Credits

• 2026 · Forever, This Ring as
• 2026 · M.I.A. as Aunt Judith
• 2026 · Three Colors: Pan-African as Nana
• 2025 · Deck the Hallways as Agnes
• 2025 · Lost & Found in Cleveland as Joy Morris
• 2024 · Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love as Miss Mimi
• 2023 · A Snowy Day in Oakland as Jeanette
• 2022 · All I Didn't Want for Christmas as Lorraine
• 2022 · Mack & Rita as Sharon
• 2022 · A Doutora Faz 10 Anos as Hallie (voice)
• 2021 · The Starling as Velma
• 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
• 2021 · Queen Bees as Sally
• 2020 · Always and Forever as Elda
• 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
• 2019 · A Sweet Christmas Romance as Loretta
• 2019 · The Trap as Mama Jay
• 2019 · Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
• 2018 · Jingle Belle as Emory Simons
• 2018 · Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend as Self
• 2016 · Grandma's House as
• 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
• 2015 · Welcome to Me as Barb Vaughn
• 2014 · Comeback Dad as Malinda
• 2014 · Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way as Hallie
• 2011 · Jumping the Broom as Mrs. Taylor
• 2011 · Madea's Big Happy Family as Shirley
• 2010 · Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as
• 2010 · For Colored Girls as Juanita / Green
• 2009 · Spring Breakdown as Dr. Marguerite
• 2007 · Cougar Club as Dolly
• 2006 · Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Addie Collins
• 2005 · King's Ransom as Miss Gladys
• 2001 · Kingdom Come as Marguerite Slocumb
• 2000 · Freedom Song as Evelyn Walker
• 2000 · Punks as Health Counselor
• 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Ruby Dandridge
• 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Connie Harper
• 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Mary
• 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Ula
• 1991 · Caged Fear as Judy
• 1988 · Little Nikita as Verna McLaughlin
• Future · Legally Mad as Jeanette Harris
• Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
• 1989 · Parent Trap III as Thelma
• Future · That's Her as
• 2025 · The Christmas Showdown as Hen
• 2025 · Finding Faith as Helen
• 2024 · Holidazed as Linda Lewin
• 2024 · Doctor Odyssey as Jill Manafort
• 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
• 2024 · Bull Street as Mrs. Big-Gal
• 2023 · Lucille as Lucille
• 2023 · Young Love as Gigi Young (voice)
• 2023 · Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In! as Hallie (voice)
• 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Irene (voice)
• 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
• 2021 · Christmas Déjà Vu as Crystal
• 2021 · Christmas in Harmony as Mama
• 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
• 2021 · Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem as Angela
• 2020 · Spell as Eloise
• 2020 · Connecting... as Dayleen
• 2020 · GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event as Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
• 2020 · P-Valley as Ernestine
• 2020 · RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race as Fabulosity - Contestant
• 2019 · Postmarked as Hattie
• 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
• 2019 · The Tamron Hall Show as Self - Guest
• 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Marrier
• 2019 · Family Reunion as M'Dear
• 2018 · The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special as Hallie (voice)
• 2018 · Behind the Movement as Jo Ann Robinson
• 2018 · Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Ms. Thomson
• 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Sea Cow (voice)
• 2017 · Violets as Marcy
• 2017 · Naked as Carol
• 2017 · Dear White People as Sorbet (voice)
• 2017 · Chapter & Verse as Miss Maddy
• 2016 · No Regrets as Ms. Carey
• 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Self
• 2016 · Caged No More as Aggie
• 2016 · Norm of the North as Tamecia (voice)
• 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Cynthia Carmichael
