American actress Sanaa McCoy Lethan was born September 19 1971. She is the daughter of Eleanor McCoy, an actress, and Stan Lathan, a film director. After appearing in the shows In the House and Family Matters, NYPD Blue, Moesha, her career took off. Lathan gained further recognition after starring in the 1998 film about superheroes Blade; which followed with film roles in The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Disappearing Acts (2000) and Brown Sugar (2002).In 2004, Lathan's performance in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, earned her a nomination at the Tony Awards for Best Featured actor in a Play. After this performance, Lathan played the role Alexa "Lex” Woods in the film Alien vs. Predator. In 2008, she got an important role in the film The Family That Preys by Tyler Perry. Lathan returned to theater in 2010and was a part of the all-black production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.
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