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Sanaa Lathan
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Her name is Swahili for "art" but can be loosely interpreted as "artwork" or "work of art".
Alfre Woodard
has played Sanaa's mother in three different films:
Something New (2006)
,
Love & Basketball (2000)
and
The Family That Preys (2008)
.
Yale School of Drama graduate.
Sanaa was raised partly in Beverly Hills with her father, director
Stan Lathan
, and partly in New York with her mother,
Eleanor McCoy
, a Broadway stage actress.
Graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a B.A. in English.
Gained 20 pounds for her role in
Disappearing Acts (2000)
.
Voted one of Ebony magazine's 55 Most Beautiful People. (2000)
Says her name is pronounced Sa-NA, "like Sinatra without the tra".
Appearing on Broadway as Beneatha in "Raisin In The Sun". (April 2004)
Best friend of
Sean Patrick Patterson
.
Friends with
Gabrielle Union
.
Mother was an Alvin Ailey dancer.
Sister of
Tendaji Lathan
.
She is African-American.
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