Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September , ) is an American actress. As a
voice actress, from to , she voiced Donna Tubbs in The Cleveland Show
and in all concurrent and subsequent Family Guy appearances. She has
starred in many films, including The Best Man () and its sequel, The
Best Man Holiday. Her other film credits include Love & Basketball (),
Brown Sugar (), Alien vs. Predator (), Something New (), The Family
That Preys (), Contagion (), and Now You See Me ().On stage, Lathan
was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A
Raisin in the Sun and starred in in the all-black performance of Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.Lathan was born in
New York City. Her first name means "art" in Swahili and "piece of
art" in Arabic. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was also an actress and
dancer who performed on Broadway with Eartha Kitt. Her father, Stan
Lathan, worked behind the scenes in television for PBS, as well as a
producer on shows such as Sanford & Son and Russell Simmons' Def
Comedy Jam. Her brother is Tendaji Lathan, a well known DJ. She
attended Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics.
voice actress, from to , she voiced Donna Tubbs in The Cleveland Show
and in all concurrent and subsequent Family Guy appearances. She has
starred in many films, including The Best Man () and its sequel, The
Best Man Holiday. Her other film credits include Love & Basketball (),
Brown Sugar (), Alien vs. Predator (), Something New (), The Family
That Preys (), Contagion (), and Now You See Me ().On stage, Lathan
was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A
Raisin in the Sun and starred in in the all-black performance of Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London.Lathan was born in
New York City. Her first name means "art" in Swahili and "piece of
art" in Arabic. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was also an actress and
dancer who performed on Broadway with Eartha Kitt. Her father, Stan
Lathan, worked behind the scenes in television for PBS, as well as a
producer on shows such as Sanford & Son and Russell Simmons' Def
Comedy Jam. Her brother is Tendaji Lathan, a well known DJ. She
attended Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics.
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