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Award-winning Actress S. Epatha Merkerson

Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson talking with What's the 411TV correspondent, Diana Blain, on the red carpet at the premiere of Lackawanna Blues Photo Credit; Ryan Wenzell Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson talking with What's the 411TV correspondent, Diana Blain, on the red carpet at the premiere of Lackawanna Blues

Actress S. Epatha Merkerson stars in an HBO film, Lackawanna Blues, a love story in a bygone era

This video clip is from an interview with the award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson that What's The 411TV correspondent, Diana Blain, conducted on the red carpet for the premiere of Lackawanna Blues, on a very cold winter evening in February. Ms. Merkerson is responding to a question where she reflects on a time period from a bygone era.

Ms. Merkerson won several awards for the role of Rachel "Nanny" Crosby, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.

Ms. Merkerson appeared in 391 episodes of the long-running NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order—more than any other cast member. Ms. Merkerson's character, as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, is also the longest-running African-American character in the history of primetime television.