1. Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield was born on Salli Elise Richardson, November 23,1967 and is an American actress and television director.
22 Facts About Salli Richardson
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Salli Richardson is known for her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles, and as Viveca Foster on the CBS series Family Law.
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Salli Richardson has appeared in a number of other films such as The Great White Hype, Antwone Fisher, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and I Am Legend.
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Salli Richardson had leading roles in the independent films Pastor Brown, Black Dynamite and I Will Follow.
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Salli Richardson's mother is of African American ancestry, and her father was of English and Italian descent.
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Salli Richardson played tennis in high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, and launched her acting career in the Kuumba Workshop theater there; she graduated in 1985.
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Salli Richardson "began her acting career in the theater before transitioning to roles in television and film".
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Salli Richardson had many guest-starring roles in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, New York Undercover, The Pretender, Stargate SG-1, NYPD Blue, House, Bones, Criminal Minds, NCIS and Castle.
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Salli Richardson starred opposite Dixie Carter and Kathleen Quinlan in the CBS legal drama series, Family Law, from 1999 to 2002.
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Salli Richardson had recurring roles as Nancy Adams on Rude Awakening, and as Laura on CSI: Miami.
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Salli Richardson starred opposite Denzel Washington in the 2002 drama film Antwone Fisher.
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Salli Richardson appeared in the 2004 horror film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, and starred opposite Will Smith in 2007's post-apocalyptic film I Am Legend.
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Salli Richardson later had a leading role in the independent dramas Pastor Brown, and in I Will Follow directed by Ava DuVernay.
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Salli Richardson starred in The Sin Seer with Isaiah Washington, set for 2015 release.
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From 2006 to 2012, Salli Richardson starred as Department of Defense agent Allison Blake in the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka.
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In 2014, Salli Richardson was cast in a recurring role on Lifetime's The Lottery as the first lady of the United States, but she lost it to Shelley Conn; She has a role on BET's Being Mary Jane as an old friend of the lead character.
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In 2015, Salli Richardson was cast in the ABC Family series, Stitchers.
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Salli Richardson has worked as a director of episodic television, her latest being episodes 5 and 6 of the first season of Wheel of Time for Amazon.
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In 2016, Salli Richardson directed an episode of the historical action-drama Underground for WGN America.
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Salli Richardson's comedy directing credits include Survivor's Remorse, I'm Dying Up Here, Black-ish and Dear White People.
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In 2019, Salli Richardson received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series nomination for her work directing Luke Cage.
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Salli Richardson produces and had had directed episodes of HBO period drama The Gilded Age and Adam McKay's untitled Lakers project.