caption children birth_name birth_place imagesize othername birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title education name occupation
richardson in 2012 . 2 salli elise richardson chicago , illinois , u.s. 240px salli richardson-whitfield 23 november 1967 dondre whitfield 2002 1991 -- present salli_richardson-whitfield_2 . jpg salli richardson
 university of chicago laboratory schools salli richardson actress
salli richardson

salli elise richardson -lrb- born november 23 , 1967 -rrb- is an american television and film actress .
richardson is best known for her role as dr. allison blake on the syfy comedy-drama series `` eureka '' -lrb- 2006 -- 2012 -rrb- .
she is also known for her voice acting as elisa maza on the disney animated series `` gargoyles '' -lrb- 1994 -- 1996 -rrb- , and as viveca foster on the cbs series `` family law '' -lrb- 1999-2002 -rrb- .
richardson also has appeared in the number of films such as `` a low down dirty shame '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , `` the great white hype '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` antwone fisher '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , '' '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- and `` i am legend '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
she had leading roles in the independent films `` pastor brown '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- and `` i will follow '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
