Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Acting • Born 1967-11-23
Biography
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the sci-fi TV series Eureka and her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles. She also appeared in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside actor Will Smith. Her acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has guest-starred in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover, The Pretender and Secret Agent Man. Richardson had a recurring role as "Kim" on the show Mercy Point and as "Nancy Adams" on Rude Awakening. She played "Viveca Foster" on the television drama Family Law. On September 8, 2002, she married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield.
Filmography
65 credits
The Great White Hype
Movie • 1996
Bambi
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Movie • 2004
Gail Stern
Good Hair
Movie • 2009
Self
I Am Legend
Movie • 2007
Zoe Neville
Biker Boyz
Movie • 2003
Half & Half
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Movie • 1994
Angela
Antwone Fisher
Movie • 2002
Berta Davenport
Posse
Movie • 1993
Lana
Mo' Money
Movie • 1992
Pretty Customer
Pastor Brown
Movie • 2009
Jessica 'Jesse' Brown
I Will Follow
Movie • 2010
Maye
Soul of the Game
Movie • 1996
Lahoma
Butter
Movie • 1998
Blusette Ford (as Salli Richardson)
We the Party
Movie • 2012
Principal Reynolds
I Spy Returns
Movie • 1994
Nicole Scott
Black Dynamite
Movie • 2009
Gloria
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Movie • 1996
Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
Light Girls
Movie • 2015
Self
How U Like Me Now
Movie • 1992
Valerie
Playin' for Love
Movie • 2015
Talisa McCoy
Sioux City
Movie • 1994
Jolene Buckley
Saving Westbrook High
Movie • 2013
Christine
Prelude to a Kiss
Movie • 1992
Bridesmaid #2
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Movie • 2002
Karen
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie • 1995
Elisa Maza (voice)
Up Against the Wall
Movie • 1991
Denise
Lily in Winter
Movie • 1994
Ada Covington
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Laura
The War at Home
TV • 2005
Vanessa
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Cynthia Sloan
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Elisa Maza (voice)
Bones
TV • 2005
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Kurland
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV • 1996
Camille Turner
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Tammy Barrett
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Tamara Barnes
Mercy Point
TV • 1998
Lt. Salisaw
Eureka
TV • 2006
Allison Blake
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Drey'auc
True Women
TV • 1997
Martha
NCIS
TV • 2003
Carrie Clark
Castle
TV • 2009
Elizabeth Weston
Stitchers
TV • 2015
Maggie Baptiste
Family Law
TV • 1999
Viveca Foster
Rude Awakening
TV • 1998
Nancy Adams
Silk Stalkings
TV • 1991
Shelley
Space Rangers
TV • 1993
Roc
TV • 1991
Diane Hubbard
Secret Agent Man
TV • 2000
Rachel
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Bobbi Kingston
Missing
TV • 2003
Kelly
The Finder
TV • 2012
Athena Brookes
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Jane Barrow
House of Lies
TV • 2012
Sandra Joy
Being Mary Jane
TV • 2013
Valerie
House
TV • 2004
Sharon
Rosewood
TV • 2015
Dr. Aubrey Joseph
Real Husbands of Hollywood
TV • 2013
Herself
Black Lightning
TV • 2018
Rebecca Montez
Second Time Around
TV • 2004
Amanda
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Fenna / Nidell
Altered Carbon
TV • 2018
Commission Leader
Being Mary Jane
TV • 2013
Valerie (voice)
Task
TV • 2025
Deputy D.A. Anne Pressman
Between Brothers
TV • 1997
Vanessa