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EspañolANNA DEAVERE SMITH
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'Anna Deavere Smith' (born September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She formerly taught in the drama department at Stanford University.
Smith is best known as the author of ''Fires in the Mirror'', which dealt with the 1991 Crown Heights Riot, and '', which dealt with the 1992 Los Angeles riots, both of which featured Smith as the sole performer. In 1993, ''Newsweek'' declared her "[t]he most exciting individual in American theater." Smith is the author of ''Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines'' published in 2000. Smith has appeared in several films, including ''Philadelphia'' and ''The American President'', and has recurring roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''The Practice''.
Smith was one of the 1996 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "genius grant." She also won a 2006 Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for her contribution to civil rights issues.
Smith is an alumna of Beaver College (now Arcadia University), from which she graduated in 1971, and has received honorary degrees from Arcadia University, Bates College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Skidmore College, Macalester College, Occidental College, Pratt Institute, Holy Cross College, Wesleyan University, School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University, Colgate University, California State University Sacramento, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wheelock College, and the Cooper Union.
★ ''All My Children'' 1983 - Hazel
★ ''Philadelphia'' 1993 - Anthea Burton
★ ''Dave'' 1993 - Mrs. Travis
★ ''Fires In The Mirror'' 1993 - Citizens of Crown Heights
★ ''The American President'' 1995 - Robin McCall
★ ''The Practice'' 2000 - District Attorney Kate Brunner
★ ''Presidio Med'' 2002 TV Series - Dr. Letty Jordan
★ ''The West Wing'' 2000-2004 - National Security Advisor Nancy McNally
★ ''Rent'' 2005 - Mrs. Jefferson
★
★ Internet Broadway Database
★ Royce Carlton Incorporated
★ Speech by Anna Deavere Smith at Bates College Commencement 2007
'Anna Deavere Smith' (born September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She formerly taught in the drama department at Stanford University.
Smith is best known as the author of ''Fires in the Mirror'', which dealt with the 1991 Crown Heights Riot, and '', which dealt with the 1992 Los Angeles riots, both of which featured Smith as the sole performer. In 1993, ''Newsweek'' declared her "[t]he most exciting individual in American theater." Smith is the author of ''Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines'' published in 2000. Smith has appeared in several films, including ''Philadelphia'' and ''The American President'', and has recurring roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''The Practice''.
Smith was one of the 1996 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "genius grant." She also won a 2006 Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for her contribution to civil rights issues.
Smith is an alumna of Beaver College (now Arcadia University), from which she graduated in 1971, and has received honorary degrees from Arcadia University, Bates College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Skidmore College, Macalester College, Occidental College, Pratt Institute, Holy Cross College, Wesleyan University, School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University, Colgate University, California State University Sacramento, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wheelock College, and the Cooper Union.
| Contents |
| Selected Filmography |
| References |
| External links |
Selected Filmography
Anna Deavere Smith as Nancy McNally in an episode of ''The West Wing''
★ ''All My Children'' 1983 - Hazel
★ ''Philadelphia'' 1993 - Anthea Burton
★ ''Dave'' 1993 - Mrs. Travis
★ ''Fires In The Mirror'' 1993 - Citizens of Crown Heights
★ ''The American President'' 1995 - Robin McCall
★ ''The Practice'' 2000 - District Attorney Kate Brunner
★ ''Presidio Med'' 2002 TV Series - Dr. Letty Jordan
★ ''The West Wing'' 2000-2004 - National Security Advisor Nancy McNally
★ ''Rent'' 2005 - Mrs. Jefferson
References
★
★ Internet Broadway Database
★ Royce Carlton Incorporated
External links
★ Speech by Anna Deavere Smith at Bates College Commencement 2007
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