Sanaa McCoy Lathan səˈnɑ born September 19 1971 is an American stage film television and voice actress She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan She earned bachelors degree in English from University of California Berkeley and a masters degree in drama from Yale She is best known for her roles as Robyn in The Best Man films and subsequent TV miniseries on Peacock Naomi Hicks on Netflixs Hit Run Violet Jones in Nappily Ever After Ashe Akino on Foxs drama Shots Fired Deputy Director Natalie Austin in Now You See Me 2 2016 Leah Vaughn in The Perfect Guy 2015 Jenelle Wilson on Showtimes drama The Affair Mona Fredricks on Starz drama Boss Andrea in Tyler Perrys The Family That Preys 2008 Beneatha Younger in ABCs film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun 2008 Kenya McQueen in Something New 2006 Ann Merai Harrison in Out of Time 2004 Sidney Sid Shaw in Brown Sugar 2002 Monica Wright in Love Basketball 2000 Zora Banks in Disappearing Acts 2000 Alicia in The Wood 1999 Vanessa Brooks the mother of Wesley Snipes title character in Blade 1998 and Briana Gilliam on NBCs sitcom Lateline She had recurring roles on HBOs Succession and FXs NipTuck and starred on NBCs shortlived sitcom Built to Last In 2022 she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the television series Succession Her other movie credits include WithIn Vol 1 2021 and Vol 2 2022 American Assassin 2017 Contagion 2011 Powder Blue 2009 AVP Alien vs Predator 2004 and more She voiced Catwoman on HBOs animated series Harley Quinn and Donna Tubbs on The Cleveland Show and on all Family Guy appearances In 2004 she starred on Broadway as Beneatha Younger in A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Combs Audra McDonald and Phylicia Rashad and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress She later reprise her role in the 2008 film adaptation In 2010 she starred in the allblack performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London She earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her recurring role on Succession She received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in Brown Sugar She received a NAACP Image Award nomination for her performance in The Best Man She earned an Essence Award for Best Actress for her performance in Disappearing Acts She earned the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress and a BET Award for her performance in Love Basketball In 2000 she was named by Ebony magazine as one of its 55 Most Beautiful People and was honored by Essence magazine and Black Entertainment Television In 2022 she made her directorial debut with the film On the Come Up in which she also has a supporting role
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