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LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Actor, also producer · Born October 21, 1949 (77) · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

LaTanya Richardson, often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway, before playing supporting roles on television and film.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 21, 1949 (77)
From
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 60 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are LaTanya Richardson Jackson's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
25%
Bonds
19%
Morality
17%
Society
14%
Power
10%
Survival
8%
Ideas
5%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6
Herald
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
10
Hopeful
9
Contemplative
4
Dread
2
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch LaTanya Richardson Jackson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for LaTanya Richardson Jackson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

60 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Diamond(2026)

    as Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The American Revolution(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • You Hurt My Feelings(2023)

    as Sylvia

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Last Movie Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Maude Brink (voice) · as Self

  • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond the Spotlight(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Enslaved(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Juanita(2019)

    as Kay-Rita

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Summer Camp Island(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Queen Bee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Luke Cage(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Mama Mabel · as Mama Mabel Stokes

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Show Me a Hero(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Norma O'Neal

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham(2013)

    as Grandma Sands

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Harry's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Noreen

  • Blue Bloods(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lt. Dee Ann Carver

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Mother and Child(2009)

    as Carol

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • All About Us(2007)

    as Cousin Bernice

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mrs. Thompson

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Jaclynn Ellis

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Freedomland(2006)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Water Is Wide(2006)

    as Edna

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Caroline Lewis

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 5 episodes · as Diane Pierce

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Fighting Temptations(2003)

    as Paulina Pritchett

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Working Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives(2003)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Within These Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Melinda Donovan

  • 100 Centre Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 31 episodes · as Atallah Sims

  • Boston Public (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheila

  • Hairstory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Actor

  • Once and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Lena Railsback

  • Introducing Dorothy Dandridge(1999)

    as Auntie

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • U.S. Marshals(1998)

    as Cooper

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Attorney Rose Jackson

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Attorney Yvette Rose

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Julian Po (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Lone Star(1996)

    as Priscilla Worth

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Deliverance of Elaine(1996)

    as Edna (as Latanya Richardson)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Losing Isaiah(1995)

    as Caroline Jones

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Earth 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Alex Wentworth

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice) · as Various (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Parnett

  • Party of Five(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Jane Gideon

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Midnight Run for Your Life(1994)

    as Detective Dixon

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • When a Man Loves a Woman(1994)

    as Gina Mendez

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Shameful Secrets(1993)

    as Louise Levy

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Sleepless in Seattle(1993)

    as Harriet

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Lynette Thomson

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Lorenzo's Oil(1992)

    as Nurse Ruth

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Malcolm X(1992)

    as Lorraine

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Frannie's Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 6 episodes · as Vivian

  • The Nightman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Emily

  • Juice(1992)

    as Steel's Mother

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)

    as Janeen

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Super(1991)

    as Judge Smith

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne Houston · as Lorraine

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Cheers(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Moderator

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Edna Graves

  • Frisco King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 59 titles, 58 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 1991.

Biggest box office

U.S. Marshals (1998)

$102M worldwide

Highest rated

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

U.S. Marshals (1998)

Film career

19512026

Peak 1991 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting57 of 59: 56 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thDirecting1 of 59: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 59: 2 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s27 · acting2000s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew2010s8 · acting2020s6 · 5 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
919606

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do LaTanya Richardson Jackson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

All About Us (2007)

90th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Malcolm X (1992)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is LaTanya Richardson Jackson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles20–41 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does LaTanya Richardson Jackson work with?

People who share at least 2 of LaTanya Richardson Jackson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Samuel L. Jackson shares the most, 4.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers