Anna Maria Horsford

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Anna Maria Horsford
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Education High School of Performing Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1968present

Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies.

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Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017.

Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).

Early life

Horsford was born in Harlem, New York City in 1948 to Victor Horsford, an investment real estate broker originally from Barbuda and Lillian Agatha (née Richardson) Horsford, who emigrated from Antigua and Barbuda in the 1940s. [1] She grew up in a family of five children. [2]

Horsford attended Wadleigh Junior High School [3] and the High School of Performing Arts. [4] After high school, she got into acting through the Harlem Youth for Change program. [2]

Her first job out of high school was with the Joe Papp’s Public Theater, a part in Coriolanus at the Delacorte in Central Park. [5]

According to a DNA analysis, she has maternal ancestry from the Limba people of Sierra Leone. [6]

Career

Her first major role in television was as a producer for the PBS show Soul! , hosted by Ellis Haizlip, which aired between 1968 and 1973. One of her first TV appearances was in 1973 on the first run syndication game show of To Tell the Truth where she was an imposter for Laura Livingston, one of the first female military police. Horsford made guest appearances on such sitcoms as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Sparks , Moesha , The Bernie Mac Show , The Shield , Girlfriends , and Everybody Hates Chris . She had main roles on the sitcoms The Wayans Bros. as "Dee Baxter" and "Thelma Frye" on Amen . She appeared on the drama Judging Amy .

More recently, she was seen in the first season of Grey's Anatomy . She returned to the big screen in the 2013 film A Madea Christmas . She portrayed Helen on the BET sitcom Reed Between the Lines .

Horsford currently has a recurring role as Vivienne Avant on The Bold and the Beautiful . For the role, she was nominated for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards. [7]

She began playing a recurring role on B Positive in the show's second-season premiere. [8]

She also has appeared in the TBS sitcom The Last O.G. featuring Tracy Morgan, as a recurring character (Tray's mother).

