- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 6.30
- Peak run
- 1998’00
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sanaa by the numbers
Average
6.30
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.33
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
27y
1998 to 2024
Total votes
1.68M
across every film
Best
7.2
Love & Basketball
Worst
4.9
Approaching the Unknown
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 | The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat | Barbara Jean | 6.5 | 1,765 |
| 2023 | Young. Wild. Free. | Janice Huffman | · | 267 |
| 2022 | On the Come Up | Jay | · | 894 |
| 2019 | Native Son | Trudy Thomas | 5.7 | 3,149 |
| 2018 |  Nappily Ever After | Violet | 6.4 | 10,503 |
| 2017 |  American Assassin | Irene Kennedy | 6.2 | 102K |
| 2016 |  Now You See Me 2 | Deputy Director Natalie Austin | 6.4 | 367K |
| 2016 |  Approaching the Unknown | Emily Maddox | 4.9 | 9,476 |
| 2015 |  The Perfect Guy | Leah | 5.6 | 12,088 |
| 2013 | Repentance | Maggie Carter | 4.9 | 2,941 |
| 2013 |  The Best Man Holiday | Robyn | 6.6 | 17,988 |
| 2011 |  Contagion | · | 6.8 | 335K |
| 2009 | Wonderful World | Khadi | 6.0 | 2,542 |
| 2009 |  Powder Blue | Diana | 6.2 | 15,833 |
| 2008 |  The Family That Preys | Andrea | 6.1 | 8,814 |
| 2006 |  Something New | Kenya Denise McQueen | 6.6 | 15,917 |
| 2004 |  Alien vs. Predator | Alexa Woods | 5.7 | 236K |
| 2003 |  Out of Time | Ann Merai Harrison | 6.5 | 72,572 |
| 2002 |  Brown Sugar | Sidney 'Syd' Shaw | 6.5 | 11,139 |
| 2000 |  Love & Basketball | Monica Wright | 7.2 | 27,123 |
Better together?
Sanaa Lathan's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Sanaa Lathan and Mike Epps movies
Takes
On Sanaa Lathan
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