Salli Richardson

Salli Richardson is someone I associate with steady, intelligent screen work rather than flash. Her turn as Dr. Allison Blake on Eureka ran from 2006 to 2012 across 66 episodes, and that role really showed her range across a long arc, plus there's her earlier film work in A Low Down Dirty Shame. What I find most encouraging is the pivot to directing television; actors who move into the chair tend to bring a real feel for performance, and I suspect she's no exception. Chicago-raised, with the University of Chicago Lab Schools in her background, she reads to me as a grounded, craft-first talent who built a durable career.

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Name (English)

Salli Richardson

Name (Japanese)

サリー・リチャードソン

Reading

さりー・りちゃーどそん

Born

November 23, 1967 (age 58)

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

University

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

• Official sitehttp://www.sallirw.com
• Xhttps://x.com/sallirichardson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salli%20Richardson-Whitfield
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237273

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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