1950 - Today
Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is known for her roles as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally in The West Wing (2000–06), hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–15), and as U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Deavere Smith has received more than 1,893,641 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anna Deavere Smith is the 6,510th most popular actor (up from 7,935th in 2019), the 9,717th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,149th in 2019) and the 3,124th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 6,510 out of 9,996. Before her are Robert Sheehan, Harry Lloyd, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Brian Benben, Marlene Favela, and Olive Borden. After her are Norman Fell, Ralph Lewis, Im Soo-jung, Mackenzie Davis, Leatrice Joy, and Jane Krakowski.
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 6,504
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 6,505
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 6,506
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 6,507
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 6,508
1906 - 1947
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 6,509
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 6,510
1924 - 1998
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 6,511
1872 - 1937
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 6,512
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 6,513
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 6,514
1893 - 1985
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 6,515
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 6,516
Among people born in 1950, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 488. Before her are Roma Ryan, Nobuo Fujishima, Eijun Kiyokumo, John Byrne, José Bono, and Alec Jeffreys. After her are Gianfranco Brancatelli, Themba Masuku, Roland Andersson, Omer Beriziky, José Carlos Serrão, and Charlie McGettigan.
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 482
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 483
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 484
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 485
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 486
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 487
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 488
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 489
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 490
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 491
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 492
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 493
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 494
Among people born in United States, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 9,717 out of 18,182. Before her are Brian Benben (1956), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Pete George (1929), Olive Borden (1906), and F. Albert Cotton (1930). After her are Tom Paxton (1937), Norman Fell (1924), Ted Sorensen (1928), Ralph Lewis (1872), Lesley Ashburner (1883), and Leatrice Joy (1893).
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,711
1879 - 1967
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,712
1916 - 1990
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,713
1929 - 2021
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,714
1906 - 1947
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,715
1930 - 2007
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,716
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,717
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,718
1924 - 1998
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,719
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,720
1872 - 1937
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,721
1883 - 1950
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,722
1893 - 1985
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,723
Among actors born in United States, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 3,124. Before her are Taylor Schilling (1984), Loudon Wainwright III (1946), Chelsea Peretti (1978), Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961), Brian Benben (1956), and Olive Borden (1906). After her are Norman Fell (1924), Ralph Lewis (1872), Leatrice Joy (1893), Jane Krakowski (1968), Fyvush Finkel (1922), and William Keighley (1889).
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 3,118
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 3,119
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 3,120
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 3,121
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 3,122
1906 - 1947
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 3,123
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 3,124
1924 - 1998
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 3,125
1872 - 1937
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 3,126
1893 - 1985
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 3,127
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 3,128
1922 - 2016
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 3,129
1889 - 1984
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 3,130