Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Rotten Tomatoes (2025)

Highest Rated: 83% Black Dynamite (2009)

Lowest Rated: 4% A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

Birthday: Nov 23, 1967

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Salli Richardson began her professional acting career in the theater at the Kuumba Workshop in Chicago and eventually moved to Los Angeles where she landed numerous guest roles on series such as "Silk Stalkings," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "New York Undercover," "The Jamie Fox Show" and "Stargate SG-1." Richardson spent three seasons as the voice of Elisa Maza on Disney's animated series "Gargoyles." before graduating to roles in feature films, particulary worjking with minority directors, including Mario Van Peebles' "Posse" (1993), Lou Diamond Phillips' directorial debut film "Souix City" (1994)--which won the Gold Medal at the Houston Film Festival-Keenan Ivory Wayans' "A Low Down Dirty Shame" (1994), Tim Reid's "Once Upon a Time.When We Were Colored" (1995), HBO's "Soul Of The Game" (1996) and Reginald Hudlin's "The Great White Hype" opposite Samuel L. Jackson. She also held regular or recurring roles on numerous television shows including Showtime's "Rude Awakenings," UPN's "Mercy Point" and CBS's "Family Law." She snared her highest profile role to date playing the role of Berta for director Denzel Washington in "Antwone Fisher" (2002). Next Richardson--by that point married to actor Dondre Whitfield and billed as Salli Richardson-Whitfield--appeared in "Biker Boyz" (2003), opposite her "Fisher" co-star Derek Luke, Laurence Fishburne and Kid Rock, followed by the horror-thriller "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid" (2004). In between those fetaure films she landed a recurring role as Erica Logan on the CBS crime procedural "CSI: Miami" beginning in 2003.

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Highest rated movies

83% 85% Black Dynamite Watchlist 82% 66% I Will Follow Watchlist 77% 86% Antwone Fisher Watchlist 71% 85% Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored Watchlist 68% 68% I Am Legend Watchlist 67% 64% Soul of the Game Watchlist 42% 35% The Great White Hype Watchlist 33% 46% Posse Watchlist 28% 67% We the Party Watchlist 26% 27% Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Watchlist

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield Salli Richardson-Whitfield Stitchers, Kyle Harris (L), Emma Ishta (C), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (R), 'Hack Me if You Can', Season 2, Ep. #2, 03/29/2016, ©KSITE Stitchers, Emma Ishta (L), Kyle Harris (C), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (R), 'Hack Me if You Can', Season 2, Ep. #2, 03/29/2016, ©KSITE Stitchers, from left: Emma Ishta, Sola Bamis, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Ritesh Rajan, Allison Scagliotti, 06/02/2015, ©KSITE BLACK DYNAMITE, from left: Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, 2009. ph: Prashant Gupta/©Apparition BLACK DYNAMITE, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, 2009. ph: Prashant Gupta/©Apparition BLACK DYNAMITE, from left: Nicole Sullivan as Pat Nixon, Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, 2009. ©Apparition THE GREAT WHITE HYPE, Samuel L. Jackson, Salli Richardson, Jon Lovitz, 1996, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. BIKER BOYZ, Kadeem Hardison, Salli Richardson, Laurence Fishburne, Wren Brown, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Jonas Chaka, 2003, (c) DreamWorks View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Post Life Director - 2016
No Score Yet 36% The Sin Seer Nia (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playin' for Love Talisa McCoy (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saving Westbrook High Christine (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2013
28% 67% We the Party Principal Reynolds (Character) - 2012
82% 66% I Will Follow Maye (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 55% Pastor Brown Jessica 'Jesse' Brown (Character) - 2009
83% 85% Black Dynamite Gloria (Character) $228.5K 2009
68% 68% I Am Legend Zoe (Character) $256.4M 2007
26% 27% Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Gail Stern (Character) $31.5M 2004
22% 54% Biker Boyz Half & Half (Character) $21.7M 2003
77% 86% Antwone Fisher Berta Davenport (Character) $21.1M 2002
No Score Yet 77% Book of Love Karen (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 68% Butter Blusette Ford (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet True Women Martha (Character) - 1997
67% 64% Soul of the Game Lahoma (Character) - 1996
42% 35% The Great White Hype Bambi (Character) $7.8M 1996
71% 85% Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored Miss Alice (Character) $65.1K 1995
No Score Yet 62% Sioux City Jolene Buckley (Character) - 1994
4% 70% A Low Down Dirty Shame Angela (Character) $29.4M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Returns Nicole Scott (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lily in Winter Ada Covington (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 86% Gargoyles, the Movie: The Heroes Awaken Elisa (Voice) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet How U Like Me Now Valerie (Character) - 1993
33% 46% Posse Lana (Character) $16.4M 1993

TV

Credit
86% 56% The Gilded Age Executive Producer,
Director
2023
83% 50% Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Director 2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Black Box Self 2022
63% 84% See Director 2019
98% 77% Doom Patrol Director 2019
No Score Yet 68% All American Director 2019
64% 79% Marvel's The Punisher Director 2019
92% 57% black-ish Director 2019
92% 49% Black Lightning Director 2018
95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director 2018
97% 76% Survivor's Remorse Director 2017
No Score Yet 84% Stitchers Maggie Baptiste (Character),
Director
2015-2017
93% 72% Scandal Director 2017
96% 88% Underground Director 2017
9% 76% Rosewood Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Carrie Clark (Guest Star) 2013-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Husbands of Hollywood Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
82% 87% Castle Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 84% House of Lies Sandra Joy (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 90% The Newsroom Jane Barrow (Guest Star) 2012-2013
81% 89% Eureka Agent Allison Blake (Character) 2006-2012
57% 82% The Finder Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
90% 83% Bones Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Kurland (Guest Star) 2006
24% 62% The War at Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
90% 95% House Sharon (Guest Star) 2005
83% 95% NYPD Blue Bobbi Kingston (Guest Star) 2004
55% No Score Yet Second Time Around Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
60% No Score Yet Line of Fire Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Viveca Foster (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1999-2002
30% No Score Yet Mercy Point Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
No Score Yet 95% The Pretender Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles Elisa Maza (Voice) 1996-1997
No Score Yet 85% Gargoyles Elisa Maza (Voice) 1994-1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet New York Undercover Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fenna/Nidell (Guest Star) 1993
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