Alfre Woodard

The Boroughs

as Judy

The Last Frontier

as Jacqueline Bradford

The Inquisitor

as Narration

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

Salem's Lot

as Dr. Cody

Summer Camp

as Mary

Monsieur Spade

as Virginia Dell

The Book of Clarence

as Mother Mary

Weathering

as Mum

Space Oddity

as Dr. Olsen

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

as Mimi (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

The Gray Man

as Margaret Cahill

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

as Alma Thomas (voice)

Fatherhood

as Marian

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

as Mary Parrish (voice)

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

as Self

Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Lilly Sloane (voice)

The Making of Clemency

as Herself

Clemency

as Warden Bernadine Williams

See

as Paris

The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

No Small Matter

as Narrator (voice)

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

Juanita

as Juanita

Saint Judy

as Judge Benton

Burning Sands

as Professor Hughes

A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Aunt Josephine

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

Marvel's Luke Cage

as Mariah Dillard

So B. It

as Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

Mississippi Grind

as Sam

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Knucklehead

as Sheila

A Path Appears

as Self

Empire

as Renee

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

State of Affairs

as President Constance Payton

Annabelle

as Evelyn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

The Last Ship

as Amy Granderson

12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

The Door

as E

Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser

Women, War & Peace

as Narrator (voice)

Memphis Beat

as Lieutenant Tanya Rice

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Black Panther

as Dondi Reece

Black Panther

as Dondi Reece (voice)

Three Rivers

as Dr. Sophia Jordan

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Medal of Honor

as Narrator

My Own Worst Enemy

as Mavis Heller

Reach for Me

as Evelyn

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

True Blood

as Ruby Jean Reynolds

American Violet

as Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown

Pictures of Hollis Woods

as Edna Reilly

Private Practice

as Dee Bennett

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

as Self - Narrator

Class of 3000

Rachael Ray

as Self - Guest

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

King Leopold's Ghost

as Ilanga (voice)

Take the Lead

as Augustine James

The Water Is Wide

as Mrs. Brown

Something New

as Joyce McQueen

Beauty Shop

as Ms. Josephine

Grey's Anatomy

as Justine Campbell

Desperate Housewives

as Betty Applewhite

The Forgotten

as Det. Anne Pope

Radio

as Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

as Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

as Mrs. Whatsit

The Core

as Stickley

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

as Medicine Woman (voice)

Disney's American Legends

Holiday Heart

as Wanda Dean

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

as Narrator

Lost Souls

as Dr. Allen

Static Shock

as Jean Hawkins (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

as Mary Parrish (voice)

John Henry

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball

as Camille Wright

What's Cooking?

as Audrey Williams

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Narrator (voice)

Mumford

as Lily

Funny Valentines

as Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

as Clara

The Underground Railroad

Down in the Delta

as Loretta Sinclair

The Wild Thornberrys

as Medicine Woman (voice)

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

as Narrator

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Maisie (voice)

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

as Narrator (voice)

The Practice

as Denise Freeman

Follow Me Home

as Evey

Miss Evers' Boys

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact

as Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

as Dr. Sadlin

The Daily Show

as Self

Primal Fear

as Shoat

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Tamara O'Neil

Gulliver's Travels

as Queen of Brobdingnag

How to Make an American Quilt

as Marianna

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Winsome (voice)

The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

Crooklyn

as Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

as Mrs. Marks

Blue Chips

as Lavada McRae

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Narrator

Bopha!

as Rosie Mangena

Frasier

as Edna (voice)

Heart and Souls

as Penny Washington

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Dr. Roxanne Turner

Passion Fish

as Chantelle

Rich in Love

as Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Ann

HBO First Look

as Self

Grand Canyon

as Jane

Blue Bayou

as Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

as Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker

as Popeye Jackson

Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

The Child Saver

as Andrea Crawford

Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Adrianne Moore

L.A. Law

as Adrianne Moore

Extremities

as Patricia

Puss in Boots

as Princess Lovinia

Sara

as Rozalyn Dupree

Words by Heart

as Claudie Sills

Black Hollywood

as Self

Sweet Revenge

as Vicki Teague

WonderWorks

as Claudie Sills

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Esther

The Killing Floor

as Mattie

Cross Creek

as Geechee

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

St. Elsewhere

as Roxanne Turner

Tucker's Witch

as Marcia Fulbright

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Self - Guest

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Princess Lovinia

Precious Blood

as Narrator

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

as Woman who lost her stuff

The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

The Sophisticated Gents

as Evelyn Evers

Hill Street Blues

HealtH

as Sally Benbow

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

Freedom Road

as Katie

The White Shadow

as Sandra Wilcox

The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

as Rita

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Brown

Hate to See You Go

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

as Self

The Thing That Hurts

Pockets of Heaven