Actor & Director

LaTanya Richardson
Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson is a three-time Tony Award–nominated actress, director, and producer. At the Geffen, she most recently directed Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. With this production of Purpose, she reprises the same acclaimed role she originated on Broadway, earning Tony, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Her Broadway credits also include A Raisin in the Sun (Tony nomination), To Kill a Mockingbird, and JoeTurner’s Come and Gone. She made history as the first woman to direct an August Wilson play on Broadway (The PianoLesson) and is currently Vice Chair of The American Theatre Wing. In honor of her career and her philanthropic endeavors, she was a Black Women on Broadway Legacy Recipient and a 2026 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood honoree. A Spelman graduate, she and her husband recently opened the college’s LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson Performing Arts Center. They have an exceptionally talented daughter, Zoe Dove.