Sanaa Lathan American Actress Known for The Perfect Guy

Sanaa Lathan is an American actress born on 19 September 1971 in New York City. Her best-known titles on this site are The Perfect Guy (2015) and The Twilight Zone (2019).

Early life

Her father is Stan Lathan. She studied at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics; University of California, Berkeley; and Yale School of Drama.

Career

Records list Blade (1998) as her earliest screen credit. In the 1990s, she appeared in Life (1999) and The Best Man (1999). The 2000s brought Out of Time (2003) and Alien vs. Predator (2004). Her 2010s credits include Contagion (2011) and Now You See Me 2 (2016, as Deputy Director Natalie Austin). During the 2020s, she worked on Hit & Run (2021) and The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022).

In all, 22 films and 6 TV series appear in her credits from 1998 to 2022. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (4), followed by romantic comedy (4) and comedy drama (3). She is also credited as director on On the Come Up.

Morris Chestnut appears in four of her listed titles, including The Best Man Holiday (2013). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Nia Long (three titles) and Omar Epps (two titles). Malcolm D. Lee directed two of her titles on record.

Recognition

Sanaa Lathan received a Theatre World Award in 2004. Further recognition came with the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress (2012) and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (2016) for The Perfect Guy. She has also been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2004. Her awards record shows 3 wins and one nomination.