Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).
105 acting credits
Acting · 105
Grey's Anatomy
2005
American Dad!
2005
New Girl
2011
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Mom
2013
The Shield
2002
Entourage
2004
Hacks
2021
Las Vegas
2003
L.A. Law
1986
The District
2000
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Key & Peele
2012
7th Heaven
1996
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
The League
2009
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Moesha
1996
The Conners
2018
Bel-Air
2022
Scrubs
2026
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Friday
1995
POSE
2018
L.A. Doctors
1998
History of the World: Part II
2023
Minority Report
2002
The Last O.G.
2018
Amen
1986
The Soul Man
2012
B Positive
2020
No Good Deed
2024
Kiss the Girls
1997
Gridiron Gang
2006
Along Came a Spider
2001
I Feel Bad
2018
How High
2001
Heist
2006
Vacation Friends
2021
The Guardians of Justice
2022
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
Presumed Innocent
1990
Friday After Next
2002
Heartburn
1986
Studio City
2019
Set It Off
1996
Reed Between the Lines
2011
Me Time
2022
Class
1983
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
One Fine Day
1996
Mr. Jones
1993
A Madea Christmas
2013
Lockdown
2000
The Fan
1981
Our Family Wedding
2010
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
2021
Street Smart
1987
Unexpected Christmas
2025
Stone Pillow
1985
Dear God
1996
Times Square
1980
Rhythm & Blues
1992
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
Bill
1981
Crackers
1984
Tall Hopes
1993
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Chasing the Blues
2018
Widow's Kiss
1996
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982
Love Child
1982
Broken Bridges
2006
Hollow Image
1979
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992
Guarding Eddy
2004
C'mon Man
2012
A Doctor's Story
1984
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
Jacked Up
2001
Baby Brokers
1994
Who Gets the Friends?
1988
Masquerade
2000
C.A.T. Squad
1986
Ganked
2005
I Tried
2007
A Killer Among Us
1990
Justice
2004
Taken Away
1989
Summer Switch
1984
Starstruck
1981
Directors on Directing
2009
Street Gear
1994
Wigger
2010
Single AF
2018
Will I See You Again?
2024
At Face Value
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My Big Phat Hip Hop Family
2005
Benny's Place
1982
Gladys Brown
2017
Deaf Heaven
1993
Jalen Vs. Everybody
2017
A Kindred Soul
2017
SUNNYSIDE UP
2019