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Sanaa Lathan Profile |
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Birth Date: September 19, 1971
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Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Sanaa McCoy Lathan
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an American actress. She has starred
in box office hits such as: Love & Basketball, Alien vs.
Predator, Something New, and The Family That Preys.
Lathan attended Manhattan Center for Science and
Mathematics. Her first name means "work of art" in Swahili.
Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was an actress and dancer who
performed on Broadway with Eartha Kitt. She is of African
American and Native American descent. 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 remained close with both of her
parents, moving between both Los Angeles and New York. Her
brother is Tendaji Lathan (now a DJ).
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
with a degree in English. Lathan contemplated a career in
law, but instead enrolled at the Yale School of Drama. |
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Daughter of Stan Lathan.
Sanaa was raised partly in Beverly Hills with her father,
director Stan Lathan. She lived the other part in New York
with her mother, Eleanor McCoy, a Broadway stage actress.
Yale School of Drama graduate.
Her name is Swahili for "work of art".
Says her name is pronounced Sa-NA, "like Sinatra without the
tra".
Voted one of Ebony magazine's 55 Most Beautiful People.
[2000]
Daughter of actress/dancer Eleanor McCoy.
Gained twenty pounds for her role in "Disappearing Acts".
Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actress
(Featured Role - Play) for her performance as Beneatha in a
revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."
She also has Native American ancestry. |
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since August 17, 2009