Anna Deavere Smith
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Anna Deavere Smith was born on 18 September 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Human Stain (2003), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and The American President (1995).
- Awards
- 3 wins & 15 nominations
Actress
Writer
- 2018
- 2017
- 2012
- 2000
- American Playhouse7.3TV Series
- play "Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities"
- teleplay
- 1993
Producer
- Official site
- Alternative names
- Anna Smith Deveare
- Born
- ParentsAnna Young
- Relatives
- Rosalind Allen(Sibling)
- Other works(8/02) Stag: Artistic advisor for "Nickel and Dimed", adapted by Joan Holden from the book by Barbara Ehrenreich. Intiman Theater, Seattle, Washington/
- Publicity listings
- TriviaIs a tenured professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
- QuotesDo you want to be an artist so the whole world would look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you want to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?
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