Anna Deavere Smith

Born: 1950-09-18

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is currently the artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Deavere Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Ghosted

as Claudia Yates
Released: 2023-04-18

Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking...

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Philadelphia

as Anthea Burton
Released: 1993-12-22

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As...

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The Kingdom

as Maricella Canavesio
Released: 2007-08-22

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in...

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Rent

as Mrs. Jefferson
Released: 2005-11-17

This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in...

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The Manchurian Candidate

as Political Pundit
Released: 2004-07-30

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having...

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Dave

as Mrs. Travis
Released: 1993-05-07

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the...

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The American President

as Robin McCall
Released: 1995-11-17

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything...

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The Human Stain

as Mrs. Silk
Released: 2003-10-29

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a...

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Cry_Wolf

as Headmaster Tinsley
Released: 2005-09-16

After a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial...

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as Dr. Meescham
Released: 2021-02-19

When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique...

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Rachel Getting Married

as Carol
Released: 2008-09-03

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the...

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Here Today

as Dr. Vidor
Released: 2021-05-07

Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality,...

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

as Elaine
Released: 2018-10-19

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has...

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Life Support

as Lucille
Released: 2007-03-10

The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role...

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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

as Nancy McNally
Released: 2020-10-15

Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s...

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Notes from the Field

as uncredited
Released: 2018-02-24

A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in...

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Unfinished Business

as Anna
Released: 1987-09-18

Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to...

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Twilight: Los Angeles

as uncredited
Released: 2000-09-29

Anna Deavere Smith transforms herself into scores of individuals -- using only their words and...

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Hawaii's Last Queen

as Self - Narrator
Released: 1997-01-27

Honeymooners, tourists and surfers flock to Hawaiian shores every year, but life wasn't always...

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Fires in the Mirror

as Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various
Released: 1993-04-28

Anna Deveare Smith plays over 30 characters in a re-creation of the racial conflict that erupted...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Lucille Fenton
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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BoJack Horseman

as Betty Bruce (voice)
First aired: 2014-08-22

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of...

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow

as Older Kendra
First aired: 2016-01-21

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he...

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The West Wing

as Nancy McNally
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self
First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The Practice

as D.A. Kate Brunner
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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black-ish

as Alicia
First aired: 2014-09-24

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a...

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American Experience

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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Nurse Jackie

as Gloria Akalitus
First aired: 2009-06-08

Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie...

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Extrapolations

as Arden Miller
First aired: 2023-03-16

Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will...

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Inventing Anna

as Maud Lewis
First aired: 2022-02-11

A journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary...

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Finding Your Roots

as Self
First aired: 2012-03-24

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost...

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For The People

as Tina Krissman
First aired: 2018-03-13

Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high...

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Presidio Med

as Dr. Letty Jordan
First aired: 2002-09-24

Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January...

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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

as Self
First aired: 2015-04-20

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a...

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Masterclass

as Self
First aired: 2010-04-18

MasterClass is a documentary television series airing on HBO. Each half-hour episode documents...

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