Biography
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress best known for her roles in television sitcoms for her appearances in the NBC sitcom Amen and in the WB sitcom The Wayans Brothers. She played A.D.A. Beth Encardi on the FX crime drama The Shield, and Vivienne Avant on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, for which she received Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017.
Age
She is 76 years old as of 6 March 2024. She was born in 1948 in New York, New York, United States.
Family – Education
Horsford was born to Victor Horsford, an investment real estate trader originally from Barbuda, and Lillian Agatha (née Richardson) Horsford, who had relocated from Antigua and Barbuda in the 1940s. She was raised in a family of five children. Horsford attended both Wadleigh Junior High School and the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, she began acting with the Harlem Youth for Change program. Her first work after high school was with Joe Papp’s Public Theater, performing in Coriolanus at the Delacorte in Central Park.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73m).
The Guardians of Justice
She appeared as Francine, a veteran comedian who is an old friend of Deborah in the American comedy-drama television series Hacks. Deborah Vance, a famed Las Vegas stand-up comedy queen, must reinvent her aging act or risk losing her residency at the Palmetto Casino.
Ava is a young comedy writer who can’t find work because of an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and pompous. When Ava’s agent assigns her to work as Deborah’s new head writer, the two gradually bond as Ava encourages her new employer to take more risks and Deborah, in turn, assists Ava in working through her own issues.
The sitcom gained critical praise and won several awards, including Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing, and Smart, Outstanding Lead Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Television sitcom – Musical or Comedy.
Method & Red
She appeared as Dorothy in the American television sitcom Method & Red. Method Man and Redman, hip hop recording artists, go to a mostly white suburb in New Jersey in an attempt to win over their new neighbors. They are facing eviction for breaking neighborhood association rules, and Keith Debeetham, a magazine writer, is challenging them.
They assure Skyler they’ll go to his birthday celebration, but Lil Bit tells them not to look too hood. As Dorothea’s 25th anniversary approaches, Redman promises that Chaka Khan will perform at her party. Meanwhile, Nancy plays Kenny Loggins songs, which irritates Meth. Meth and Red use the neighborhood’s power to turn off their home. They face a neighborhood regulation that prohibits exotics, and they become Presidents of the Neighborhood Association. However, Nancy fails to advise them of the law, and they become power-hungry, engaging in crazy antics and having fun, with the exception of amending the legislation about Dorthy’s tree.
The Last O.G
She appeared as Roberta in the American comedy television series The Last O.G. Tray is a former convict who is released from prison for good behavior after spending fifteen years. He returns to his old Brooklyn neighborhood to discover that it has been gentrified. Shannon, his ex-girlfriend (nicknamed Shay-Shay), is now married to Josh and has twin twins, Amira and Shahzad. Tray tries to change his life and become a better father with the help of Mullins, the owner of a halfway house, and his cousin Bobby.
Anna Maria Horsford
She appeared as Francine, a veteran comedian who is an old friend of Deborah in the American comedy-drama television series Hacks. Deborah Vance, a famed Las Vegas stand-up comedy queen, must reinvent her aging act or risk losing her residency at the Palmetto Casino. Ava is a young comedy writer who can’t find work because of an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and pompous. When Ava’s agent assigns her to work as Deborah’s new head writer, the two gradually bond as Ava encourages her new employer to take more risks and Deborah, in turn, assists Ava in working through her own issues.
Movies
♦ 2022 – Me Time
♦ 2021 – Vacation Friends
♦ 2021 – The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
♦ 2018 – The Choir Director
♦ 2018 – Single AF
♦ 2017 – Gladys Brown
♦ 2017 – Chasing the Blues
♦ 2017 – A Kindred Soul
♦ 2013 – Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
♦ 2012 – C’mon Man
♦ 2010 – Our Family Wedding
♦ 2010 – Wigger
♦ 2007 – Trade
♦ 2007 – I Tried
♦ 2006 – Gridiron Gang
♦ 2006 – Broken Bridges
TV Shows
♦ 2023 – History of the World, Part II
♦ 2023 – Bel-Air
♦ 2022 – The Guardians of Justice
♦ 2021 – Hacks
♦ 2021 – Pose
♦ 2021-22 – B Positive
♦ 2020 – Sunnyside Up
♦ 2020 – The Conners
♦ 2020 – Ghost Tape
♦ 2020-22 – Studio City
♦ 2019-21 – The Last O.G.
♦ 2018 – I Feel Bad
♦ 2018-19 – Mom
♦ 2017 – New Girl
♦ 2015 – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
♦ 2015 – The Soul Man
♦ 2015-18 – The Bold and The Beautiful
♦ 2012 – Key and Peele
♦ 2012 – The League
♦ 2012 – New Girl