# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anna-deavere-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:48:13.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anna-deavere-smith"
name: "Anna Deavere Smith"
slug: "anna-deavere-smith"
description: "Anna Deavere Smith 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 U.S. District Court Clerk Tina Krissman on the ABC show For the People (2018–19)."
tagline: "American actress, playwright and professor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna_Deavere_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.79
  momentum:             10
  historical:           18.56734533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0807332"
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    title: "안나 디버리 스미스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anna Deavere Smith"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump