American actress Sanaa McCoy Lethan was born on 19 September, 1971. She is the daughter of Eleanor McCoy, an actress and Stan Lathan, a film director. Her professional career started when she was featured in the TV shows In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. Lathan later garnered further prominence after starring in the 1998 superhero film Blade and following it with film roles in The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Disappearing Acts (2000) as well as Brown Sugar (2002).In 2004, Lathan's performance in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun was recognized as a nominee at the Tony Awards for Best Featured actor in a Play. After that performance, she was cast in the role of Alexa "Lex" Woods in the film Alien vs. Predator. In 2008, she got the lead role in the The film The Family That Preys by Tyler Perry. Lathan returned to the stage in the year 2010, appearing in the all-black show Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.She reprised her role as Robyn in the Christmas-themed sequel of The Best Man, in The Best Man Holiday (2013).
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