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Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Born: 23rd Nov 1967 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dept: Acting
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the sci-fi TV series Eureka and her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles. She also appeared in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside actor Will Smith. Her acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has guest-starred in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover, The Pretender and Secret Agent Man. Richardson had a recurring role as "Kim" on the show Mercy Point and as "Nancy Adams" on Rude Awakening. She played "Viveca Foster" on the television drama Family Law.
On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 63
Film: 27 (43%)
Television: 36 (57%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Documentary, Western, Animation, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Filmography
Sep 2025 (first aired)
In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force assembled to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsus ... view
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Deputy D.A. Anne Pressman (1 ep.)
Feb 2018 (first aired)
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder. ... view
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Commission Leader (1 ep.)
Jan 2018 (first aired)
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe ha ... view
Character:
Rebecca Montez (1 ep.)
Sep 2015 (first aired)
Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to he ... view
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Dr. Aubrey Joseph (1 ep.)
Jun 2015 (first aired)
A young woman is recruited into a secret government agency to be “stitched” into the minds of the recently deceased, using their memories to inves ... view
Character:
Maggie Baptiste (31 ep.)
2015
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colo ... view
Character:
Self
2015
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s ... view
Character:
Talisa McCoy
2013
A diverse community, an ambitious newly-appointed principal and a handful of committed teachers come together to save a once popular suburban school i ... view
Character:
Christine
Jul 2013 (first aired)
Mary Jane Paul is a one-woman-show: a successful TV news anchor, and an entirely self-sufficient powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn ... view
Character:
Valerie (5 ep.)
Valerie (voice) (1 ep.)
Jan 2013 (first aired)
Comedian and actor, Kevin Hart teams up with BET Networks to bring viewers one of the funniest shows on television "Real Husbands of Hollywood". The s ... view
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Herself (1 ep.)
Jun 2012 (first aired)
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom ... view
Character:
Jane Barrow (3 ep.)
2012
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, social media, fitting in, standing out, and finding th ... view
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Principal Reynolds
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable. ... view
Character:
Athena Brookes (1 ep.)
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every ... view
Character:
Sandra Joy (1 ep.)
2010
Chronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward. ... view
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Maye
2009
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded ... view
Character:
Gloria
2009
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories a ... view
Character:
Self
2009
When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her fath ... view
Character:
Jessica 'Jesse' Brown
Mar 2009 (first aired)
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New Yo ... view
Character:
Elizabeth Weston (1 ep.)
2007
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last ... view
Character:
Zoe Neville
Jul 2006 (first aired)
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families ... view
Character:
Allison Blake (77 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavior ... view
Character:
Tamara Barnes (2 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when t ... view
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Kurland (1 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
When Dave and Vicky were growing up, their parents had it easy. Back then, there were no “time-outs,” no one had any “boundaries,” and “pare ... view
Character:
Vanessa (1 ep.)
Nov 2004 (first aired)
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsbor ... view
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Sharon (1 ep.)
Character:
Amanda (1 ep.)
2004
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of sn ... view
Character:
Gail Stern
Sep 2003 (first aired)
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Mari ... view
Character:
Carrie Clark (3 ep.)
Aug 2003 (first aired)
Jess Mastriani was a normal person who only wanted to take over her parents' restaurant in Indiana. But that changed when she was hit by lightning. Af ... view
Character:
Kelly (1 ep.)
2003
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club ... view
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Half & Half
2002
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and r ... view
Character:
Berta Davenport
Sep 2002 (first aired)
The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas coun ... view
Character:
Laura (4 ep.)
2002
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, ... view
Character:
Karen
Mar 2000 (first aired)
Secret Agent Man is a spy-fi television series
The series starred Costas Mandylor as Monk, a gallivanting secret agent, who was one of a team of agen ... view
Character:
Rachel (1 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of thei ... view
Character:
Viveca Foster (68 ep.)
1998
Corrupt record company executives kill a singing sensation with a drug overdose rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. Th ... view
Character:
Blusette Ford (as Salli Richardson)
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Mercy Point is an American science fiction series that ran from the fall of 1998 to the midsummer of 1999 on UPN. The series, set in the mid-23rd cent ... view
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Lt. Salisaw (8 ep.)
Aug 1998 (first aired)
An alcoholic former soap opera actress joins AA and tries to stay sober while dealing with an overbearing family and romantic entanglements. ... view
Character:
Nancy Adams (9 ep.)
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Between Brothers is an American television situation comedy centered around four middle-class African American men in their late twenties, living in C ... view
Character:
Vanessa (1 ep.)
Jul 1997 (first aired)
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien de ... view
Character:
Drey'auc (1 ep.)
May 1997 (first aired)
A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond. ... view
Character:
Martha (2 ep.)
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When ... view
Character:
Cynthia Sloan (1 ep.)
Aug 1996 (first aired)
Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and fortune in the entertainment industry. To support himsel ... view
Character:
Camille Turner (1 ep.)
1996
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the on ... view
Character:
Bambi
1996
In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to s ... view
Character:
Lahoma
1996
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation. ... view
Character:
Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
1995
After a magic spell in 10th century Scotland turns them to stone, a group of gargoyles that turn to flesh and blood when the sun goes down are resurre ... view
Character:
Elisa Maza (voice)
1994
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old so ... view
Character:
Ada Covington
1994
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he ... view
Character:
Angela
Oct 1994 (first aired)
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New Yo ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (0 ep.)
Elisa Maza (voice) (78 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New ... view
Character:
Tammy Barrett (1 ep.)
1994
A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller ... view
Character:
Jolene Buckley
1994
Time passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the S.S ... view
Character:
Nicole Scott
Sep 1993 (first aired)
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically i ... view
Character:
Bobbi Kingston (2 ep.)
1993
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for ... view
Character:
Lana
Jan 1993 (first aired)
Space Rangers is an American futuristic science fiction drama. The short lived series aired on CBS in 1993. The show was created by Pen Densham and Tr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1993 (first aired)
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alie ... view
Character:
Fenna / Nidell (1 ep.)
1992
Set on the south side of Chicago, How U Like Me Now? is a comedy that captures the lifestyles of several twenty-something African Americans. Centering ... view
Character:
Valerie
1992
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards ... view
Character:
Pretty Customer
1992
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happen ... view
Character:
Bridesmaid #2
Nov 1991 (first aired)
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion a ... view
Character:
Shelley (1 ep.)
Aug 1991 (first aired)
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garba ... view
Character:
Diane Hubbard (1 ep.)
1991
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school. ... view
Character:
Denise