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Birth
Anna Deavere Smith Is Born in Baltimore, Maryland -
Bachelors Degree
Earned A Bachelor's Degree At Beaver College -
M.F.A. Degree
Went to the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she earned an M.F.A Degree -
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Became A Teacher In Pittsburgh
She Started working a drama teacher at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh -
First Theatrical Role
Anna's First Role on the big screen was in the movie Soup For One Where she played the role of Deborah -
First Television Appearance
Anna's had her first Tv appearance in the soap opera All My Children where she played the role of the character named Hazel -
First Play
Started working on her first play called Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities where the play talks about the racial tensions in a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York -
Twilight: Los Angeles
Anna Worked on her next Play called Twilight Los Angels which was based on the riots that took place after four policemen beat Rodney King -
Received The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant
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Book Published
Published her first book called Talk To Me: Travels In Media and Politics -
Became A Professor
In the 200 Anna was a professor at the Tish School For The Arts -
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Recurring Role On The West Wing
In 2000 Anna continued to act on TV when she had a recurring role on the television show The West Wing -
Let Me Down Easy
Premiered her one-woman show play called Let Me Down Easy
where she play over 20 characters and talks about the vulnerability of the human body -
The Arizona Project
Anna had created a new play called The Arizona Project which was a one-woman play that talked about a woman's relationship to the law and justice. -
Artist In Residence
Anna was an Artist in residence with the Center for American Progress -
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Appearance On Nurse Jackie
Anna Had Landed another recurring role on the show Nurse Jackie -
Was Awarded The National Humanities Medal
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Jefferson Lecture
In 2015 the National Endowment for the Humanities had selected Anna for the Jefferson Lecture which is considered as the highest achievement in humanities -
Notes From The Field
Anna had created another One Woman Play called Notes from the Field where the play talked about subjects such as prisons and kids in schools who are poor and less fortunate -
Television Adaption
Two years later she premiered the play, HBO had broadcasted her her play as a television movie which also starred in
