Credits

• 2023 · The Hidden Power of Purpose as Narrator
• 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
• 2022 · The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder as Myrtle (voice)
• 2022 · Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self
• 2022 · JANET JACKSON. as Self
• 2021 · Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self
• 2021 · Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous as Betty Samson
• 2020 · Cardi Tries as Self
• 2020 · Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker as Herself
• 2020 · Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance as Self
• 2019 · Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back as Self
• 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• 2018 · Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' as Self
• 2018 · American Tap as Self
• 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
• 2017 · S.W.A.T. as Charice Harrelson
• 2017 · Raven's Home as Great Aunt Maureen
• 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Dorothy
• 2014 · Jane the Virgin as Beverly Flores
• 2013 · A Star for Rose as Rose
• 2011 · A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy as Self
• 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
• 2009 · Fame as Ms. Angela Simms
• 2009 · Next Day Air as Ms. Jackson
• 2008 · Bring Back... Fame as Self
• 2007 · Tournament of Dreams as Rhonda Dillins
• 2006 · Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
• 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as
• 2005 · Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
• 2005 · So You Think You Can Dance as
• 2005 · Bring Back... as Self - Lydia Grant
• 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Catherine Fox
• 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Catherine Avery
• 2005 · Confessions of an Action Star as Self
• 2003 · All of Us as
• 2002 · The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo as Self (uncredited)
• 2002 · It's Black Entertainment as Self
• 2001 · The Painting as Bertha Lee Gilmore
• 2001 · All About You as
• 2001 · The Old Settler as Quilly McGrath
• 2001 · The Division as
• 2000 · Everything's Jake as Debbie Allen
• 1999 · Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker as Herself
• 1999 · Michael Jordan: An American Hero as Deloris Jordan
• 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
• 1996 · C Bear and Jamal as
• 1995 · Out-of-Sync as Manicurist
• 1995 · In the House as Jackie Warren
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Precious (voice)
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Lola (voice)
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Valerie Hill
• 1994 · Mona Must Die as Betty
• 1994 · Blank Check as Yvonne
• 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
• 1992 · Stompin' at the Savoy as Estelle
• 1991 · Sunday in Paris as
• 1991 · Sunday in Paris as Sunday Chase
• 1990 · Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella as Self
• 1989 · Quantum Leap as Joanna Chapman
• 1987 · A Different World as Dr. Langhorne
• 1987 · A Different World as Debbie Allen (uncredited)
• 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Michelle
• 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
• 1985 · Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
• 1984 · The Cosby Show as Emma
• 1984 · Celebrity as Regina Brown
• 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Carol Freeman
• 1983 · The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London as Self
• 1982 · Alice at the Palace as Red Queen
• 1982 · Fame as Lydia Grant
• 1981 · Ragtime as Sarah
• 1980 · Fame as Lydia
• 1979 · The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Ola
• 1979 · Ebony, Ivory and Jade as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
• 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Nan Branch Haley
• 1977 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Julie Sutton
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Selena Moore
• 1977 · 3 Girls 3 as Self
• 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
• 1974 · Good Times as
• 1971 · Great Performances as Self