2000), Alicia in The Wood (1999), Vanessa Brooks - the mother of Wesley Snipes' title character - in Blade (1998), and Briana Gilliam on NBC's sitcom Lateline.She had recurring roles on HBO's Succession and FX's Nip/Tuck, and starred on NBC's short-lived sitcom Built to Last. In 2022, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, for her work on the television series Succession.Her other movie credits include With/In Vol 1 (2021) and Vol 2 (2022), American Assassin (2017), Contagion (2011), Powder Blue (2009), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), and more. She voiced Catwoman on HBO's animated series Harley Quinn, and Donna Tubbs on The Cleveland Show and on all Family Guy appearances.In 2004, she starred on Broadway as Beneatha Younger in A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, and Phylicia Rashad, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress. She later reprise her role in the 2008 film adaptation. In 2010, she starred in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.She earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her recurring role on Succession. She received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in Brown Sugar. She received a NAACP Image Award nomination for her performance in The Best Man. She earned an Essence Award for Best Actress for her performance in Disappearing Acts. She earned the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress, and a BET Award for her performance in Love & Basketball.In 2000, she was named by Ebony magazine as one of its 55 Most Beautiful People and was honored by Essence magazine and Black Entertainment Television.In 2022, she made her directorial debut with the film On the Come Up, in which she also has a supporting role.

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Sanaa Lathan Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Something New	1,376
2.	American Assassin	718
3.	Life	533
4.	Contagion	501
5.	Out of Time	440
6.	The Perfect Guy	395
7.	Blade	331
8.	Now You See Me 2	271
9.	Repentance	253
10.	The Best Man Holiday	170
11.	On the Come Up	109
12.	The Best Man	89
13.	Brown Sugar	67
14.	AVP: Alien vs. Predator	44
15.	Love & Basketball	12
16.	The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat	11
17.	The Wood	0

Something New

Movie | United States | 01/29/2006 | Romance | Rom Com

Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.

6.6/10

61%

1,563

American Assassin

Movie | United States | 09/14/2017 | Action | Action Heroes

Mitch Rapp is a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets. Together they discover a pattern in the violence that leads them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a world war in the Middle East.

6.2/10

34%

6,617

Life

Movie | United States | 04/16/1999 | Crime | Prison

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

6.8/10

52%

855

Contagion

Movie | United States | 09/09/2011 | Thriller | Pandemic

Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast–moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

6.8/10

85%

9,548

Out of Time

Movie | United States | 10/03/2003 | Thriller | Murder

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone hes trusted in order to find out the truth.

6.5/10

65%

1,286

The Perfect Guy

Movie | United States | 09/11/2015 | Drama | Crime Drama

Leah Vaughn appears to have the ideal life. She enjoys a challenging, fast-paced career as a lobbyist; Dave, her longterm boyfriend loves her. And yet, at 36, she's ready to move to the next phase. Marriage and a family seem a logical and welcome step. Dave is not so sure. A bit commitment phobic, his misgivings lead to a painful break up. Enter Carter Duncan, a handsome, charming stranger whose path keeps crossing with Leah's. Caring and solicitous of Leah and her family and friends, their relationship rapidly progresses. It seems Leah has met the perfect guy. But if it seems too good to be true... Soon Carter's protective nature morphs into something more sinister. It's clear Leah has to end this new relationship and when she does, her onetime lover becomes her ultimate enemy. It will take every bit of her cunning and resolve to escape and outwit him.

5.6/10

18%

718

Blade

Movie | United States | 08/19/1998 | Superhero | Marvel

When Blades mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade and his mentor Whistler battle an evil vampire rebel (Deacon Frost) who plans to take over the outdated vampire council, capture Blade and resurrect voracious blood god La Magra.

7.1/10

57%

3,014

Now You See Me 2

Movie | United States | 06/09/2016 | Crime | Heist

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface in Now You See Me: The Second Act only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

6.4/10

34%

3,093

Repentance

Movie | United States | 01/20/2013 | Horror

An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him and his family for their past sins.

4.7/10

33%

519

The Best Man Holiday

Movie | United States | 11/15/2013 | Comedy | Christmas

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

6.6/10

70%

2,283

On the Come Up

Bri, a young rapper and the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died just before making it big. Her father’s legend makes him a hard act to follow, but between Bri being bullied and watching her mother struggle after losing her job, she pours out her frustration into songs that become big viral hits.

5.6/10

200

The Best Man

Movie | United States | 10/22/1999 | Comedy | Situation

Harper, a writer who's about to explode into the mainstream leaves behind his girlfriend Robin and heads to New York City to serve as best man for his friend Lance's wedding. Once there, he reunites with the rest of his college circle.

6.8/10

72%

Brown Sugar

Movie | United States | 10/05/2002 | Romance | Music

Sidney is a writer whos just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. Theyve known each other since they met as children, when both discovered hip-hop for the first time. Now that theyre back together, they should be perfect for each other, except that Dres about to marry lawyer Reese and Sidney claims not to be interested in Dre romantically. Meanwhile, Dre is growing increasingly restless with his companys focus on profit over artistry, which leads to signing the gimmicky duo Ren and Ten while ignoring the talented Chris

6.5/10

66%

213

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Movie | United States | 08/13/2004 | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion

When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race. The films sees two of the largest comic and movie franchises collide in an all out war.

5.7/10

22%

604

Love & Basketball

Movie | United States | 04/21/2000 | Drama | Basketball

A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. They've followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

7.2/10

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Movie | United States | 08/23/2024 | Hulu | Drama

Three best friends dubbed “The Supremes” have weathered life’s storms together for two generations, through marriage and children, happiness and the blues, watching as they find themselves at a crossroad that tests their lifelong bond.

6.3/10

78%

The Wood

Movie | United States | 07/16/1999 | Romance | Relationship

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.

6.9/10

61%

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