Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is currently the artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Deavere Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ghosted
2023
as Claudia Yates
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can deci...
Here Today
2021
as Dr. Vidor
Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge...
Flora & Ulysses
2021
as Dr. Meescham
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of hu...
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Nancy McNally
Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along...
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
as Elaine
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art f...
Notes from the Field
2018
A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline, which pushes unde...
Notes from the Field
2018
Writer, Executive Producer
A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline, which pushes unde...
Rachel Getting Married
2008
as Carol
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
The Kingdom
2007
as Maricella Canavesio
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Life Support
2007
as Lucille
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Rent
2005
as Mrs. Jefferson
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers...
Cry_Wolf
2005
as Headmaster Tinsley
After a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named “The Wolf”, coming on the next full moon. T...
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Political Pundit
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow s...
The Human Stain
2003
as Mrs. Silk
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about ...
Twilight: Los Angeles
2000
Anna Deavere Smith transforms herself into scores of individuals -- using only their words and duplicating their speech patterns, mannerisms, dress, a...
Twilight: Los Angeles
2000
Screenplay, Producer
Anna Deavere Smith transforms herself into scores of individuals -- using only their words and duplicating their speech patterns, mannerisms, dress, a...
Hawaii's Last Queen
1997
as Self - Narrator
Honeymooners, tourists and surfers flock to Hawaiian shores every year, but life wasn't always serene in the tropical paradise. In the 1890s, the isla...
The American President
1995
as Robin McCall
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...
Philadelphia
1993
as Anthea Burton
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes...
Dave
1993
as Mrs. Travis
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...
Fires in the Mirror
1993
as Rev. Al Sharpton / Angela Davis / Various
Anna Deveare Smith plays over 30 characters in a re-creation of the racial conflict that erupted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Fires in the Mirror
1993
Writer
Anna Deveare Smith plays over 30 characters in a re-creation of the racial conflict that erupted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Unfinished Business
1987
as Anna
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized th...