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Early life. Richardson was born in Chicago, Illinois. [3] Her mother is of African American ancestry (with distant Cherokee roots), and her father was of English and Italian descent. [4] She played tennis in high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, and launched her acting career in the Kuumba Workshop theater there; she ...
Dec 27, 2011 · Salli Richardson is an American actress and director with English, Italian and African-American ancestry. She has stated that her mother has Native American ancestry, but it is not clear if this has been verified.
Her mother Marcia Harris is African American/Native American (Cherokee) and her father Duel Richardson, who is the director of Neighborhood Relations/Educational Programs and Office of Community Affairs for the University of Chicago, is Caucasian (English/Italian).
- Actress, Director, Producer
- November 23, 1967
May 23, 2018 · As a woman of mixed African, Caucasian, and Native American descent, Richardson's ethnic ambiguity has allowed her to play characters of a variety of ethnic origins from Native American to Hispanic. She has performed in a number of recurring roles in television series, including Gargoyles, CSI: Miami, and the hit science fiction series Eureka.
Born on November 23, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Salli Richardson is the daughter of Duel Richardson and Marcia Harris. She is English and Italian from her father’s side and African American and Native American (Cherokee) from her mother’s. She has three brothers, Nalin, Chad, and Josh.
Salli Richardson is an American actress and director of multiracial descent. She is of Italian and English on her father's side, and of African American and Native American on her mother's side.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield is a 30-year industry veteran. She has been featured in 20+ major motion pictures and has starred opposite a number of Hollywood's top actors, including Samuel L. Jackson in 'The Great White Hype', Denzel Washington in 'Antwone Fisher', and Will Smith in 'I Am Legend'.
