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Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Birthday: 1971-09-19 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. As a voice actress, from 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs in The Cleveland Show and in all concurrent and subsequent Family Guy appearances. She has starred in many films, including The Best Man (1999) and its 2013 sequel, The Best Man Holiday. Her other film credits include Love & Basketball (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Something New (2006), The Family That Preys (2008), Contagion (2011), and Now You See Me 2 (2016). On stage, Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun and starred in 2010 in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
With/In Volume 1

as    (segment "Leap")

2019
Native Son

as    Trudy Thomas

2018
Nappily Ever After

as    Violet Jones

2017
Shots Fired

as    Ashe Akino

2017
American Assassin

as    Irene Kennedy

2016
Approaching the Unknown

as    Captain Emily Maddox

2016
Now You See Me 2

as    Deputy Director Natalie Austin

2015
The Perfect Guy

as    Leah Vaughn

2014
The Affair

as    Jenelle Wilson

2014
Repentance

as    Maggie

2013
The Best Man Holiday

as    Robyn

2011
Boss

as    Mona Fredricks

2009
Powder Blue

as    Diana

2009
The Cleveland Show

as    Donna Tubbs (voice)

2009
Wonderful World

as    Khadi

2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as    Andrea Evans-Bennett

2008
A Raisin in the Sun

as    Beneatha Younger

2006
Something New

as    Kenya McQueen

2004
AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as    Alexa Woods

2003
Out of Time

as    Ann Merai Harrison

2002
Brown Sugar

as    Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

2000
Love & Basketball

as    Monica Wright

2000
Disappearing Acts

as    Zora Banks

1999
The Wood

as    Alicia

1999
The Best Man

as    Robyn

1998
LateLine

as    Briana Gilliam

1997
Built to Last

as    Linda

1997
Miracle in the Woods

as    Young Lilly