Salli Richardson Whitfield

Short Biography

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known primarily for her voice acting on Gargoyles, and Eureka. Richardson-Whitfield was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of an African American mother and an Irish American father. Her father, Duel Richardson, is the director of Neighborhood Relations/Educational Programs and Office of Community Affairs for the University of Chicago. Richardson`s acting credits include:Posse, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has also 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. She is best known by animation fans as the voice of Elisa Maza (a character who is also both African American and Native American) on the animated series Gargoyles. Currently she is cast as Department of Defense agent (and later head of Global Dynamics) Allison Blake in the television series Eureka, which airs on the SciFi Channel. Her second pregnancy was written into the storyline of the series. She appeared in the 2007 zombie film I Am Legend alongside Will Smith.On September 8, 2002, Richardson married long-time boyfriend and fellow actor Dondre Whitfield. She and Whitfield have one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield and one son, Dre Terrell Whitfield (born January 24, 2009). Before marrying Whitfield, she dated Matthew McConaughey and Tupac Shakur.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salli_Richardson