Samuel L. Jackson Wife: Who is LaTanya Richardson Jackson?

LaTanya Richardson Jackson is an American actress and the wife of Samuel L. Jackson a producer and actor from the United States.

The couple met at Morehouse College in Atlanta. They got married in 1980, and have one daughter, Zoe, born in 1982.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson began her career in off-Broadway productions before moving on to television and film roles.

Among the films in which Richardson has appeared are Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Losing Isaiah (1995), Lone Star (1996), U.S. Marshals (1998), and The Fighting Temptations (2000).

LaTanya Richardson was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 2014 for her performance in the play A Raisin in the Sun.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson and her husband have appeared in four films: “Juice” (1992), “Losing Isaiah” (1995), “Freedomland” (2006), and “Mother and Child” (2009).

LaTanya Richardson made her directorial debut in September 2022, directing her husband Samuel in a Broadway revival of August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.