Credits

• 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
• 2023 · Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? as self - archival footage
• 2023 · You Hurt My Feelings as Sylvia
• 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
• 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self
• 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Maude Brink (voice)
• 2020 · Beyond the Spotlight as
• 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• 2019 · Juanita as Kay-Rita
• 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Queen Bee (voice)
• 2017 · Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Narrator (voice)
• 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Mama Mabel
• 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Mama Mabel Stokes
• 2015 · Show Me a Hero as Norma O'Neal
• 2013 · The Watsons Go to Birmingham as Grandma Sands
• 2011 · Harry's Law as Noreen
• 2010 · Blue Bloods as Lt. Dee Ann Carver
• 2009 · Mother and Child as Carol
• 2007 · Blackout as Mrs. Thompson
• 2007 · All About Us as Cousin Bernice
• 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
• 2001 · 100 Centre Street as Atallah Sims
• 1999 · Once and Again as
• 1994 · Earth 2 as Alex Wentworth
• Future · Diamond as
• 2010 · The Black List: Volume Three as Self
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 2006 · Freedomland as Marie
• 2006 · The Water Is Wide as Edna
• 2005 · Criminal Minds as Caroline Lewis
• 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Diane Pierce
• 2003 · The Fighting Temptations as Paulina Pritchett
• 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
• 2001 · Within These Walls as Melinda Donovan
• 2000 · Boston Public as Sheila
• 2000 · Hairstory as
• 1999 · Judging Amy as Lena Railsback
• 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Auntie
• 1998 · U.S. Marshals as Cooper
• 1997 · Loved as Attorney Rose Jackson
• 1997 · Ally McBeal as Attorney Yvette Rose
• 1997 · Julian Po as
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
• 1996 · Lone Star as Priscilla Worth
• 1996 · The Deliverance of Elaine as Edna (as Latanya Richardson)
• 1995 · Losing Isaiah as Caroline Jones
• 1994 · Chicago Hope as
• 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
• 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
• 1994 · Party of Five as Jane Gideon
• 1994 · Midnight Run for Your Life as Det. Dixon
• 1994 · When a Man Loves a Woman as Dr. Gina Mendez
• 1993 · Shameful Secrets as Louise Levy
• 1993 · Sleepless in Seattle as Harriet
• 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
• 1992 · Lorenzo's Oil as Nurse Ruth
• 1992 · Malcolm X as Lorraine
• 1992 · Frannie's Turn as Vivian
• 1992 · The Nightman as Emily
• 1992 · Juice as Steel's Mother
• 1991 · Fried Green Tomatoes as Janeen
• 1990 · Law & Order as Lorraine
• 1990 · Law & Order as Anne Houston
• 1982 · Cheers as Moderator
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Edna Graves