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Sanaa Lathan Biography (2)

Sanaa Lathan most recently starred in the hit romantic comedy Brown Sugar opposite Taye Diggs. She received critical acclaim (including a Best Actress Award from the NAACP) for her role in Gina Prince-Bythewood's Love and Basketball opposite Omar Epps. Lathan then reunited with Prince-Bythewood for the HBO film Disappearing Acts starring opposite Wesley Snipes. Lathan also starred in the hit romantic comedy The Best Man; her performance earned her an Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Additional feature film credits include The Wood, Ted Demme's hit comedy Life, and the sci-fi thriller Blade. Lathan's television credits include a series regular role on NBC's Lateline with Al Franken.

A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Lathan has performed on stage in numerous regional and Off-Broadway productions, including a starring role in Shakespeare in the Park's Measure for Measure at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Before that she starred in the New York production of Eve Ensler's acclaimed The Vagina Monologues.


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