Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an American actress and voice actress. She has starred in many films, including the box-office hit The Best Man and its 2013 sequel, Love & Basketball, Brown Sugar, Alien vs. Predator and The Family That Preys. Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun. In 2009, she voiced Donna Tubbs in The Cleveland Show. In 2010, she starred in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.
Known For
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Cast Credits
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022)
Starring as Robyn Stewart
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter 8: The Audacity of Hope (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7: Things Fall Apart (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 6: An American Marriage (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter 5: The Party (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4: The Invisible Man (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 3: Brown Girl Dreaming (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2: The Wedding (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1: Paradise (Dec 22, 2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2x91: Egypt Sherrod & Mike Jackson, Sanaa Lathan (Feb 21, 2024)
Hit & Run (2021)
Starring as Naomi Hicks
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Search & Destroy (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x08: Prose & Cons (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Part & Parcel (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Hide & Seek (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Flesh & Blood (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Breaking & Entering (Aug 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Friends & Foes (Aug 6, 2021)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2x227: Ramona Harris, Margot Robbie, John Cena, Sylvester Stallone, Storm Reid, Sanaa Lathan (Aug 5, 2021)
Harley Quinn (2019)
Guest starring as Catwoman
(9 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Killer's Block (Sep 14, 2023)
- Episode 3x10: The Horse and The Sparrow (Sep 15, 2022)
- Episode 3x07: Another Sharkley Adventure (Aug 25, 2022)
- Episode 3x05: It's a Swamp Thing (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: A Thief, A Mole, An Orgy (Aug 4, 2022)
- Episode 3x03: The 83rd Annual Villy Awards (Jul 28, 2022)
- Episode 2x13: The Runaway Bridesmaid (Jun 26, 2020)
- Episode 2x09: Bachelorette (May 29, 2020)
- Episode 2x03: Trapped (Apr 17, 2020)
Succession (2018)
Guest starring as Lisa Arthur
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: What It Takes (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 3x03: The Disruption (Oct 31, 2021)
- Episode 3x02: Mass in Time of War (Oct 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: Secession (Oct 17, 2021)
Shots Fired (2017)
Starring as Ashe Akino
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Hour Ten: Last Dance (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Hour Nine: Come to Jesus (May 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: Hour Eight: Rock Bottom (May 10, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Hour Seven: The Content of Their Character (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Hour Six: The Fire This Time (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Hour Five: Before the Storm (Apr 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Hour Four: Truth (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Hour Three: Somebody's Son (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Hour Two: Betrayal of Trust (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Hour One (Mar 22, 2017)
Harry (2016)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2x62: Sanaa Lathan, Monte Durham, Merle Dandridge, Geoffrey Zakarian (Apr 4, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2017-05-03: Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope & Sanaa Lathan (May 3, 2017)
The Affair (2014)
Starring as Janelle Wilson
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x03: Episode 3 (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: Episode 2 (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Episode 1 (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x08: Episode 8 (Aug 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x07: Episode 7 (Jul 29, 2018)
- Episode 4x06: Episode 6 (Jul 22, 2018)
- Episode 4x03: Episode 3 (Jul 1, 2018)
- Episode 4x01: Episode 1 (Jun 17, 2018)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 1x46: Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, Melissa de Sousa (Nov 15, 2013)
