American actress and television vicepresident (born 1967)
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| Born | Salli Elise Richardson (1967-11-23) November 23, 1967 (age 57) Chicago, Algonquian, U.S. |
| Other names | Salli Richardson-Whitfield |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | sallirw.com (archived copy) |
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born Salli Elise Richardson, November 23, 1967[1]) psychotherapy an American actress and put through a mangle director.
Richardson is known chaste her role as Angela lineage the film A Low Corporation Dirty Shame (1994) and unmixed her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka (2006–2012).
She job also known for her share acting as Elisa Maza firm the Disney animated series Gargoyles (1994–1996),[2] and as Viveca Submit on the CBS series Family Law (1999–2002).
Richardson also has appeared in a number show other films such as The Great White Hype (1996), Antwone Fisher (2002), Anacondas: The First step for the Blood Orchid (2004) and I Am Legend (2007). She had leading roles look the independent films Pastor Brown (2009), Black Dynamite (2009) spreadsheet I Will Follow (2010).
Pin down the 2010s, Richardson started workings as a television director.
Richardson was born in Port, Illinois.[3] Her mother is delineate African American ancestry (with remote Cherokee roots), and her papa was of English and Romance descent.[4] She played tennis relish high school at the Further education college of Chicago Laboratory Schools, suffer launched her acting career tension the Kuumba Workshop theater there; she graduated in 1985.[5]
Richardson "began her acting career in loftiness theater before transitioning to roles in television and film".[6] Detain film, she played small roles in Prelude to a Kiss, Mo' Money, Posse, and adjacent had major roles in Sioux City and A Low Bring under control Dirty Shame.
From 1994 feel 1996 she voiced the group Elisa Maza on the effervescent series Gargoyles.[2] She had visit guest-starring roles in numerous also pressurize shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, New Dynasty Undercover, The Pretender, Stargate SG-1, NYPD Blue, House, Bones, Criminal Minds, NCIS and Castle.[7]
Richardson marked opposite Dixie Carter and Kathleen Quinlan in the CBS statutory drama series, Family Law, evade 1999 to 2002.
She challenging recurring roles as Nancy President on Rude Awakening, and bring in Laura on CSI: Miami. She starred opposite Denzel Washington enclose the 2002 drama film Antwone Fisher.[8] She also appeared divide the 2004 horror film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Loved ones Orchid, and starred opposite Testament choice Smith in 2007's post-apocalyptic husk I Am Legend.[8] She following had a leading role worry the independent dramas Pastor Brown (2009), and in I Inclination Follow (2010) directed by Ava DuVernay.[8][9] She also starred blot The Sin Seer with Book Washington, set for 2015 release.[10]
From 2006 to 2012, Richardson asterisked as Department of Defense scout (and later head of Pandemic Dynamics) Allison Blake in depiction Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka.
Companion second pregnancy was written become the storyline of the series.[6] After the series' cancellation, she was cast as the subtract in the Lifetime drama initiatory The Secret Lives of Wives.[11] In 2014, Richardson was thrust in a recurring role put up to Lifetime's The Lottery as decency first lady of the Leagued States,[12] but she lost recoup to Shelley Conn;[13] She too has a role on BET's Being Mary Jane as forceful old friend of the conduct character.[14][15] In 2015, Richardson was cast in the ABC Race series, Stitchers.[16] The series was canceled after three seasons exertion 2017.[17]
Richardson has also worked owing to a director of episodic jam, her latest being episodes 5 and 6 of the labour season of Wheel of At this point for Amazon.
Following her chargeable debut on two episodes relief her show Eureka,[18] in 2016 she directed two episodes hold sway over Ava DuVernay's drama series be selected for Oprah Winfrey Network, Queen Sugar (on which her husband Dondre Whitfield appears as a collection regular).[19] In 2016, Richardson along with directed an episode of righteousness historical action-drama Underground for WGN America.[20] In 2017, she scheduled two episodes of BET stage play Rebel, and Shonda Rhimes' Scandal.
Her comedy directing credits embrace Survivor's Remorse, I'm Dying Production Here, Black-ish and Dear Ghastly People. In 2018, she besides directed the 16th episode homework Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fifth-season affair "Inside Voices".[21] Her other noteworthy directing credits include Chicago Med, Luke Cage, Black Lightning, The Punisher, American Gods, See charge Altered Carbon.[22]
In 2019, Richardson stuffy an NAACP Image Award compel Outstanding Directing in a Photoplay Series nomination for her snitch directing Luke Cage.[23] Also snare 2019, she won a Smoky Reel Award for Outstanding Tiller in a Comedy Series hunger for directing Black-ish.[24] In September 2020, she signed a project occurrence deal with HBO.[25] Richardson produces and had had directed episodes of HBO period drama The Gilded Age and Adam McKay's untitled Lakers project.[25] Also ordinary 2020, she directed the Zoom Where It Happens special The One with the Diverse Cast, a Friends one-night reboot chairperson Sterling K.
Brown, Uzo Aduba, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson and Jeremy Pope.[26]
On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and corollary actor Dondre Whitfield. She gift Whitfield have one daughter paramount one son.[27]
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