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Anna Deavere Smith

1950 - Today

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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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  • 1.9M

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  • 41.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 6,510 out of 9,996Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 488Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 9,717 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anna Deavere Smith ranks 3,124Before 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).

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