The Chew (2011)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 6x132: Healthy Home Cooking with Actresses Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan (Mar 22, 2017)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-04-03: Sanaa Lathan (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 2018-07-02: Sanaa Lathan, Jennifer Finnigan, Carnie Wilson (Jul 2, 2018)
The Cleveland Show (2009)
Starring as Donna Tubbs-Brown
(88 episodes)
- Episode 4x23: Wheel! Of! Family! (May 19, 2013)
- Episode 4x22: Crazy Train (May 19, 2013)
- Episode 4x21: Mr. & Mrs. Brown (May 12, 2013)
- Episode 4x20: Of Lice and Men (May 12, 2013)
- Episode 4x19: Grave Danger (Apr 28, 2013)
- Episode 4x18: Squirt's Honor (Apr 21, 2013)
- Episode 4x17: Fist and the Furious (Apr 14, 2013)
- Episode 4x16: Who Done Did It? (Apr 7, 2013)
- Episode 4x15: California Dreamin' (All The Cleves Are Brown) (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x14: The Hangover Part Tubbs (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x13: A Rodent Like This (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 4x12: Brownsized (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 4x11: Pins, Spins and Fins! (Shark Story Cut for Time) (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 4x10: When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie (Feb 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x09: Here Comes the Bribe (Feb 10, 2013)
- Episode 4x08: Wide World of Cleveland Show (Jan 27, 2013)
- Episode 4x07: Hustle ‘N' Bros (Jan 13, 2013)
- Episode 4x06: 'Tis the Cleveland to Be Sorry (Dec 16, 2012)
- Episode 4x05: A Vas Deferens Between Men and Women (Dec 2, 2012)
- Episode 4x04: Turkey Pot Die (Nov 25, 2012)
- Episode 4x03: A General Thanksgiving Episode (Nov 18, 2012)
- Episode 4x02: Menace II: Secret Society (Nov 4, 2012)
- Episode 4x01: Escape from Goochland (Oct 7, 2012)
- Episode 3x22: All You Can Eat (May 20, 2012)
- Episode 3x21: Mama Drama (May 13, 2012)
- Episode 3x20: Flush of Genius (May 6, 2012)
- Episode 3x19: Jesus Walks (Apr 29, 2012)
- Episode 3x18: B.M.O.C. (Apr 29, 2012)
- Episode 3x17: American Prankster (Apr 15, 2012)
- Episode 3x16: Frapp Attack (Apr 1, 2012)
- Episode 3x15: The Men in Me (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 3x14: March Dadness (Mar 18, 2012)
- Episode 3x13: Das Shrimp Boot (Mar 11, 2012)
- Episode 3x12: 'Til Deaf (Mar 4, 2012)
- Episode 3x11: Brown Magic (Feb 19, 2012)
- Episode 3x10: Dancing with the Stools (Feb 12, 2012)
- Episode 3x09: There Goes El Neighborhood (Jan 29, 2012)
- Episode 3x08: Y Tu Junior Tambien (Jan 8, 2012)
- Episode 3x07: Die Semi-Hard (Dec 11, 2011)
- Episode 3x06: Sex and the Biddy (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 3x05: Yemen Party (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 3x04: Skip Day (Nov 20, 2011)
- Episode 3x03: A Nightmare on Grace Street (That's the name of Cleveland's Street) (Oct 30, 2011)
- Episode 3x02: The Hurricane (Oct 2, 2011)
- Episode 3x01: BFFs (Sep 25, 2011)
- Episode 2x22: Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (May 15, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: Your Show of Shows (May 8, 2011)
- Episode 2x20: Back to Cool (Apr 17, 2011)
- Episode 2x19: Ship'rect (Apr 10, 2011)
- Episode 2x18: The Essence of Cleveland (Apr 3, 2011)
- Episode 2x17: To Live and Die in VA (Mar 20, 2011)
- Episode 2x16: The Way the Cookie Crumbles (Mar 13, 2011)
- Episode 2x15: The Blue and the Grey and the Brown (Mar 6, 2011)
- Episode 2x14: Terry Unmarried (Feb 20, 2011)
- Episode 2x13: A Short Story and a Tall Tale (Feb 13, 2011)
- Episode 2x12: Like a Boss (Jan 23, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta? (Jan 16, 2011)
- Episode 2x10: Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin' (Jan 9, 2011)
- Episode 2x09: Beer Walk (Dec 5, 2010)
- Episode 2x08: Murray Christmas (Dec 5, 2010)
- Episode 2x07: Another Bad Thanksgiving (Nov 28, 2010)
- Episode 2x06: Fat and Wet (Nov 21, 2010)
- Episode 2x05: Little Man on Campus (Nov 14, 2010)
- Episode 2x04: It's the Great Pancake, Cleveland Brown (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 2x03: How Cleveland Got His Groove Back (Oct 10, 2010)
- Episode 2x02: Cleveland Live! (Oct 3, 2010)
- Episode 2x01: Harder, Better, Faster, Browner (Sep 26, 2010)
- Episode 1x21: You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown! (May 23, 2010)
- Episode 1x20: Cleveland's Angels (May 16, 2010)
- Episode 1x19: Brown History Month (May 9, 2010)
- Episode 1x18: Brotherly Love (May 2, 2010)
- Episode 1x17: Gone with the Wind (Apr 11, 2010)