• 2015 · For the Love of Ruth as Naomi
• 2015 · Back to School Mom as Meghan Graham
• 2015 · Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie as Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
• 2014 · A Very Larry Christmas as Mrs. Claus
• 2014 · You're Not You as Marilyn
• 2014 · black-ish as Lynette
• 2014 · Sirens as Hank's Mother
• 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Doris
• 2013 · The Doc Files as Hallie (voice)
• 2013 · Khumba as Mama V (voice)
• 2012 · In the Hive as Mrs. Inez
• 2012 · The Soul Man as Della Ballentine
• 2012 · The Client List as Georgia Cummings
• 2012 · Doc McStuffins as Nurse Hallie (voice)
• 2012 · Doc McStuffins as Hattie (voice)
• 2011 · Politics of Love as Shirlee Gupta
• 2011 · State of Georgia as Honey Dupree
• 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Delta (voice)
• 2010 · Shake It Up as Marsha Sanders
• 2010 · Lottery Ticket as Grandma
• 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Miss Roberts
• 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Cynthia
• 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
• 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
• 2009 · Glee as Sister Mary Constance
• 2009 · Party Down as Diane Ellison
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
• 2008 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Delta (voice)
• 2008 · Eli Stone as Patti Dellacroix
• 2008 · First Sunday as Sister Doris
• 2007 · This Christmas as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
• 2006 · Dreamgirls as Jazz Singer
• 2006 · Dirty Laundry as Evelyn
• 2006 · Psych as Melba Birdson
• 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as Maxine
• 2005 · Supernatural as Missouri Moseley
• 2005 · Crash as Shaniqua Johnson
• 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
• 2004 · Boston Legal as Judge Victoria Thomson
• 2004 · Boston Legal as Annabelle Carruthers
• 2004 · Woman Thou Art Loosed as Cassey Jordan
• 2003 · Cold Case as Chandra Patterson (2009)
• 2003 · Wild Card as M. Pearl McGuire
• 2002 · Half & Half as Erika Duke
• 2002 · Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs as
• 2001 · I Am Sam as Margaret Calgrove
• 2000 · What Women Want as Flo
• 2000 · Boston Public as Marla Hendricks
• 2000 · Urban Legends: Final Cut as Reese
• 2000 · Girlfriends as Judge Vashti Jackson
• 2000 · Strong Medicine as
• 2000 · Best Actress as Connie Travers
• 1999 · Love Kills as Sylvia Finkelstein
• 1999 · Family Law as Gloria Rivers
• 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
• 1999 · The Breaks as Floria
• 1999 · Funny Valentines as Dearie B.
• 1999 · The PJs as Muriel Stubbs (voice)
• 1998 · Down in the Delta as Zenia
• 1998 · Urban Legend as Reese Wilson
• 1997 · Lover Girl as Leticia / 'Coco'
• 1997 · Clover as Everleen
• 1997 · Ally McBeal as Nora Mills
• 1997 · Hoodlum as Pigfoot Mary
• Future · Baby of the Family as Delores
• 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Jackee
• 1996 · The Preacher's Wife as Beverly
• 1996 · Promised Land as Tonya Hawkins
• 1996 · Moesha as Steph
• 1995 · Waiting to Exhale as Gloria
• 1995 · Ned & Stacey as Mrs. Duncan
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Mother (voice)
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Tonya Hawkins
• 1993 · The American Clock as
• 1992 · Love & War as
• 1992 · Out All Night as Crystal
• 1992 · Class Act as Blade's Mom
• 1991 · Livin' Large! as Nadine Biggs
• 1991 · Roc as
• 1991 · Roc as Cynthia
• 1991 · The Colored Museum as Janine
• 1990 · Cop Rock as
• 1990 · Cop Rock as Juror
• 1990 · Sugar and Spice as
• 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Bertha
• 1988 · Murphy Brown as Nurse Hawking
• 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Diane
• 1988 · The Murder of Mary Phagan as Annie Maude Carter
• 1987 · A Different World as Stevie Rallen
• 1983 · Anna to the Infinite Power as Mrs. Benson
• Future · Break the Cycle as
• 1981 · Will as Jean
• 1971 · Great Performances as Janine