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Sanaa Lathan
Sanaa Lathan TV Listings
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OXYGN
Sat, Jul 11, 2:00 PM
Something New
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COMEDY
Sat, Jul 11, 4:30 PM
Life
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Sun, Jul 12, 1:00 AM
Something New
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Sanaa Lathan Biography
Birth Place:
New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
09/19/1971, Virgo
Profession:
Actor
Given her stunning looks, it's fitting that Lathan's first name means "work of art" in Swahili. Happily, this bombshell's talent is equal to her aesthetic appeal. The daughter of a Broadway hoofer and veteran TV director Stan Lathan, this "work of art" was inevitably artistically inclined, studying dance and acting as a child. After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, she guested on a number of TV shows, eventually winning a series-regular spot in 1998 on the short-lived
Nightline
spoof
Lateline
. That same year, Lathan made much more of an impression with a small but memorably oedipal part as Wesley Snipes' mama in the vampire flick
Blade
. A string of successively larger roles in African-American-oriented movies upped her profile, two of them —
The Wood
and 2000's
Love & Basketball
— opposite her then real-life boyfriend, Omar Epps. In the latter, she and Epps were perfectly matched physically, as both lovers and competitive athletes, and Lathan won a number of awards (Image, Black Reel and BET) for her multifaceted performance. But it was her turn as a butt-kicking beauty in the wildly successful but low-rent 2004 thriller
Alien vs. Predator
that made her a familiar face to the masses, even if the flick showed off her body more than her brains. (A Tony-nominated turn in the Broadway revival of
Raisin in the Sun
that same year proved she could still deliver a thoughtful performance.) In 2006, she signed on to the sexy series
Nip/Tuck
as the mysterious boss of two morally challenged plastic surgeons.
Sanaa Lathan Fast Facts:
Her father, Stan Lathan, directed many TV series including
Sanford and Son
,
Barney Miller
and
Hill Street Blues.
Began acting career with guest roles on TV shows such as
Family Matters
,
NYPD Blue
and
In the House
.
Gained 20 lbs. for her role in the 2000 TV-movie
Disappearing Acts
, opposite Wesley Snipes.
Sanaa Lathan Relationships:
Ariel Lathan - Half Sister
Colette Lathan - Half Sister
Eleanor McCoy - Mother
Liliane Lathan - Half Sister
Omar Epps - Ex-significant Other
Stan Lathan - Father
Tendaji - Stepbrother
Sanaa Lathan Awards:
2004 Tony: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Nominee
College:
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (BA in English); Yale University, School of Drama, New Haven, CT (MFA)
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