LaTanya Richardson Jackson
LaTanya Richardson Jackson (born October 21, 1949) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway, before playing supporting roles on television and film.
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Born | LaTanya Richardson October 21, 1949 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1976–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 1 |
Richardson has appeared in films include Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Losing Isaiah (1995), Lone Star (1996), U.S. Marshals (1998), and The Fighting Temptations (2003). Her television credits include 100 Centre Street (2001–2002), Show Me a Hero (2015), Luke Cage (2016–2018), and Rebel (2017).[1]
Personal life
She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. While a student at Atlanta's Spelman College (the second oldest college for black women in the US) in 1970, she met actor Samuel L. Jackson, then at all-male Morehouse College, who would later become her husband. She and Jackson married in 1980, As of 2020, they have been together 50 years according to Samuel L Jackson's tribute Instagram post. They have one child, freelance film and TV producer Zoe Jackson, born in 1982. After her daughter's birth, Richardson stopped working regularly, because, she said: "We'd vowed to be an intact revolutionary black family. But it was very, very hard."[2]
Career
To date, Richardson's biggest role in a motion picture was in the 2003 musical The Fighting Temptations in which she appears as the main antagonist, the hypercritical Paulina Pritchett.
In 2014, Richardson received a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in the play A Raisin in the Sun.[3][4] This was her second appearance on Broadway after her debut in the 2009 revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone.[5] She also appeared in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway in the 2018–19 season.[6]
She has appeared in two films with her husband - Losing Isaiah (1995) and Freedomland (2006).
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Hangin' with the Homeboys | Caseworker | |
1991 | The Super | Judge Smith | |
1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Janeen | |
1992 | Juice | Steel's Mother | |
1992 | Malcolm X | Lorraine | |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Nurse Ruth | |
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Harriet | |
1994 | The Last Laugh | Elaine | Short film |
1994 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Dr. Gina Mendez | |
1995 | Losing Isaiah | Caroline Jones | |
1996 | Lone Star | Priscilla Worth | |
1997 | Loved | Attorney Rose Jackson | |
1997 | Julian Po | Darlene | |
1998 | U.S. Marshals | Deputy Marshal Savannah Cooper | |
1998 | Secrets | Short film | |
2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Paulina Pritchett | |
2006 | Freedomland | Marie | |
2007 | All About Us | Cousin Bernice | |
2007 | Blackout | Mrs. Thompson | |
2009 | Mother and Child | Carol | |
2019 | Juanita | Kay-Rita |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Doris Gilbert | Episode: "Life After Death" |
1991 | Law & Order | Lorraine | Episode: "Life Choice" |
1992 | Law & Order | Anne Houston | Episode: "Sisters of Mercy" |
1992 | The Nightman | Emily | TV film |
1992 | Frannie's Turn | Vivian | Episodes: "Pilot", "Frannie and the Kitchen Sink" |
1992 | One Life to Live | Rodi | TV series |
1993 | Civil Wars | Episode: "Hit the Road, Jack" | |
1993 | Shameful Secrets | Louise Levy | TV film |
1993 | Cheers | Moderator | Episode: "Woody Gets an Election" |
1994 | Midnight Run for Your Life | Det. Dixon | TV film |
1994 | Party of Five | Jane Gideon | Episode: "Private Lives" |
1994 | Earth 2 | Alex Wentworth | Episode: "A Memory Play" |
1995 | Chicago Hope | Mrs. Parnett | Episode: "Cutting Edges" |
1995 | NYPD Blue | Sister Cecilia | Episode: "Heavin' Can Wait" |
1996 | The Deliverance of Elaine | Edna | TV film |
1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Lynette Thompson | Episode: "Betrayal" |
1998 | Any Day Now | Mrs. Walker | Episode: "Call Him Johnny" |
1998–1999 | Ally McBeal | Attorney Yvette Rose | Episodes: "Story of Love", "Let's Dance" |
1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Auntie | TV film |
1999 | Judging Amy | Lena Railsback | Episode: "Pilot" |
1999 | Once and Again | Counselor | Episode: "Boy Meets Girl" |
2000 | Hairstory | TV film | |
2001 | Within These Walls | Melinda Donovan | TV film |
2001–2002 | 100 Centre Street | Atallah Sims | Recurring role (8 episodes) |
2003 | Boston Public | Sheila | Episode: "Chapter 62" |
2011 | Harry's Law | Noreen | Episode: "In the Ghetto" |
2012 | Damages | Judge Jaclynn Ellis | Episode: "You Want to End This Once and for All?" |
2013 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham | Grandma Sands | TV film |
2014 | Blue Bloods | Lt. Dee Ann Carver | Recurring role, Season 5 |
2015 | Show Me a Hero | Norma O'Neal | TV miniseries |
2016–2018 | Luke Cage | Maybelline "Mama Mabel" Stokes | Episodes: "Manifest", "The Creator" |
2017 | Grey's Anatomy | Diane Pierce | Guest star (3 episodes) |
References
- "Rebel: John Singleton Scripted Drama Coming to BET in March". TV Series Finale. January 18, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- Pat Jordan (April 29, 2012). "How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre". The New York Times Magazine.
- "The Tony Award Nominees - All Categories". Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- Gioia, Michael (April 12, 2014). "LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kenny Leon Discover the "Dream" in Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun". Playbill.com. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- "LaTanya Richardson Jackson". TonyAwards.com. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson at the Internet Broadway Database