Lathan at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Wonderful World

Encouraged by her father to make Los Angeles her professional base, she found early television roles in episodes of such shows as In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. Gister and performed in a number of Shakespeare plays, Lathan earned acclaim both off-Broadway and on the Los Angeles stage. Career įollowing her training at Yale, where she studied with Earle R. Lathan then attended Yale University, and earned a master'sdegree in drama. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor'sdegree in English. She attended Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. Her brother is Tendaji Lathan, a well known DJ. Her father, Stan Lathan, worked behind the scenes in television for PBS, as well as a producer on shows such as Sanford & Son and Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was also an actress and dancer who performed on Broadway with Eartha Kitt. Her first name means 'artistry' in Swahili and 'piece of art' in Arabic. On stage, Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun and starred in 2010 in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London. Her other film credits include Love & Basketball (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Alien vs. She has starred in many films, including The Best Man (1999) and its 2013 sequel, The Best Man Holiday. As a voice actress, from 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs in The Cleveland Show and in all concurrent and subsequent Family Guy appearances. Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. More than just a film about sports, 'Love and Basketball' did well on the festival circuit, winning the Humanitas Prize at Sundance, an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and an Image Award for Sanaa Lathan. Predator'), Dennis Haysbert (TV's 'The Unit,' TV's '24') and Alfre Woodard (TV's 'Miss Evers' Boys'). Starring Omar Epps (TV's 'House'), Sanaa Lathan ('AVP: Alien vs. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate paths though high school and college and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball. They have followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court.

As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. Quincy McCall and Monica Wright grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood.

Get iTunes on iOS, Android, Mac, and WindowsĪ young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama.

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