Gender
Female
Born
Oct 21, 1949
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Director Performer Producer
Also Known As
LaTanya Richardson
Relations
Wife of
Samuel L. Jackson (1980 - present)
Purpose (Mar 17, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025)
Play, Original
  • Starring: LaTanya Richardson Jackson
    • Claudine Jasper - Original (Feb 25, 2025 - Jul 13, 2025)
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (Sep 27, 2023 - Feb 04, 2024)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by LaTanya Richardson Jackson
The Piano Lesson (Oct 13, 2022 - Jan 29, 2023)
Play, Revival
  • Directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Dec 13, 2018 - Jan 16, 2022)
Play, Original
  • Also Starring: LaTanya Richardson Jackson
    • Calpurnia - Original (Nov 01, 2018 - Nov 03, 2019)
A Raisin in the Sun (Apr 03, 2014 - Jun 15, 2014)
Play, Revival
  • Also Starring: LaTanya Richardson Jackson
    • Lena Younger - Original
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Apr 16, 2009 - Jun 14, 2009)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: LaTanya Richardson Jackson
    • Bertha Holly - Original
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Aug 10, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
Play, Original
  • Understudy: LaTanya Richardson
    • Lady in Green - Original
    • Lady in Purple - Original
    • Lady in Red - Original
    • Lady in Blue - Original
    • Lady in Yellow - Original
  • Performer: LaTanya Richardson
    • Lady in Red - Replacement

Tony Award®

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

2025 | Nominee  | Purpose
Starring: LaTanya Richardson Jackson
 

Best Revival of a Play

2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Produced by LaTanya Richardson Jackson
 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

2014 | Nominee  | A Raisin in the Sun
Also Starring: LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Revival of a Play

2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Produced by LaTanya Richardson Jackson

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