LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1949-10-21 (age 76)

From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

LaTanya Richardson, often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway, before playing supporting roles on television and film.

Filmography (64)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Diamond
2026
TV★ 5.9
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023
as self - archival footage
MOVIE★ 6.3
You Hurt My Feelings
2023
as Sylvia
TV★ 2.6
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.0
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self
TV
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
TV★ 4.7
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.4
Juanita
2019
as Kay-Rita
TV★ 7.8
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Queen Bee (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Mama Mabel
TV★ 7.0
Show Me a Hero
2015
as Norma O'Neal
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
2013
as Grandma Sands
TV★ 7.4
Harry's Law
2011
as Noreen
TV★ 7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
as Lt. Dee Ann Carver
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Mother and Child
2009
as Carol
MOVIE★ 5.6
Blackout
2007
as Mrs. Thompson
MOVIE★ 4.4
All About Us
2007
as Cousin Bernice
TV★ 7.4
Damages
2007
as Judge Jaclynn Ellis
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Freedomland
2006
as Marie
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Edna
TV★ 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
as Caroline Lewis
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Diane Pierce
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Paulina Pritchett
TV
Working Shakespeare
2003
MOVIE★ 5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
MOVIE★ 5.6
Within These Walls
2001
as Melinda Donovan
TV★ 8.2
100 Centre Street
2001
as Atallah Sims
TV★ 7.6
Boston Public
2000
as Sheila
MOVIE
Hairstory
2000
TV★ 6.7
Once and Again
1999
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Lena Railsback
MOVIE★ 6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Auntie
MOVIE★ 6.5
U.S. Marshals
1998
as Cooper
MOVIE★ 4.4
Loved
1997
as Attorney Rose Jackson
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as Attorney Yvette Rose
MOVIE★ 6.5
Julian Po
1997
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lone Star
1996
as Priscilla Worth
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Deliverance of Elaine
1996
as Edna (as Latanya Richardson)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Losing Isaiah
1995
as Caroline Jones
TV★ 6.8
Earth 2
1994
as Alex Wentworth
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Mrs. Parnett
TV★ 7.5
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Party of Five
1994
as Jane Gideon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
as Detective Dixon
MOVIE★ 6.6
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Dr. Gina Mendez
MOVIE★ 6.2
Shameful Secrets
1993
as Louise Levy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
as Harriet
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Lynette Thomson
MOVIE★ 7.1
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
as Nurse Ruth
MOVIE★ 7.6
Malcolm X
1992
as Lorraine
TV★ 7.5
Frannie's Turn
1992
as Vivian
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Nightman
1992
as Emily
MOVIE★ 7.2
Juice
1992
as Steel's Mother
MOVIE★ 7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Janeen
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Super
1991
as Judge Smith
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Lorraine
TV★ 7.6
Cheers
1982
as Moderator
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Edna Graves
MOVIE
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
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as Self