Personal life

On October 29, 2011, Horsford was awarded the title of Ambassador of Tourism of Antigua. [1] She is also a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 An Almost Perfect Affair Amy Zon
Hollow ImageMonicaTV movie
1980 Times Square Rosie Washington
1981 The Fan Emily Stolz
Bill Ms. Marge KeatingTV movie
1982Muggable Mary, Street CopKathy ThomasTV movie
Benny's PlaceCharmaineTV movie
Love Child Mara [10]
1983 Class Maggie
1984 Crackers Slam Dunk
A Doctor's StoryLeigh WilliamsTV movie [11]
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Naomi
Stone Pillow CollinsTV movie [12]
1986 Nobody's Child Nurse BettyTV movie [13]
A Case of Deadly Force Virginia CatesTV movie
Permanent WaveEvaShort
Heartburn Della
C.A.T. Squad Mrs. RainesTV movie
1987 Street Smart Harriett
If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium-TV movie
1988Who Gets the FriendsHillary AdamsTV movie
1989 Taken Away Mrs. PiersonTV movie
1990 Presumed Innocent Eugenia
A Killer Among Us Barbara EvansTV movie
1992Murder without Motive: The Edmund Perry StoryVeronica PerryTV movie [14]
1993 Mr. Jones Judge Harris
1994 Baby Brokers RandiTV movie
1995 Friday Betty Jones [15]
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Miss Annie
1996Widow's KissLavanda HarrisonTV movie
Dear God Lucille Barnett [16]
Set It Off Ms. Wells [17]
One Fine Day Evelyn
Circle of Pain-TV movie [18]
1997 Kiss the Girls Vickie Cross
1999At Face ValueMosettaShort
2000 Dancing in September Sitcom Mom
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Denise's Mother
Lockdown Saunders
MasqueradeMrs. ScottTV movie
2001 Along Came a Spider Vickie [19]
JackedThelma Barnes
How High Mamma King
2002 Minority Report Casey
Friday After Next Betty Jones
2004JusticeChief Public Defender Poole
Guarding EddyCarol
2005My Big Phat Hip Hop FamilyMamma Pearl
GankedMrs. BarryVideo
2006 Gridiron Gang Sharon Weathers
Broken Bridges Loretta
2007TradeDetective Martinez
I Tried Milly
2010 Our Family Wedding Diane Boyd
WiggerRuth
2012C'mon ManMrs. Woods
2013 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas Elieen Murphy [20]
2017Gladys BrownGladys BrownShort
Chasing the BluesMrs. Walker
A Kindred SoulClaudiaShort
2018The Choir DirectorDeaconess Moss
Single AFJane
2021Vacation FriendsNancy
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Mayor CoontTV movie
2022 Me Time Connie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 The Doctors Group Therapy PatientEpisode: "Episode #1.3844 & #1.3850"
1978 NBC Special Treat Ginnie SheridanEpisode: "The Tap Dance Kid"
1979 Guiding Light Clara JonesRegular Cast
1980 3-2-1 Contact Officer DobbsRecurring Cast: Season 1
1981 ABC Afterschool Specials JessicaEpisode: "Starstruck"
1982 Nurse JoleenEpisode: "The Store"
All My Children Jesse's Attorney Mrs. MatthewsEpisode: "Episode dated 4 October 1982"
1983The FirmSergeant JohnsonEpisode: "Pilot"
1984 ABC Afterschool Specials Stephanie MarshakEpisode: "Summer Switch"
1985 American Playhouse HannahEpisode: "Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom"
1986-91 Amen Thelma FryeMain Cast
1987 The Bronx Zoo Mrs. DevlinEpisode: "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"
1991 Baby Talk Cynthia WilloughbyEpisode: "Womb with a View"
L.A. Law Judge Olga WinbushEpisode: "Do the Spike Thing"
1992 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Karen CarruthersEpisode: "Geoffrey Cleans Up"
1992-93 Rhythm & Blues Veronica WashingtonMain Cast
The Addams Family Additional Voices (voice)Recurring Cast
1993 Tall Hopes Lainie HarrisMain Cast
1995-99 The Wayans Bros. Deirdre "Dee" BaxterMain Cast: Season 2-5
1996 Sparks Wilma's AuntEpisode: "How Papa Got His Groove Back"
1997 Good News -Episode: "Pilot"
1998 L.A. Doctors Angela DalyEpisode: "Pilot" & "Under the Radar"
7th Heaven JoyceEpisode: "Here Comes Santa Claus"
1999 The Wild Thornberrys Gola's Mother (voice)Episode: "Chimp off the Block"
Judging Amy Defense Attorney CharlesEpisode: "Crowed House"
2000 Moesha Diane HendersonEpisode: "The Candidate"
2002 The Chronicle Jolene FreewaldEpisode: "Touched by an Alien"
2004 The Bernie Mac Show Aunt SisEpisode: "Family Reunion"
The District YatesRecurring Cast: Season 4
Method & Red DorotheaMain Cast
2005-06 Entourage Saigon's MotherGuest Cast: Season 1-2
2005-07 Grey's Anatomy Elizabeth FallonGuest Cast: Season 1 & 3
2005-08 The Shield A.D.A Beth EncardiRecurring Cast: Season 4 & 7
2006 Heist Wanda EvansEpisode: "How Billy Got His Groove Back"
2007 All of Us Aunt Vicky BlackEpisode: "Everything Happens for a Reason"
2008 Las Vegas Aunt VoniceEpisode: "Three Weddings and a Funeral Part 2"
Everybody Hates Chris Hattie MitchellEpisode: "Everybody Hates Easter" & "Everybody Hates the BFD"
2009 Cold Case Geraldine Watkins '09Episode: "Soul"
2010 American Dad! Female Juror (voice)Episode: "The People vs. Martin Sugar"
2011 Funny or Die Presents Anna MariaEpisode: "Episode #2.6"
Let's Stay Together Jacqueline/RaynelleEpisodes: "The Wedding Planner" & "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with Grandparents"
2011-15 Reed Between the Lines Helen WilsonMain Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2012 Key and Peele MaidEpisode: "Dueling Magical Negros"
The League Trina RichardsonEpisode: "Training Camp"
New Girl CharmaineEpisode: "Katie"
2015 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Janet BarrettEpisode: "The Gang Goes on Family Fight"
The Soul Man CeciEpisode: "Mo Momma, Mo Problems"
2015-18 The Bold and The Beautiful Vivienne AvantRegular Cast
2017 New Girl CharmaineEpisode: "Misery"
2018 I Feel Bad Norman's MomEpisode: "My Kid Has to Grow Up"
2018-19 Mom Ms. FergusonGuest Cast: Season 6-7
2019-21 The Last O.G. Roberta BarkerRecurring Cast: Season 1–3, Main Cast: Season 4
2020Sunnyside UpAunt DeedeeRecurring Cast
The Conners NicoleEpisode: "Plastics, Trash Talk & Darlene Antoinette"
Ghost TapeGramma MissyRecurring Cast
2020-22Studio CityJolene HernandezRecurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2021 Hacks FrancineEpisode: "1.69 Million"
Pose CharleneRecurring Cast: Season 3
2021-22 B Positive Althea LudlumRecurring Cast: Season 2
2022 The Guardians of Justice Serena LyleMain Cast
2023 History of the World, Part II Mother MaryEpisode: "II"
Bel-Air Nita BanksEpisode: "Let the Best Man Win"

Live performances

Theater

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995"Dancing on Moonlight"NeptuneKeith Glover, playwright. Marion McClinton, director. The eight-member ensemble included Terry Alexander, André de Shields, Kevin Jackson and Horsford. The play opened at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. [21] [22]

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
1988
Image Awards (NAACP)Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Amen Nominated [23]
2005
Black Reel Award Best Actress – Network/Cable Television JusticeNominated
2016
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated
2017
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2021
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction ProgramStudio CityNominated [26]

Horsford has been featured on the cover of several magazines, including:

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