Anna Deavere Smith Twilight: Bio, Age, Height, Parents, Husband, Fires in the Mirror and Net Worth

Anna Deavere Smith is an award-winning American Actress, Playwright, and Professor, who was born on September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland. She is widely known for her roles in the one-woman play ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ as a writer and producer, which earned her Tony Awards nominations for Best Actress and another for Best Play. She is also known for role in ‘Fires in the Mirror’ as Various.

Her role in ‘Fires in the Mirror’ earned her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. She has also appeared in notable movies and tv shows including ‘Let Me Down Easy’, ‘The West Wing’ as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally, ‘Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education’, and in ‘Black-ish’ as Alicia.

Anna Deavere Smith Age

Deavere is 71 years old as of 2021, she was born on September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on 18th September every year and her birth sign is Virgo.

Anna Deavere Smith Height

Smith stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.62 meters). Her body measurements are 36-28-36 inches.

Anna Deavere Smith Weight

Anna Weighs 143 lbs (65 kg). She has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Anna Deavere Smith Education

Deavere attended and graduated from the historic Western High School, an all-girls school. She then joined Beaver College (now Arcadia University), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971. She hold a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California.

Anna Deavere Smith Parents

Anna was born to her African-American parents Anna Rosalind (née Young) and Deaver Young Smith Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother is an elementary school principal, while her father Deaver Young Jr., is a coffee merchant. She spent her childhood with her four younger siblings.

Anna Deavere Smith Siblings

Smith has raised up her four younger siblings including Rosalind Allen, more details about her brothers and sisters are not known to the public. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

Anna Deavere Smith Husband

Deavere has not gone public with her relationship, it is not publicly known whether she is married or in a relationship. Her partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.

Anna Deavere Smith Children

After doing our research, details about Anna’s children are not known to the public and it is also not known if she has any child. however, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

Anna Deavere Smith Salary

At the moment, we do not have the exact salary of Smith’s but we’ll keep tabs and update once it is available.

Anna Deavere Smith Net Worth

Deavere has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars as of 2021. This includes her assets, money and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an Actress, Playwright, and Professor. Through her various sources of income, she has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Anna Deavere Smith Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Anna Deavere Smith.

Anna Deavere Wiki

  • Full Names: Anna Deavere Smith
  • Popular As: Anna
  • Gender: Female
  • Occupation / Profession: Actress, Playwright, and Professor
  • Nationality: American
  • Race / Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Religion: Not Known
  • Sexual Orientation: Not Known

Deavere Smith Birthday

  • Age / How Old?: 71 years (2020)
  • Zodiac Sign: Virgo
  • Date of Birth: September 18, 1950
  • Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
  • Birthday: 18th September

Anna Body Measurements

  • Body Measurements: 36-28-36 inches
  • Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 4 inches (1.62 meters)
  • Weight: 143 lbs (65 kg)
  • Eye Color: Brown
  • Hair Color: Dark Brown
  • Shoe Size: Not Available
  • Dress Size: 6 (US)
  • Breast Size: 36 inches
  • Waist Size: 28 inches
  • Hip Size: 36 inches

Deavere Family and Relationship

  • Father (Dad): Deaver Young Smith Jr.
  • Mother: Anna Rosalind (née Young)
  • Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Four including Rosalind Allen
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Dating / Husband: Not Available
  • Dating / Boyfriend: Single
  • Children: Son (None) Daughter(s) (None)

Smith Net Worth and Salary

  • Net Worth: $4 Million
  • Salary:  Under Review
  • Source of Income: Actress, Playwright, and Professor

Currently, she plays the role of Tina Krissman on the ABC show For the People. In 2013, she received The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. The prize is one of the richest prizes in the American arts. It comes with a remuneration of $300,000. She was selected as the Jefferson Lecturer by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2015. Smith is the founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University.

When her career was beginning, Smith appeared in a wide range of stage productions. Among these productions include the role of Mistress Quickly in an Off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. This production was set in New Orleans in post-Civil War America. For the role, she transformed herself into a “Cajun voodoo woman.” Smith is additionally famous as a playwright and actress for her “documentary theatre” style.

Let Me Down Easy, which explored the resiliency and vulnerability of the human body, debuted at the Long Wharf Theatre in January 2008. A revised version of the show premiered in October 2009. In 2008, she debuted her one-woman play, The Arizona Project in Phoenix, Arizona. The play explored “women’s relationships to justice and the law,”

Anna Deavere Smith Twilight

In Twilight, Smith was the writer and appeared as the sole performer of multiple and diverse characters. The play regards the 1992 Los Angeles rampage. In 1994 the play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. It subsequently won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, Smith’s second such honor in two years.

Anna Deavere Smith Black-ish

She plays Bow’s mom, Alicia on “Black-ish.” Bow is played by Tracee Ellis Ross. She plays alongside Beau Bridges as bows parents. The show airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Created by Kenya Barris, Black-ish is an American sitcom television series that premiered on September 24, 2014, and has run for six seasons on ABC.

Anna Deavere Smith Movies and TV Shows

Movies

  • 2018: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • 2010: Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4
  • 2008: Rachel Getting Married
  • 2007: The Kingdom
  • 2007: Life Support
  • 2004: The Manchurian Candidate
  • 2003: The Human Stain
  • 2000: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
  • 1995: The American President
  • 1993: Philadelphia
  • 1987: Unfinished Business
  • 1982: Soup for One

TV Shows

  • 2018–2019: For the People
  • 2016: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • 2016: Legends of Tomorrow
  • 2016: Berlin Station
  • 2015–present: Black-ish
  • 2015: Madam Secretary
  • 2014: Anna Deavere Smith: A YoungArts Masterclass
  • 2013: The Surgeon General
  • 2009 – 15: Nurse Jackie
  • 2000 – 06: The West Wing
  • 2000: The Practice
  • 1997: American Experience
  • 1983: All My Children

Who is Anna Deavere Smith?

Anna Deavere Smith is an award-winning American Actress, Playwright, and Professor. She is widely known for her roles in the one-woman play ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ as a writer and producer, which earned her Tony Awards nominations for Best Actress and another for Best Play. She is also known for role in ‘Fires in the Mirror’ as Various.

How old is Anna Deavere Smith?

Deavere is 71 years old as of 2021, she was born on September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

How tall is Anna Deavere?

Smith stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.62 meters).

Is Anna Smith married?

Details about her love life are still under review. We will let you know when she gets in a relationship or when we discover helpful information about her love life.

How much is Deavere Smith worth?

Deavere has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars as of 2021. This includes her assets, money and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an Actress, Playwright, and Professor.

Where does Anna live?

She is a resident of New York City, New York, USA, we shall upload pictures of her house as soon as we have them.

Is Deavere dead or alive?

She is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Smith now?

Anna is still an active participant in the creative entertainment industry, she is a cast member of the newly released film Here Todaywhich was released on May 7, 2021  in the United States and later dates in other countries.

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