Disney's American Legends

Crooklyn

Character : Carolyn Carmichael

Down in the Delta

Character : Loretta Sinclair

Miss Evers' Boys

Character : Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

Character : Berenice Sadie Brown

Knucklehead

Character : Sheila

Clemency

Character : Warden Bernadine Williams

Juanita

Character : Juanita

Dinosaur

Character : Plio (voice)

Passion Fish

Character : Chantelle

The Family That Preys

Character : Alice Pratt

Reach for Me

Character : Evelyn

Holiday Heart

Character : Wanda Dean

Steel Magnolias

Character : Ouiser

Unnatural Causes

Character : Maude DeVictor

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

Character : Mary Thomas

Funny Valentines

Character : Joyce May

Medal of Honor

Character : Narrator

John Henry

Character : Polly / Narrator (voice)

So B. It

Character : Bernadette

Burning Sands

Character : Professor Hughes

The Trial of the Moke

Character : Lucy Smith

The Wishing Tree

Character : Clara

The Killing Floor

Character : Mattie

Henry Box Brown

American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt

Character : Narrator

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Character : Narrator

The Underground Railroad

The Child Saver

Character : Andrea Crawford

No Small Matter

Character : Narrator (voice)

Blue Bayou

Character : Jessica Filley

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

Character : Voice of Alma Thomas

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Character : Mary Parrish (voice)

Extremities

Character : Patricia

Radio

Character : Principle Daniels

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Character : Ann

Bopha!

Character : Rosie Mangena

Mandela

Character : Winnie Mandela

Miss Firecracker

Character : Popeye Jackson

The Door

Character : E

The Ambush Murders

Character : Kariha Ellsworth

The Water Is Wide

Character : Mrs. Brown

The Piano Lesson

Character : Berniece Charles

King Leopold's Ghost

Character : Ilanga (voice)

Fatherhood

Character : Marian

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

Heart and Souls

Character : Penny Washington

The Making of Clemency

Character : Herself

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

Character : Narrator

K-PAX

Character : Claudia Villars

Primal Fear

Character : Judge Miriam Shoat

Mumford

Character : Lily

Take the Lead

Character : Augustine James

Annabelle

Character : Evelyn

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Character : Edna Reilly

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Character : Tamara O'Neil

Precious Blood

Character : Narrator

Hate to See You Go

Beauty Shop

Character : Ms. Josephine

Love & Basketball

Character : Camille Wright

Cross Creek

Character : Geechee

Blue Chips

Character : Lavada McRae

The Forgotten

Character : Det. Anne Pope

What's Cooking?

Character : Audrey Williams

A Step toward Tomorrow

Character : Dr. Sadlin

The Lion King

Character : Sarabi (voice)

Grand Canyon

Character : Jane

Puss in Boots

Character : Princess Lovinia

Black Panther

Character : Dondi Reece

Saint Judy

Character : Judge Benton

How to Make an American Quilt

Character : Marianna

Remember My Name

Character : Rita

Health

Character : Sally Benbow

Words by Heart

Character : Claudie Sills

Salem's Lot

Character : Dr. Cody

Rich in Love

Character : Rhody Poole

Mississippi Grind

Character : Bookmaker

A Path Appears

Character : Herself

Scrooged

Character : Grace Cooley

American Violet

Character : Alma Roberts

Black Hollywood

Character : Self

Star Trek: First Contact

Character : Lily Sloane

The Singing Detective

Character : Chief of Staff

Aliens for Breakfast

The Gray Man

Character : Margaret Cahill

A Wrinkle in Time

Character : Mrs. Whatsit

Lost Souls

Character : Dr. Allen

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Character : Herself

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Character : Narrator

Freedom Road

Character : Katie

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Character : Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

12 Years a Slave

Character : Mistress Shaw

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Character : Maisie (voice)

L.A. Law: Pilot

Character : Adrianne Moore

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Character : Mary Parrish (voice)

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

Character : Self - Narrator

Searching for Debra Winger

Character : Self

Something New

Character : Joyce McQueen

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Character : Esther

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

Character : Medicine Woman (voice)

The Core

Character : Stickley

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

Character : Woman who lost her stuff

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Captain America: Civil War

Character : Miriam Sharpe

And the Oscar Goes To...

Character : Self (archive footage)

Class of 3000

The Practice

Character : Denise Freeman

Homicide: Life on the Street

Character : Dr. Roxanne Turner

The White Shadow

True Blood

Character : Ruby Jean Reynolds

WonderWorks

Desperate Housewives

Character : Betty Applewhite

L.A. Law

Static Shock

Character : Jean Hawkins (voice)

Frasier

Character : Edna (voice)

Hill Street Blues

Homicide: Life on the Street

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Character : Mrs. Brown

Tucker's Witch

My Own Worst Enemy

Character : Mavis Heller

The Megan Mullally Show

Gulliver's Travels

Character : Queen of Brobdingnag

Three Rivers

Character : Dr. Sophia Jordan

Black Panther

Character : Dondi Reece (voice)

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

The Oscars

Character : Self

What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

Sara

Character : Rozalyn Dupree

State of Affairs

Character : President Constance Payton

True Blood

Character : Ruby

The Last Ship

Character : Amy Granderson

Memphis Beat

Character : Lieutenant Tanya Rice

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Character : Aunt Josephine

Marvel's Luke Cage

Character : Mariah Dillard

Faerie Tale Theatre

Character : Princess Lovinia

American Experience

Character : Narrator (voice)

Empire

Character : Renee

Rachael Ray

Character : Self

See

Character : Paris

HBO First Look

Character : Self

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Character : Mimi (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

Character : Medicine Woman (voice)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Character : Self