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Salli Richardson
Born	Salli Elise Richardson November 23, 1967 (1967-11-23) (age 42) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other name(s)	Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991 – present
Spouse(s)	Dondre Whitfield (m. 2002–present) «start: (2002)»"Marriage: Dondre Whitfield to Salli Richardson" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salli_Richardson)

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known primarily for her voice acting on Gargoyles, and Eureka.

Early life

Richardson-Whitfield was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of an African American mother and an Irish American father. Her father, Duel Richardson, is the director of Neighborhood Relations/Educational Programs and Office of Community Affairs for the University of Chicago. Richardson played high school tennis, and launched her acting career in the Kuumba Workshop theater there. She graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 1985.

Career

Richardson's acting credits include:Posse, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has also 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. She is best known by animation fans as the voice of Elisa Maza (a character who is also both African American and Native American) on the animated series Gargoyles. Currently she is cast as Department of Defense agent (and later head of Global Dynamics) Allison Blake in the television series Eureka, which airs on the SciFi Channel. Her second pregnancy was written into the storyline of the series. She appeared in the 2007 zombie film I Am Legend alongside Will Smith.

Personal life

On September 8, 2002, Richardson married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield (born January 24, 2009).^[1] Before marrying Whitfield, she dated Matthew McConaughey and Tupac Shakur.

Filmography

Richardson at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International

• Up Against the Wall (1987) - Denise
• Posse (1993) - Lana
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Second Sight" (1993) - Fenna
• Sioux City (1994) - Jolene Buckley
• I Spy Returns (1994) - Nicole Scott
• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) - Angela
• Gargoyles (1994–1997) - Elisa Maza / Delilah
• Soul of the Game (1996) - Lahoma
• The Great White Hype (1996) - Bambi
• True Women (1997) - Martha
• Stargate SG-1 episode "Bloodlines" (1997) - Drey'auc
• The Pretender Season 2 : Ep. 11 Gigolo Jarod (1998) - Cynthia
• Butter (1998) - Blusette Ford
• Mercy Point (1998–1999) - Kim
• Family Law (1999–2000) - Viveca Foster
• Rude Awakening (2000–2001) - Nancy Adams
• Book of Love (2002) - Karen
• Antwone Fisher (2002) - Berta Davenport
• Biker Boyz (2003) - Half & Half
• CSI: Miami (2003) - Laura
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) - Gail Stern
• House episode "Sports Medicine" - Sharon
• Eureka (2006— ) (TV) - Allison Blake
• I Am Legend (2007) - Zoe Neville
• Black Dynamite (2009) - Gloria
• Pastor Brown (2009) - Jesse
• Criminal Minds (2009) - Tamara
• I Will Follow (2010) - Maye

References

External links

• Salli Richardson at the Internet Movie Database
• Salli Richardson at TV.com
• Salli Richardson at TV Guide
• Salli Richardson at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)