She has also had recurring roles on the TV series The Practice, Presidio Med, and Black-ish. Anna Deavere Smith has appeared in several films including Soup for One, Philadelphia, Dave, The American President, The Manchurian Candidate, and more. She has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and several Image Awards. Smith has also starred in several stage productions since 1974 including a number of one-woman shows that she has written including Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
