Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford is one of the most versatile actresses in Hollywood, playing roles from profoundly dramatic to gut busting comedy.
Born to parents from Antigua & Barbuda in the West Indies, Horsford was raised in Harlem New York with a broader view of the world beyond the shores of Amerca. She graduated from the New York High School of Performing Arts and attended college in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Horsford actually began her professional career behind the camera as a producer for the PBS show, Soul! , an all-black weekly variety show that showcased internationally known funk, jazz and soul musicians as well as interviews with prominent world politicians and writers.
Horsfords breadth and depth of talent keeps her from the throes of type-casting (see filmography). She is perhaps best known for her role as Thelma Frye on the sitcom Amen and her role as Craig Jones' mother, Betty Jones, in the 1995 classic comedy, Friday. She has played myriad characters on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,Sparks, Moesha, The Bernie Mac Show, The Shield, Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris and The Wayans Bros as "Dee Baxter" the lovable security guard. She has appeared on the dramas Judging Amy and Grey's Anatomy.
Horsford also played the role of Miss Annie in the acclaimed Tim Reid directed movie Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored.
In Wigger, Horsford brings her genius to the role of Antoines mother, Ruth.
