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| Full Name: | Sanaa Lathan |
| Famous As: | actress |
| Date of Birth: | September 19, 1971 |
| Place of Birth: | New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 8 |
| Nationality: | American |
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| Full Name: | Sanaa Lathan |
| Famous As: | actress |
| Date of Birth: | September 19, 1971 |
| Place of Birth: | New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 8 |
| Nationality: | American |
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USA Today - Found Nov. 11, 2008 That was followed by more notable roles in 2000's sci-fi flick Red Planet, then opposite Sanaa Lathan in Something New and Anne Hathaway in... |
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Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found Sep. 23, 2008 ... the same jumpsuit to Movies Rock in December 2007 in LA, with a thinner black belt. Actress Sanaa Lathan revived this jumpsuit this year, at... |
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Playbill - Found Nov. 18, 2008 ... process included actors David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ealy, Jennifer Esposito, Peter Hermann, Sanaa Lathan, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie... |
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Fashion United - Found Nov. 19, 2008 Guests included Nicole Richie, Nicky Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Rachel Zoe, Samantha Harris, Shiva Rose, and Sanaa Lathan. |
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PR Newswire - Found Nov. 17, 2008 Trip to Heaven 1/19 - (Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner) Love & Basketball 1/20 - (Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard) Angel-A... Crash Makes Pit Stop at Denver NAMIC Event - Urban Mecca Starz 'Crash' heats up with 'Clusterf**k' - Monsters and Critics Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights - San Antonio Business Journal Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights - Yahoo! Canada Explore All |
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Breitbart.com - Found Nov. 17, 2008 Trip to Heaven 1/19 - (Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner) -- Love & Basketball 1/20 - (Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard... |
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Playbill - Found Nov. 17, 2008 ... event include actors David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ealy, Jennifer Esposito, Peter Hermann, Sanaa Lathan, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie... Montblanc Presents THE 24 HOUR PLAYS With Nixon, Perez, Stiles and ... - Broadway World Bundy, Dancy, Nixon, Perez, Schreiber, Stiles, Wood, et al. Set for ... - TheaterMania Explore All |
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USA Today - Found Nov. 17, 2008 ... actors Kyle McLachlan, Sanaa Lathan, Amanda Bynes, Gabrielle Union, Molly Sims, Becki Newton and Michelle Trachtenberg; |
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| Born | Sanaa McCoy Lathan September 19, 1971 New York City |
| Years active | 1996-present |
Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is a Tony Award-nominated American actress. She has starred in box office hits such as: Love & Basketball, Alien vs. Predator, Something New, and The Family That Preys.
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Lathan was born in New York City and attended Manhattan Center for Science an Mathematics. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was an actress and dancer 1 who performed on Broadway with the likes of Eartha Kitt. Her father, Stan Lathan, worked behind the scenes in television for PBS, as well as a producer on shows such as Sanford & Son and Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam. Her parents divorced when she was young, however she kept in close relationships with both of her parents moving between both Los Angeles and New York. Her brother is Tendaji Lathan(now a DJ). Being exposed to the life of entertainment and stars at a very early age had a profound impact upon her life. As a child, she was very athletic and was into the arts through training in gymnastics and dancecitation needed.
Following her training at Yale, where she performed in a number of Shakespeare's plays, Lathan earned acclaim both off-Broadway and on the Los Angeles stage. Encouraged by her father to make Los Angeles her professional base, the young actress found early television roles on episodes of such shows as In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. During that same period, she won raves and a Best Actress nod from the Los Angeles NAACP Theatrical Award Committee for her performance in To Take Arms.
In 1998, Lathan earned a degree of recognition with her role as the mother of Wesley Snipes' title character in Blade. She followed this the subsequent year with a role in Life with Martin Lawerence and Eddie Murphy and back-to-back turns in The Best Man and The Wood. The Best Man was a comedic ensemble film, starring Taye Diggs, Nia Long and Morris Chestnut. The Wood, another ensemble film starring Diggs and Omar Epps, cast her as the love interest of Epps, who at the time was also her real-life boyfriend. Lathan and Epps were reunited onscreen in Prince-Bythewood's Love & Basketball (film), this time playing a couple as passionate about basketball as they are about each other.
The film served as a break-out role for Lathan, who played a leading character instead of the girlfriend of one. Her work in Love & Basketball (film) earned her "Best Actress" nominations for both the NAACP Image Award and the Independent Spirit Award. That same year, Lathan earned additional acclaim for her work in the multicultural comedy Catfish in Black Bean Sauce and for her second collaboration with Prince-Bythewood, Disappearing Acts. Based on a novel by Terry McMillan, the HBO movie cast Lathan as an aspiring singer/songwriter in love with a carpenter, played by her Blade co-star Wesley Snipes. For her work in the film, Lathan earned an Essence Award for Best Actress, as well as the added assurance of a very busy work schedule. That year, she was named by Ebony magazine as one of its 55 Most Beautiful People and was honoured by Essence magazine and Black Entertainment Television.
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 dollars worldwide. Out of Time was also an important role for Lathan as she played the plot-twist antagonist, sharing the screen with protagonist 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 film The Family That Preys, which also featured Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates and was released in the U.S. on September 12, 2008.
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1998 | Blade | Vanessa Brooks | |
| 1999 | The Wood | Alicia | |
| The Best Man | Robin | ||
| Life | Daisy | ||
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Monica Wright | |
| Disappearing Acts | Zora Banks | ||
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Sidney 'Sid' Shaw | |
| 2003 | Out of Time | Ann Merai Harrison | |
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predator | Alexa Woods | |
| 2006 | Something New | Kenya McQueen | |
| Nip/Tuck | Michelle Landau | recurring role | |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Beneatha Younger | |
| Wonderful World | Khandi | ||
| The Family That Preys | Andrea | ||
| Protecting Jimmy Leone | Elaine | ||
| 2009 | Middle of Nowhere | Ruby |
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Title: Sanaa Lathan & Tyler Perrys "The Family That Preys"
Description: Local Zone Series Hosted by De Veaux. Sanaa Lathan and the cast of Tyler Perrys "The Family That Preys" at the American Black Film Festival in ...

Title: Sanaa Lathan does Skin Flick Essence Music Festival 08
Description: Tony Award Nominated Actress, Sanaa Lathan, sits down with Corey Chavous to discuss her career, the Essence Music Festival, and her new ...

Title: Sanaa Lathan Interview One on One sit Down Interview
Description: Check out Sanaa on rolling out TV as she speaks on her life, love, family, and career!
footage by: Michael Melendy