- Co-starred with Denzel Washington, in the Broadway revival of "Raisin in the Sun," for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress. LaTanya replaced Diahann Carroll who dropped out of the production.
- Daughter Zoe attends Vassar College. (January 2002)
- Earned a Bachelor's Degree in Theater from Spelman College and a Master's Degree in Drama from New York University.
- Second cousin of Justin Guarini, runner-up on American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002).
- Was a member with her future husband Samuel L. Jackson of the children's improv troupe of the Academy Theatre, the first integrated theater in the South.
- Daughter: Zoe Jackson (b. 1982).
- Recorded backing vocals on a record for The Commodores.
- Co-founder of the Just US Theater Company in Atlanta along with Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Nunn and Albert Cooper.
- Directed the short film, Hairstory (2000), which was written by Tish Benson.
- Daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Jackson.
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