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Anna Deavere Smith

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Penwoman / Playwright / Actress / Screenwriter | * 09/18/1950 (73) | Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA))
Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is known for her roles as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally in The West Wing (2000–06), hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–15), and as U.S. District Court Clerk Tina Krissman on the ABC show For the People (2018–19). Smith is a recipient of The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2013). In 2015 she was selected as the Jefferson Lecturer by the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is the founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zu ...

The Human Stain

FSK: 12+ years

2003 | 3.0/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East. ...

The Kingdom

FSK: 16+ years

2007 | 3.3/5 | 1h 50min
Thriller, Action, Drama
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A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding. ...

Rachel Getting Married

FSK: 12+ years

2008 | 3.1/5 | 1h 53min
Drama
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Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts ...

The American President

FSK: 6+ years

1995 | 3.3/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Anna Deavere Smith

National Humanities Medal Theatre World Award 2x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance MacArthur Fellows Program Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Jefferson Lecture George Polk Awards Phyllis Franklin Award Guggenheim Fellowship Honorary Doctor of The Yale University Honorary Degree From Spelman College Global Citizen Awards Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Pulitzer Prize for Drama 3x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance Tony Award for Best Play 2x NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble 3x NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Anna Deavere Smith as Actress(18)

as Claudia Yates2023 Ghosted
as Dr. Vidor2021 Here Today
as Dr. Meescham2021 Flora & Ulysses
as Nancy McNally2020 A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2018 Notes from the Field
as Elaine2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me?
as Carol2008 Rachel Getting Married
as Lucille2007 Life Support
as Maricella Canavesio2007 The Kingdom
as Headmaster Tinsley2005 Cry_Wolf
as Mrs. Jefferson2005 Rent
as Mrs. Silk2003 The Human Stain
2000 Twilight: Los Angeles
as Robin McCall1995 The American President
as Mrs. Travis1993 Dave
as Anthea Burton1993 Philadelphia
as Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various1993 Fires in the Mirror
as Anna1987 Unfinished Business

TV Shows/Series with Anna Deavere Smith as Actress(14)

as Maud Lewis2022 Inventing Anna
as Tina Krissman2018 For The People
as Older Kendra2016 DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as herself2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Betty Bruce (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Alicia2014 black-ish
as herself2012 Finding Your Roots
as herself2010 Masterclass
as Gloria Akalitus2009 Nurse Jackie
as herself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
as Dr. Letty Jordan2002 Presidio Med
as Nancy McNally1999 The West Wing
as D.A. Kate Brunner1997 The Practice
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience

Movies with Anna Deavere Smith as Crew(5)

Production/Executive Producer2018 Notes from the Field
Writing/Writer2018 Notes from the Field
Production/Producer2000 Twilight: Los Angeles
Writing/Screenplay2000 Twilight: Los Angeles
Writing/Writer1993 Fires in the Mirror

Additional Information

Full Name: Anna Smith
Born: Monday, 09/18 1950 (September) in Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 73 years + 211 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Arcadia University, Western High School
Employer: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Anna Deavere Smith frequently works together with these people:
Patton Oswalt (11x, Actor)
Adam Conover (11x, Actor)
Marc Guggenheim (9x, Crew)
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (9x, Crew)
Mike Hollingsworth (9x, Crew)
Kevin Bigley (7x, Actor)
Kenya Barris (6x, Crew)
Grainne Godfree (6x, Crew)
Lisa Hanawalt (6x, Crew)
Ray Utarnachitt (5x, Crew)
Kate Purdy (5x, Crew)
Jonathan Demme (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14163, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024