Acting
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).
Titles
Grey's Anatomy
2005
American Dad!
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Entourage
2004
New Girl
2011
The Shield
2002
Mom
2013
L.A. Law
1986
Las Vegas
2003
Hacks
2021
Scrubs
2026
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
American Playhouse
1982
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Key & Peele
2012
The District
2000
The League
2009
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Conners
2018
Bel-Air
2022
Moesha
1996
The Wayans Bros.
1995
7th Heaven
1996
Minority Report
2002
POSE
2018
History of the World: Part II
2023
Amen
1986
The Soul Man
2012
The Last O.G.
2018
L.A. Doctors
1998
Kiss the Girls
1997
Friday
1995
Along Came a Spider
2001
B Positive
2020
Vacation Friends
2021
Presumed Innocent
1990