Personal Info
Birth date
1967-11-23 (57 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Salli Richardson
Salli Richardson Whitfield
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield
سالی ریچاردسون-ویتفیلد
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Biography
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the sci-fi TV series Eureka and her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles. She also appeared in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside actor Will Smith. Her acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has guest-starred in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover, The Pretender and Secret Agent Man. Richardson had a recurring role as "Kim" on the show Mercy Point and as "Nancy Adams" on Rude Awakening. She played "Viveca Foster" on the television drama Family Law. On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
8.306
Overview:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.883
Overview:
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.NCIS
7.623
Overview:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.House
8.592
Overview:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.Bones
8.215
Overview:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.Stargate SG-1
8.3
Overview:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.CSI: Miami
7.711
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Doom Patrol
7.55
Overview:
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.Castle
7.986
Overview:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7.476
Overview:
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.Real Husbands of Hollywood
7.2
Overview:
Comedian and actor, Kevin Hart teams up with BET Networks to bring viewers one of the funniest shows on television "Real Husbands of Hollywood". The semi-scripted series is the fakest reality show ever following these men of Hollywood along their surreal lives. Enjoy the ride as these guys take on all things, from the husband's point of view. You may recognize some situations or characters from those other reality shows.NYPD Blue
7
Overview:
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.The Wheel of Time
7.66
Overview:
Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it.Marvel's The Punisher
8.126
Overview:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.See
8.102
Overview:
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.The Jamie Foxx Show
6.7
Overview:
Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and fortune in the entertainment industry. To support himself, he works at his Aunt Helen and Uncle Junior's Los Angeles hotel, the King's Towers.All American
8.152
Overview:
When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.black-ish
7.2
Overview:
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.Scandal
7.14
Overview:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.Shadowhunters
7.586
Overview:
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.The Magicians
7.596
Overview:
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.Eureka
7.757
Overview:
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.Lethal Weapon
7.293
Overview:
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.Black Lightning
6.979
Overview:
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.Marvel's Luke Cage
6.922
Overview:
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.Gargoyles
8.094
Overview:
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
8.197
Overview:
As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.I'm Dying Up Here
6.5
Overview:
Set in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilarious, but complex business of making an audience laugh.The Gilded Age
7.761
Overview:
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.Acting
2018Altered Carbon (1 Episode) as Commission Leader
2018Black Lightning (1 Episode) as Rebecca Montez
2015Rosewood (1 Episode) as Dr. Aubrey Joseph
2015Stitchers (31 Episodes) as Maggie Baptiste
2015Light Girls as Self
2015Playin' for Love as Talisa McCoy
2013Saving Westbrook High as Christine
2013Being Mary Jane (5 Episodes) as Valerie
2013Real Husbands of Hollywood (1 Episode) as Herself
2012The Newsroom (3 Episodes) as Jane Barrow
2012We the Party as Principal Reynolds
2012The Finder (1 Episode) as Athena Brookes
2012House of Lies (1 Episode) as Sandra Joy
2010I Will Follow as Maye
2009Black Dynamite as Gloria
2009Good Hair as Self
2009Pastor Brown as Jessica 'Jesse' Brown
2009Castle (1 Episode) as Elizabeth Weston
2007I Am Legend as Zoe Neville
2006Eureka (77 Episodes) as Allison Blake
2005Criminal Minds (2 Episodes) as Tamara Barnes
2005Bones (1 Episode) as Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Kurland
2005The War at Home (1 Episode) as Vanessa
2004House (1 Episode) as Sharon
2004Second Time Around (1 Episode) as Amanda
2004Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid as Gail Stern
2003NCIS (2 Episodes) as Carrie Clark
2003Missing (1 Episode) as Kelly
2003Biker Boyz as Half & Half
2002Antwone Fisher as Berta Davenport
2002CSI: Miami (4 Episodes) as Laura
2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs as Karen
2000Secret Agent Man (1 Episode) as Rachel
1999Family Law (68 Episodes) as Viveca Foster
1998Butter as Blusette Ford (as Salli Richardson)
1998Mercy Point (8 Episodes) as Lt. Salisaw
1998Rude Awakening (9 Episodes) as Nancy Adams
1997Between Brothers (1 Episode) as Vanessa
1997Stargate SG-1 (1 Episode) as Drey'auc
1997True Women (2 Episodes) as Martha
1996The Pretender (1 Episode) as Cynthia Sloan
1996The Jamie Foxx Show (1 Episode) as Camille Turner
1996The Great White Hype as Bambi
1996Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Elisa Maza (voice)
1996Soul of the Game as Lahoma
1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored as Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
1994Lily in Winter as Ada Covington
1994A Low Down Dirty Shame as Angela
1994Gargoyles (78, 0, 1 Episode) as Elisa Maza (voice), Unknown, Delilah (voice)
1994New York Undercover (1 Episode) as Tammy Barrett
1994Sioux City as Jolene Buckley
1994I Spy Returns as Nicole Scott
1993NYPD Blue (2 Episodes) as Bobbi Kingston
1993Posse as Lana
1993Space Rangers (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 Episode) as Fenna / Nidell
1992How U Like Me Now as Valerie
1992Mo' Money as Pretty Customer
1992Prelude to a Kiss as Bridesmaid #2
1991Silk Stalkings (1 Episode) as Shelley
1991Roc (1 Episode) as Diane Hubbard
1991Up Against the Wall as Denise
Production
TBATask (1 Episode) ... Executive Producer
2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (7 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2022The Gilded Age (17 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2009Pastor Brown ... Producer
Directing
2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (5 Episodes) ... Director
2022The Gilded Age (4 Episodes) ... Director
2021The Wheel of Time (2 Episodes) ... Director
2019Reprisal (1 Episode) ... Director
2019See (1 Episode) ... Director
2019Treadstone (2 Episodes) ... Director
2019Pearson (1 Episode) ... Director
2019Doom Patrol (1 Episode) ... Director
2018Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (1 Episode) ... Director
2018All American (1 Episode) ... Director
2018Altered Carbon (2 Episodes) ... Director
2018Black Lightning (1 Episode) ... Director
2017Marvel's The Punisher (1 Episode) ... Director
2017I'm Dying Up Here (1 Episode) ... Director
2017American Gods (1 Episode) ... Director
2017Dear White People (2 Episodes) ... Director
2016Marvel's Luke Cage (1 Episode) ... Director
2016Lethal Weapon (1 Episode) ... Director
2016Queen Sugar (2 Episodes) ... Director
2016Underground (1 Episode) ... Director
2016Shadowhunters (1 Episode) ... Director
2015The Magicians (2 Episodes) ... Director
2015Stitchers (1 Episode) ... Director
2014black-ish (1 Episode) ... Director
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1 Episode) ... Director
2012Scandal (1 Episode) ... Director
2006Eureka (1 Episode) ... Director