American actress Sanaa McCoy Lethan was born September 19 1971. She is the daughter Eleanor McCoy, an actress, and Stan Lathan, a film director. After appearing in the shows In the House and Family Matters, NYPD Blue and Moesha and then Moesha, her career began to take off. Lathan gained further recognition after starring in the 1998 film about superheroes Blade that was followed by film roles in The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Disappearing Acts (2000) as well as Brown Sugar (2002).In 2004, Lathan's performance in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, earned her a nomination for the Tony Awards for Best Featured actor in a Play. Following this, she played the role of Alexa "Lex" Woods in the movie Alien vs. Predator. In 2008, she landed an important role in the film The Family That Preys by Tyler Perry. Lathan was back in the theatre in 2010 when she starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof the all-black show at the Novello Theatre. She also reprised her role as Robyn in The Best Man Holiday (2013), a Christmas-themed sequel to The Best Man.
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