Anna Maria Horsford

Actor Mar 6 (age 79) New York City, New York, USA 1979–2026 (47 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Minority Report

Casey

Film

Friday

Mrs. Jones

Film

Gridiron Gang

Sharon Weathers

Film

Kiss the Girls

Vicki Cross (uncredited)

Film

Along Came a Spider

Vickie

Film

Vacation Friends

Nancy

Film

Presumed Innocent

Eugenia

Film

How High

Mamma King

Filmography

Acting (107)

Movies (69)

Last Friday

2026 Upcoming

as Mrs. Jones

Jul 17

The Wayans Bros. Reunion

2026 Upcoming

as Self

Aug 16

Unexpected Christmas

2025

as Momma Scott

6.0

Will I See You Again?

Me Time

as Connie

Vacation Friends

as Nancy

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas

2021

as Mayor Coont

4.7

SUNNYSIDE UP

2019

as Aunt Deedee

Chasing the Blues

as Mrs. Walker

Single AF

as Jane

Jalen Vs. Everybody

as Mamma

Gladys Brown

2017

as Gladys Brown

A Kindred Soul

2017

as Claudia

A Madea Christmas

as Eileen

C'mon Man

as Mrs. Woods

Wigger

Our Family Wedding

as Diane Boyd

Directors on Directing

2009

as Self

I Tried

as Milly

Gridiron Gang

as Sharon Weathers

Broken Bridges

as Loretta

Ganked

as Mrs. Barry

My Big Phat Hip Hop Family

as Mamma Pearl

Guarding Eddy

as Carol

Justice

as Chief Public Defender Poole

Minority Report

as Casey

Friday After Next

as Mrs. Jones

How High

as Mamma King

Along Came a Spider

as Vickie

Jacked Up

as Thelma Barnes

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

as Denise's Mother

Masquerade

as Mrs. Scott

Lockdown

as Saunders

Kiss the Girls

as Vicki Cross (uncredited)

Set It Off

as Ms. Wells

One Fine Day

as Evelyn

Dear God

as Lucille Barnett

Widow's Kiss

as Lavanda Harrison

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as Miss Annie

Friday

as Mrs. Jones

Baby Brokers

as Randi

Mr. Jones

as Judge Harris

Deaf Heaven

as Libby

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

as Veronica Perry

Presumed Innocent

as Eugenia

A Killer Among Us

as Barbara Evans

Taken Away

as Mrs. Pierson

Who Gets the Friends?

Street Smart

as Harriet

Heartburn

as Della

C.A.T. Squad

as Mrs. Raines

A Case of Deadly Force

1986

as Virginia Cates

Stone Pillow

as Collins

St. Elmo's Fire

as Naomi

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985

as Hannah

Crackers

1984

as Slam Dunk

4.5

Summer Switch

1984

as Stepahnie Marshak

A Doctor's Story

as Leigh Williams

Class

as Maggie

Benny's Place

as Charmaine

Love Child

as Mara

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

as Kathy Thomas

The Fan

as Emily Stolz

Bill

as Marge Keating

Starstruck

as Jessica

Times Square

1980

as Rosie Washington

6.4

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Amy Zon

Hollow Image

as Monica

At Face Value

as Mosetta

Television (38)

Scrubs

2026

as Mrs. Melanie Brooks

8.0

No Good Deed

2024

as Denise Sampson

6.4

History of the World: Part II

as Mother Mary

Bel-Air

as 'Nita Banks

The Guardians of Justice

as Serena Lyle

Hacks

as Francine

B Positive

as Mrs. Ludlum

Studio City

as Jolene Hernandez

The Conners

as Nicole

POSE

as Charlene

The Last O.G.

as Roberta Barker

The Last O.G.

as Roberta Barker

I Feel Bad

as Norman's Mom

Mom

as Ms. Ferguson

Key & Peele

as Maid

The Soul Man

as Ceci

New Girl

as Charmaine

Reed Between the Lines

as Ms. Helen Wilson

The League

as Trina Richardson

Grey's Anatomy

as Elizabeth Fallon

American Dad!

as Female Juror (voice)

7.0

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Janet Barrett

Entourage

as Saigon's Mother

Las Vegas

as Aunt Vonice

The Shield

as A.D.A. Beth Encardi

The Bernie Mac Show

as Aunt Sis

The District

as Vicky Yates

The Wild Thornberrys

as Gola's Mother (voice)

L.A. Doctors

as Angela Daly

7th Heaven

as Joyce

Moesha

as Diane Henderson

The Wayans Bros.

as Deirdre 'Dee' Baxter

Street Gear

Tall Hopes

as Lainie Harris

Rhythm & Blues

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Karen Caruthers

L.A. Law

as Olga Winbush

Amen

as Thelma Frye