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Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born Salli Elise Richardson, November 23, 1967Mallegg, Kristin B., ed. (2009). Who's Who Among African Americans. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale. p. 1025. .) is an American actress and television director. Richardson is known for her role as Angela in the film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) and for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka (2006–2012).
She is also known for her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles (1994–1996), and as Viveca Foster on the CBS series Family Law (1999–2002). Richardson also has appeared in a number of other films such as The Great White Hype (1996), Antwone Fisher (2002), (2004) and I Am Legend (2007). She had leading roles in the independent films Pastor Brown (2009), Black Dynamite (2009) and I Will Follow (2010). In the 2010s, Richardson started working as a television director.
From 2006 to 2012, Richardson starred as Department of Defense agent (and later head of Global Dynamics) Allison Blake in the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka. Her second pregnancy was written into the storyline of the series. After the series' cancellation, she was cast as the lead in the Lifetime drama pilot The Secret Lives of Wives. In 2014, Richardson was cast in a recurring role on Lifetime's The Lottery as the first lady of the United States, but she lost it to Shelley Conn; She also has a role on BET's Being Mary Jane as an old friend of the lead character. In 2015, Richardson was cast in the ABC Family series, Stitchers. The series was canceled after three seasons in 2017.
In 2019, Richardson received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series nomination for her work directing Luke Cage. Also in 2019, she won a Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for directing Black-ish. In September 2020, she signed a project development deal with HBO. Richardson produces and had had directed episodes of HBO period drama The Gilded Age and Adam McKay's untitled Lakers project. Also in 2020, she directed the Zoom Where It Happens special The One with the Diverse Cast, a Friends one-night reboot starring Sterling K. Brown, Uzo Aduba, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson and Jeremy Pope.
Personal life
On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter and one son.
Filmography
Film
1991 Up Against the Wall Denise 1992 Prelude to a Kiss Bridesmaid No. 2 Mo' Money Pretty Customer How U Like Me Now Valerie 1993 Posse Lana 1994 I Spy Returns Nicole Scott Sioux City Jolene Buckley A Low Down Dirty Shame Angela Lily in Winter Ada Covington 1995 Elisa Maza (voice) Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Miss Alice 1996 Soul of the Game Lahoma The Great White Hype Bambi 1997 True Women Martha 1998 Butter Blusette Ford 1999 Lillie Lillie 2002 Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs Karen Antwone Fisher Berta Davenport Baby of the Family Nelli McPherson 2003 Biker Boyz Half & Half 2004 Gail Stern 2007 I Am Legend Zoe Neville 2009 Black Dynamite Gloria Pastor Brown Jessica "Jesse" Brown 2010 I Will Follow Maye 2012 We the Party Principal Reynolds 2013 Playin' for Love Talisa McCoy Teachers Christine 2015 The Sin Seer Nia
Television
1992 Silk Stalkings Shelley Episode: "Wild Card" 1993 Space Rangers - Episode: "Fort Hope" Fenna/Nidell Episode: 1994 Roc Diane Hubbard Episode: "The Last Temptation of Roc" New York Undercover Tammy Barrett Episode: "Eyewitness Blues" 1994–1997 Gargoyles Elisa Maza (voice) Main cast 1997 Stargate SG-1 Drey'auc Episode: "Bloodlines" Between Brothers Vanessa Episode: "The Player" 1998 The Pretender Cynthia Sloan Episode: "Gigolo Jarod" 1998–1999 Mercy Point Kim Salisaw Main cast 1999 The Jamie Foxx Show Camille Turner Episode: "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire" 1999–2002 Family Law Viveca Foster Main cast 2000 Secret Agent Man Rachel Episode: "WhupSumAss" 2000–2001 Rude Awakening Nancy Adams Recurring cast: season 3 2003 Laura Recurring cast: