(2001) K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

(1996) Star Trek: First Contact

as Lily Sloane

(1996) Primal Fear

as Shoat

(2000) Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

(1999) Mumford

as Lily

(2001) Disney's American Legends

as ---

(1995) How to Make an American Quilt

as Marianna

(2024) Summer Camp

as Mary

(2003) The Core

as Stickley

(1994) Crooklyn

as Carolyn Carmichael

(2006) Take the Lead

as Augustine James

(2003) A Wrinkle in Time

as Mrs. Whatsit

(1991) Grand Canyon

as Jane

(2003) Radio

as Principal Daniels

(2005) Beauty Shop

as Ms. Josephine

(1992) Passion Fish

as Chantelle

(1997) Follow Me Home

as Evey

(2002) The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

(2000) Love & Basketball

as Camille Wright

(2008) Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

(2023) Weathering

as Mum

(1992) The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Ann

(1984) Sweet Revenge

as Vicki Teague

(2008) Reach for Me

as Evelyn

(1980) HealtH

as Sally Benbow

(1978) Remember My Name

as Rita

(2013) 12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

(1993) Bopha!

as Rosie Mangena

(2000) Holiday Heart

as Wanda Dean

(1998) Down in the Delta

as Loretta Sinclair

(1985) Words by Heart

as Claudie Sills

(1983) Cross Creek

as Geechee

(1992) Rich in Love

as Rhody Poole

(1997) Miss Evers' Boys

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

(2012) Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser

(1997) The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown

(1985) Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Esther

(2001) The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

as Medicine Woman (voice)

(2023) Space Oddity

as Dr. Olsen

(1986) Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

(1989) A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

as Mary Thomas

(1987) Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

(1999) Funny Valentines

as Joyce May

(1989) Miss Firecracker

as Popeye Jackson

(2000) Lost Souls

as Dr. Allen

(1986) Extremities

as Patricia

(2014) Annabelle

as Evelyn

(2015) Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

(1994) Blue Chips

as Lavada McRae

(2013) The Door

as E

(2015) Mississippi Grind

as Sam

(2004) The Forgotten

as Det. Anne Pope

(2014) Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

(2000) What's Cooking?

as Audrey Williams

(2016) So B. It

as Bernadette

(1982) The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

(2003) The Singing Detective

as Chief of Staff

(2015) Knucklehead

as Sheila

(2024) The Book of Clarence

as Mother Mary

(2015) A Path Appears

as Self

(2008) Medal of Honor

as Narrator

(2000) John Henry

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

(1997) Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

as Narrator (voice)

(1979) Freedom Road

as Katie

(2007) Pictures of Hollis Woods

as Edna Reilly

(1988) Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

(2016) Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

(1982) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

as Woman who lost her stuff

(2017) Burning Sands

as Professor Hughes

(1996) A Step Toward Tomorrow

as Dr. Sadlin

(2006) The Water Is Wide

as Mrs. Brown

(1995) The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

(2008) American Violet

as Alma Roberts

(2016) Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

(1978) The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

(2019) The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

(2003) Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Narrator

(1999) The Wishing Tree

as Clara

(1985) Puss in Boots

as Princess Lovinia

(2006) King Leopold's Ghost

as Ilanga (voice)

(1984) The Killing Floor

as Mattie

(2003) Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

as ---

(2010) Black Panther

as Dondi Reece

(2008) Henry Box Brown

as ---

(2019) Saint Judy

as Judge Benton

(2019) Clemency

as Warden Bernadine Williams

(1996) Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Tamara O'Neil

(2019) Juanita

as Juanita

(2021) Fatherhood

as Marian

(2019) The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

as ---

(1993) Heart and Souls

as Penny Washington

(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

(2000) The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

as Mary Parrish (voice)

(2000) Eleanor Roosevelt

as Narrator (voice)

(1994) Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Narrator

(1994) Aliens for Breakfast

as Mrs. Marks

(2020) The Making of Clemency

as Herself

(2000) Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

as Narrator

(1999) The Underground Railroad

as ---

(1988) The Child Saver

as Andrea Crawford

(2019) No Small Matter

as Narrator (voice)

(2007) Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

as Self - Narrator

(1990) Blue Bayou

as Jessica Filley

(2002) Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

(2022) The Gray Man

as Margaret Cahill

(2006) Something New

as Joyce McQueen

(1984) Black Hollywood

as Self

(1982) Precious Blood

as Narrator

(1997) The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Maisie (voice)

(1986) L.A. Law: Pilot

as Adrianne Moore

(2021) Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

as Alma Thomas (voice)

(2021) Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

as Mary Parrish (voice)

Hate to See You Go

as ---

(2024) Salem's Lot

as Dr. Cody

(2004) Desperate Housewives

as Betty Applewhite

(1986) L.A. Law

as Adrianne Moore

(2000) Static Shock

as Jean Hawkins (voice)

(2006) Class of 3000

as ---

(1981) Hill Street Blues

as ---

(1993) Frasier

as Edna (voice)

(1997) The Practice

as Denise Freeman

(2008) My Own Worst Enemy

as Mavis Heller

(1982) Tucker's Witch

as Marcia Fulbright

(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street

as ---

(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street

as Dr. Roxanne Turner

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Brown

(1978) The White Shadow

as Sandra Wilcox

(2008) True Blood

as Ruby Jean Reynolds

(1996) Gulliver's Travels

as Queen of Brobdingnag

(1980) Palmerstown, U.S.A.

as ---

(2009) Three Rivers

as Dr. Sophia Jordan

(2010) Black Panther

as Dondi Reece (voice)

(1953) The Oscars

as Self

(1977) What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

as ---

(1984) WonderWorks

as ---

(1985) Sara

as Rozalyn Dupree

(2010) Memphis Beat

as Lieutenant Tanya Rice

(1998) The Wild Thornberrys

as Medicine Woman (voice)

(2011) Women, War & Peace

as Narrator (voice)

(2014) State of Affairs

as President Constance Payton

(2014) The Last Ship

as Amy Granderson

(1996) The Daily Show

as Self

(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre

as Self - Guest

(2016) Marvel's Luke Cage

as Mariah Dillard

(2017) A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Aunt Josephine

(1983) Reading Rainbow

as Herself - Narrator (voice)

(2010) Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

(1988) American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre

as Princess Lovinia

(2015) Empire

as Renee

(2024) Monsieur Spade

as Virginia Dell

(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Winsome (voice)

(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Last Frontier

as Bradford

(2006) Rachael Ray

as Self

(2023) Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

as Mimi Lafayette (voice)

(2005) Grey's Anatomy

as Justine Campbell

(2019) See

as Paris

(1981) The Sophisticated Gents

as Evelyn Evers

(1992) HBO First Look

as Self

The Boroughs

as Judy

(2006) The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

(2020) Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Lilly Sloane (voice)

(2014) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

(2007) Private Practice

as Dee Bennett