Sanaa Lathan Overview

The eldest of five siblings, Sanaa Lathan was born in New York City to a director/producer father and a professional dancer mother, and split her youth between there and Los Angeles. "As a kid, I was always hanging around the theater. I remember watching [my mother] in the wings when she appeared inTimbuktu with Eartha Kitt. I was always mesmerized when the orchestra music swelled and the dancers ran by me onto the stage. I was so impressed that I would go home and pretend to be one of them when... See All