- Episode 1x16: Brown Knight (Mar 28, 2010)
- Episode 1x15: Once Upon a Tyne in New York (Mar 21, 2010)
- Episode 1x14: The Curious Case of Jr. Working at the Stool (Feb 21, 2010)
- Episode 1x13: Buried Pleasure (Feb 14, 2010)
- Episode 1x12: Our Gang (Jan 31, 2010)
- Episode 1x11: Love Rollercoaster (Jan 10, 2010)
- Episode 1x10: Field of Streams (Jan 3, 2010)
- Episode 1x09: A Cleveland Brown Christmas (Dec 13, 2009)
- Episode 1x08: From Bed to Worse (Nov 29, 2009)
- Episode 1x07: A Brown Thanksgiving (Nov 22, 2009)
- Episode 1x06: Ladies' Night (Nov 15, 2009)
- Episode 1x05: Cleveland Jr.'s Cherry Bomb (Nov 8, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Birth of a Salesman (Oct 18, 2009)
- Episode 1x03: The One About Friends (Oct 11, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance (Oct 4, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 27, 2009)
Starring as Cheerleader
- Episode 4x03: A General Thanksgiving Episode (Nov 18, 2012)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 14x57: Kandi Burruss, Sanaa Lathan (Apr 2, 2017)
The Wendy Williams Show (2008)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2017-05-03: Sanaa Lathan (May 3, 2017)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 18x03: Andor; A Jazzman's Blues; About Fate; On the Come Up (Sep 24, 2022)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
Guest starring as Michelle Latham
(9 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: Diana Lubey (Nov 21, 2006)
- Episode 4x09: Liz Cruz (Oct 31, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x07: Burt Landau (Oct 17, 2006)
- Episode 4x06: Faith Wolper, Ph.D (Oct 10, 2006)
- Episode 4x05: Dawn Budge (Oct 3, 2006)
- Episode 4x04: Shari Noble (Sep 26, 2006)
- Episode 4x03: Monica Wilder (Sep 19, 2006)
- Episode 4x02: Blu Mondae (Sep 12, 2006)
- Episode 4x01: Cindy Plumb (Sep 5, 2006)
Guest starring as Michelle Landau
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x15: Gala Gallardo (Dec 12, 2006)
- Episode 4x14: Willy Ward (Dec 5, 2006)
- Episode 4x13: Reefer (Nov 28, 2006)
Last Call with Carson Daly (2002)
Guest starring as Sanaa Lathan
- Episode 2017-04-25: Sanaa Lathan, Tennis System, Reid Scott (Apr 25, 2017)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Guest starring as Sibby Sanders
(2 episodes)
- Episode 12x10: No Lessons Learned (Apr 7, 2024)
- Episode 12x09: Ken/Kendra (Mar 31, 2024)
Family Guy (1999)
Guest starring as Donna Tubbs-Brown
(17 episodes)
- Episode 22x12: Take This Job and Love It (Mar 20, 2024)
- Episode 22x10: Cabin Pressure (Mar 6, 2024)
- Episode 22x08: Baking Sad (Dec 3, 2023)
- Episode 19x03: Boys & Squirrels (Oct 11, 2020)
- Episode 18x01: Yacht Rocky (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 17x18: Throw It Away (Apr 28, 2019)
- Episode 17x14: Family Guy Lite (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 17x08: Con Heiress (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 16x16: 'Family Guy' Through the Years (Apr 22, 2018)
- Episode 16x03: Nanny Goats (Oct 15, 2017)
- Episode 15x20: A House Full of Peters (May 21, 2017)
- Episode 15x10: Passenger Fatty-Seven (Jan 8, 2017)
- Episode 14x18: The New Adventures of Old Tom (May 8, 2016)
- Episode 13x18: Take My Wife (May 17, 2015)
- Episode 12x20: He's Bla-ack! (May 11, 2014)
- Episode 10x08: Cool Hand Peter (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 8x19: The Splendid Source (May 16, 2010)
Guest starring as Fangirl
- Episode 17x01: Married... with Cancer (Sep 30, 2018)
Guest starring as Fangirl
- Episode 17x09: Pawtucket Pete (Dec 9, 2018)
LateLine (1998)
Starring as Briana Gilliam
(18 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Error Apparent (Jan 15, 2000)
- Episode 3x05: Requiem for a Horse (Jan 15, 2000)
- Episode 3x04: Eine Kleine Office Problem (Jan 8, 2000)
- Episode 3x03: Mona Moves Up (Dec 25, 1999)
- Episode 3x02: The Christian Guy (Dec 11, 1999)
- Episode 3x01: The Seventh Plague (Dec 4, 1999)
- Episode 2x06: Karp's Night Out (Mar 16, 1999)
- Episode 2x05: Svadharma (Jan 27, 1999)
- Episode 2x04: Kids 'N' Guns (Jan 20, 1999)
- Episode 2x03: The Minister of Television (Jan 14, 1999)
- Episode 2x02: Protecting the Source (Jan 13, 1999)
- Episode 2x01: Pearce on Conan (Jan 6, 1999)
- Episode 1x06: Lawyer, Lawyer (Apr 21, 1998)
- Episode 1x05: Pearce's New Best Friend (Apr 14, 1998)
- Episode 1x04: Buddy Hackett (Apr 7, 1998)
- Episode 1x03: Gale Gets a Life (Mar 31, 1998)
- Episode 1x02: Al Anonymous (Mar 24, 1998)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 17, 1998)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Sanaa Latha
- Episode 2017-03-20: Sanaa Lathan, Mack Wilds (Mar 20, 2017)