Sanaa Lathan is a beautiful and talented actress from United States. From 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs on The Muppet Show and everything that followed after Family Guy appearances as a voice actress. She has appeared in a number of films including As the Best Man and its sequel The Best Man Holiday, released in 2013.
Early life
Sanaa Lathan was born on September 19, 1971, Lathan grew up in the city of New York. Eleanor McCoy, Sanaa’s mother, was a performer and dancer who shared the stage with Eartha Kitt on Broadway. Her father, Stan Lathan, worked behind the scenes on television for PBS and as a producer on shows such as Sanford & Sanford & Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. Lathan’s youth was a difficult time for him. She has stated that she was a lonely child with absent parents.
As a result, she was forced to live with relatives who were drug addicts. In the years that followed, she developed a strong bond with her parents. Sanaa attended Beverly Hills High School and the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. She has an English degree from UC Berkeley and later went to Yale University for her postgraduate degree in acting.
Sana Lathan Career
Lathan rose to fame both outside and on the Los Angeles scene after graduating from Yale, where she trained with Earle R. Gister and starred in a variety of Shakespearean plays. Her father encouraged her to consider Los Angeles her professional home, and she landed early TV appearances on sitcoms like “In the Household,” “Family Issues,” “NYPD Blue,” and “Designates.”
In Gina Prince-Love Bythewood’s & Basketball, Lathan and Epps reunited on screen as a couple who are as passionate about basketball as they are about each other. Lathan won the 2001 Academy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Feature Film, as well as an Independent Streak Award nomination for Actress and a BET Award for her work.
She starred alongside Teri Garr & Julianna Margulies in the Off-Broadway presentation of The Vagina Monologues in 2000. A sequel to The Best Man, The Best Man Holiday starred Lathan again in 2013. She was in the assemblage of the Now You See Me sequel, Now You See Me 2, which was a box office success, as well as the 2016 sci-fi film Approaching the Unknown. In 2017, she celebrated with a leading actor in the drama series Shots Fired made a comeback on television as a cameo in the film American Assassin. After joining the main characters of The Affair in seasons 4 and 5.
Sanaa Lathan biography | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Sana McCoy Lathan |
| date of birth | September 19, 1971 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 50 years |
| place of birth | New York, New York, United States |
| nationality | American |
| job | actress |
| religion | Christianity |
| sun sign | Virgo |
Physical Statistics | |
| height | in feet inches – 5′ 7” – in centimeters – 170 cm |
| Weight | in kilograms – 56kg – in pounds – 123 pounds |
| shoe size | 7 (USA) |
| Hair color | black |
| eye color | dark brown |
| body type | Lush |
Sanaa Lathan Family | |
| father | Stan Lathan |
| mother | Eleanor McCoy |
| sister | – |
| Brothers | Tendaji Lathan |
Qualification/Education | |
| school | Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics |
| University | University of California, Berkeley, Yale University |
Relationship status | |
| marital status | Married |
| Who is Sanaa Lathan’s husband? | Steve Rifkind |
| children | – |
Personal life
In July 2009, Sanaa Lathan and Steve Rifkind began dating and tied the knot in February 2010. Despite the fact that they appeared to be in love, they divorced in April 2011. For about two years, Sanaa was an actor with Tyrese Gibson, a well-known American. The rumors started in 2012 and they got engaged in 2014. @sanaalathan is her Instagram name. Sanaa’s account has been validated and Lathan regularly updates her page with pictures. Sanaa has amassed over 5 million followers on her account and has posted 1194 articles in total. Sanaa’s Twitter name is @sanaalathan, she has a following of 1.7 million.
Sanaa Lathan Net Worth
She is indeed an entertainer with an intriguing voice and her personal net worth is estimated to be around $5 million. Most of the fortune created by Sanaa Lathan came from her professional acting and modeling career.
Facts About Sanaa Lathan
- In January 2021, she was cast in Season 3 of Succession as Lisa Arthur, a high-profile and well-connected New York City attorney.
- She played a major role in Out of Time with Denzel Washington in 2003.
- The following year, she was cast as the lead in Alien vs the Predator. It was a smash hit, grossing more than $171 million worldwide.