season 1 2004 Line of Fire Erica Logan Episode: "The Senator" Second Time Around Amanda Episode: "Coupling Up" NYPD Blue Bobbi Kingston Episodes: "My Dinner with Andy" & "I Like Ike" 2005 House Sharon Episode: "Sports Medicine" 1-800-Missing Kelly Episode: "Sisterhood" The War at Home Vanessa Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to the Barbecue" 2006 Bones Kim Kurland Episode: "Aliens in a Spaceship" 2006–2012 Eureka Allison Blake Main cast 2009 Criminal Minds Tamara Barnes Episodes: "Hopeless" & "The Eyes Have It" 2011 The Secret Lives of Wives Reed TV pilot 2012 The Finder Athena Brookes Episode: "Life After Death" 2012–2013 The Newsroom Jane Barrow Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2 2013–2015 NCIS Carrie Clark Guest Cast: season 11-13 2014 House of Lies Sandra Joy Episode: "Power(less)" Castle Elizabeth Weston Episode: "The Greater Good" 2015 Being Mary Jane Valerie Recurring cast: season 2 2015–2017 Stitchers Maggie Main cast 2016 Rosewood Dr. Aubrey Joseph Episode: "Wooberite & the Women of Rosewood" 2018 Black Lightning Rebecca Montez Episode: "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak" 2020 Altered Carbon Commission Leader Episode: "Broken Angels"
Director
2011 Grace Short film, also writer 2011–2013 Eureka Episodes: "Worst Case Scenario" & "Omega Girls" 2015 Different Position Short film 2016 Post Life Short film Queen Sugar Episodes "So Far" and "All Good" 2017 Underground Episode: "Nok Aaut" Rebel Episodes: "Conceal and Carry" and "Black Not Blue" Scandal Episode: "Tick Tock" Stitchers Episode: "Kill It Forward" Survivor's Remorse Episodes: "Reparations" and "Closure" Lethal Weapon Episode: "Birdwatching" 2017–2019 Shadowhunters Episodes: "A Kiss from a Rose" & "Dust and Shadows" 2018 Chicago Med Episode: "Lock It Down" Star Episode: "Take It to Church" Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode: "Inside Voices" I'm Dying Up Here Episode: "Between Us" Luke Cage Episode: "I Get Physical" Love Is_ Episode: "Not Valentine's Day" Black Lightning Episode: "" 2018–19 The Magicians Episodes: "The Side Effect" & "Six Short Stories About Magic" 2019 Black-ish Episode: "Black Like Us" The Punisher Episode: "Flustercluck" All American Episode: "Legacy" Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Episode: "" American Gods Episode: "The Ways of the Dead" Doom Patrol Episode: "Hair Patrol" The Chi Episode: "Lean into It" Dear White People Episodes: "Volume 3: Chapter IX " and "Volume 2: Chapter V" Pearson Episode: "The Former City Attorney" See Episode: "House of Enlightenment" Reprisal Episode: "dammit" Treadstone Episode: "The Seoul Asylum" and "The McKenna Erasure" 2020 Altered Carbon Episodes: "Broken Angels" and "Experiment Perilous" 2021 The Wheel of Time Episodes: "Blood Calls Blood" and "The Flame of Tar Valon" 2022–present The Gilded Age 4 episodes; also executive producer 2022–2023 5 episodes; also executive producer 2025 Task also executive producer
Awards and nominations
2014 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Pastor Brown 2019 Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Black-ish 2024 Gracie Awards Director – Drama Producer – Entertainment The Gilded Age 2022 Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form The Wheel of Time 2010 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Eureka 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series The Gilded Age Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
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Categories: 1967 Births, 20th-century African-american Actresses, 20th-century American Actresses, 21st-century African-american Actresses, 21st-century American Actresses, Actresses From Chicago, American Film Actresses, American Television Actresses, American People Of English Descent, American People Of Italian Descent, American People Who Self-identify As Being Of Cherokee Descent, American Voice Actresses, Living People, University Of Chicago Laboratory Schools Alumni, American Women Television Directors, American Television Directors
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