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- Daughter of Stan Lathan.
- Gained twenty pounds for her role in "Disappearing Acts".
- She also has Native American ancestry.
- Sanaa was raised partly in Beverly Hills with her father, director Stan Lathan. She lived the other part in New York with her mother, Eleanor McCoy, a Broadway stage actress.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for her performance as Beneatha in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."
- Daughter of actress/dancer Eleanor McCoy.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for her performance as Beneatha in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun
- Gained twenty pounds for her role in "Disappearing Acts
- Voted one of Ebony magazine's 55 Most Beautiful People. (2000)
- Says her name is pronounced Sa-NA, "like Sinatra without the tra".
- Her name is Swahili for "work of art".
- Yale School of Drama graduate.
