
Anna Maria Horsford
Department: Acting
Biography
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).
Known For

Starstruck
1981

Bill
1981

Friday
1995

Presumed Innocent
1990

Class
1983

One Fine Day
1996

I Tried
2007

How High
2001

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000

Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
2021

Jacked Up
2001

Broken Bridges
2006

Set It Off
1996

Guarding Eddy
2004

Stone Pillow
1985

Love Child
1982

Directors on Directing
2009

C'mon Man
2012

An Almost Perfect Affair
1979

Justice
2004

A Madea Christmas
2013

A Case of Deadly Force
1986

Summer Switch
1984

Vacation Friends
2021

C.A.T. Squad
1986

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985

Me Time
2022

Widow's Kiss
1996

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996

Taken Away
1989

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992

Mr. Jones
1993

Friday After Next
2002

St. Elmo's Fire
1985

The Fan
1981

Dear God
1996

Will I See You Again?
2024

Times Square
1980

Baby Brokers
1994

A Doctor's Story
1984

Who Gets the Friends?
1988

Our Family Wedding
2010

Chasing the Blues
2018

Single AF
2018

Minority Report
2002

A Killer Among Us
1990

Street Smart
1987

Masquerade
2000

Crackers
1984

My Big Phat Hip Hop Family
2005

Ganked
2005

Heartburn
1986

Wigger
2010

Benny's Place
1982

Gridiron Gang
2006

Along Came a Spider
2001

Kiss the Girls
1997

Hollow Image
1979

Lockdown
2000

A Kindred Soul
2017

Gladys Brown
2017

At Face Value
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Jalen Vs. Everybody
2017

Deaf Heaven
1993

SUNNYSIDE UP
2019

Unexpected Christmas
2025

Grey's Anatomy
2005

The Wayans Bros.
1995

Amen
1986

POSE
2018

Street Gear
1994

Hacks
2021

Rhythm & Blues
1992

Tall Hopes
1993

The Wild Thornberrys
1998

Reed Between the Lines
2011

The Guardians of Justice
2022

New Girl
2011

Mom
2013

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990

B Positive
2020

Moesha
1996

The Shield
2002

The League
2009

The Conners
2018

The District
2000

The Bernie Mac Show
2001

I Feel Bad
2018

L.A. Law
1986

Entourage
2004

The Last O.G.
2018

Studio City
2019

7th Heaven
1996

American Dad!
2005

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005

History of the World: Part II
2023

Key & Peele
2012

Bel-Air
2022

L.A. Doctors
1998

The Soul Man
2012

Las Vegas
2003

No Good Deed
2024

Scrubs
2026