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The Best Man Holiday Gallery with Over 20 New Photos

B. Alan OrangeNov 8, 2013

The gang's all here as old college friends reunite for the holidays. In theaters this November.

Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie Join Vipaka

Cat ParkerAug 3, 2011

Mike Epps and Sanaa Lathan also board the psychological voodoo horror movie.

The Cleveland Show Cast and Crew Interviews

Sep 28, 2010

Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan and Rich Appel discuss what's coming up next on this Fox animated show.

SDCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: The Cleveland Show Season 2 Cast Interviews!

Jul 28, 2010

Sanaa Lathan and Kevin Michael Richardson discuss the show's upcoming second season.

Sanaa Lathan Movies & TV Shows

About Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa McCoy Lathan was born in New York City on September 19 1971 She attended Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics She graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in English Lathan contemplated a career in law but instead enrolled at the Yale School of Drama Following her training at Yale she performed in a number of Shakespeare s plays and earned acclaim both off Broadway and on the Los Angeles stage She later found early television roles on episodes of such shows as In the House Family Matters NYPD Blue and Moesha During that same period she was awarded Best Actress from the Los Angeles NAACP Theatrical Award Committee for her performance in To Take Arms In 1998 Lathan starred as the mother of Wesley Snipes title character in Blade She followed with a role in Life and back to back turns in and The Wood and The Best Man for which Lathan received a NAACP Image Award nomination She was then cast as the love interest of Omar Epps in Prince Bythewood s Love Basketball Her performance in Love Basketball earned her the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture as well as an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress and a BET Award In 2001 Lathan earned additional acclaim for her work in the multicultural comedy Catfish in Black Bean Sauce Next was her second collaboration with Prince Bythewood Disappearing Acts which was based on a novel by Terry McMillan For her work in the film Lathan earned an Essence Award for Best Actress That year she was named by Ebony magazine as one of its 55 Most Beautiful People In 2002 Lathan starred in the romantic comedy Brown Sugar Lathan s performance earned a NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture The film also received a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture In 2004 Lathan starred on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Combs Audra McDonald and Phylicia Rashad Lathan received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger Several years later Lathan reprised the role in a critically acclaimed ABC Network production of A Raisin in the Sun Lathan subsequently starred in several major Hollywood films including Alien vs Predator which was Lathan s biggest role to date Alien vs Predator was a major success grossing over 171 million worldwide Out of Time was also an important role for Lathan as she played the plot twist antagonist sharing the screen with Denzel Washington In 2006 Lathan co starred with Simon Baker in Something New a romantic comedy about an interracial relationship Lathan appeared in a recurring role as Michelle Landau in another interracial relationship as the much younger wife of a Texas businessman Larry Hagman during the fourth season of the television series Nip Tuck Lathan played Andrea in Tyler Perry s The Family That Preys in 2008 In 2009 Lathan co starred with Matthew Broderick in the drama Wonderful World She also began voicing the character Donna Tubbs on The Cleveland Show Retuning back to the stage in 2010 she starred in the all black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London Lathan s next role is in the Stephen Soderbergh thriller Contagion 2011 where she stars alongside Matt Damon Jude Law Marion Cotillard Kate Winslet Gwyneth Paltrow Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne

Sanaa Lathan

Latest 'Sanaa Lathan' News

The Best Man Holiday Gallery with Over 20 New Photos

Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie Join Vipaka

The Cleveland Show Cast and Crew Interviews

SDCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: The Cleveland Show Season 2 Cast Interviews!

Sanaa Lathan Movies & TV Shows

Family Guy

Family Matters

Nip/Tuck

Blade

Now You See Me 2