Extensive theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award nomination, Drama League Award nomination); Joe Turner's Come and Gone; The Taming of the Shrew, for colored girls..., Spell #7, Casanova, and Unfinished Women (Public Theater); Stop Reset (Signature Theatre); August Wilson’s 20th Century cycle (Kennedy Center); Boogie Woogie and Booker T. (New Federal Theatre); The Talented Tenth (Manhattan Theatre Club); From the Mississippi Delta (Negro Ensemble Company); The Member of the Wedding (Westport Country Playhouse); Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Westside Theatre); and Elliot Loves (Promenade Theater). Film/Television credits include the narration of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (PBS "American Masters" documentary), The Fighting Temptations, U.S. Marshals, Freedomland, Losing Isaiah, Mother and Child, "Grey's Anatomy," "Luke Cage," "Damages," "Juanita," "Show Me a Hero," and Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street." A graduate of Spelman College, LaTanya is married to actor Samuel L. Jackson. They have one talented daughter, Zoe Dove.
From: Photos: THE PIANO LESSON Cast Takes Final Bows On Broadway
From: Photos: THE PIANO LESSON Cast Takes Final Bows On Broadway
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
From: Photo Flash: Julianne Moore Toasts Tony Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson!
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun
LaTanya Richardson Jackson has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
LaTanya Richardson Jackson has not appeared in the West End.
LaTanya Richardson Jackson has been nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for her role in "A Raisin in the Sun" and for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production.
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