Sanaa Lathan is an American-born actress. Born on September 19 in 1971. She began her film career in 1997 and continues to do so in the present period of time.
She has a decent number of awards and bonuses. 2001 - "Best Actress" for the film "Love and Basketball." In 2004 - an award as the best actress in such a famous film as “Dark Sugar” and others.
Biography of an American actress
Mama Sanaa was a dancer who participated in Broadway productions. His father worked in the field of television, he was very famous in Los Angeles.
As for the education of the actress, she studied at the Higher School of the Arts, located in New York. Then she entered the University of Berkeley in California, and then transferred to Yale, where she studied drama.
After studying, Sanaa Lathan performed on the stage of one of the theaters in New York, then in Los Angeles, where she was noticed. The first film in which she starred is called "Drive." After the release of the picture, it was more often invited to appear.
Sanaa Lathan: movies
After the movie "Drive", released in 1996, the actress participated in the movie "Blade", which was released in 1998. A year later, namely in 1999, she was taken on the role of Daisy in the film "Life".
A few years later she was at the peak of her popularity, this was facilitated by the role of Monica Wright in the film "Love and Basketball". It was for this work that she was awarded the prize for Best Actress.
She also starred in such films:
- Out of Time in 2003;
- a year later, a film with her participation “Alien vs. Predator” was released;
- three years later, in 2006, the drama Parts of the Body was released;
- 2008 was the year of the release of the melodrama under the title "Family of Hunters";
- it can be seen in the 2011 film about the Disaster catastrophe;
- a year later in 2012, Sanaa Lathan took part in the series in the genre of political drama "The Boss";
- in 2016, the film “Know the Unknown” was released, which is considered the debut of director Mark Rosenberg.
In the same year, the film “The Illusion of Deception” was published, part 2, where Sanaa Lathan played the role of Natalie Austin. To date, her acting career continues.