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Fimografia

• 2024 - Salem's Lot as Dr. Cody
• 2024 - Summer Camp as Mary
• 2024 - The Book of Clarence as Mother Mary
• 2023 - Weathering as Mum
• 2023 - Space Oddity as Dr. Olsen
• 2022 - The Gray Man as Margaret Cahill
• 2021 - Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color as Alma Thomas (voice)
• 2021 - Un padre as Marian
• 2021 - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street as Mary Parrish (voice)
• 2020 - The Making of Clemency as Herself
• 2019 - Clemency as Warden Bernadine Williams
• 2019 - Il re leone as Sarabi (voice)
• 2019 - No Small Matter as Narrator (voice)
• 2019 - The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
• 2019 - Juanita as Juanita
• 2019 - Saint Judy as Judge Benton
• 2017 - Il codice del silenzio as Professor Hughes
• 2016 - Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Herself
• 2016 - So B. It as Bernadette
• 2016 - Captain America: Civil War as Miriam Sharpe
• 2015 - Mississippi Grind as Sam
• 2015 - Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
• 2015 - Knucklehead as Sheila
• 2015 - A Path Appears as Self
• 2014 - Annabelle as Evelyn
• 2014 - Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
• 2014 - And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
• 2013 - 12 anni schiavo as Mistress Shaw
• 2013 - The Door as E
• 2012 - Steel Magnolias - Fiori d'acciaio as Ouiser
• 2010 - Marvel Knights - Black Panther as Dondi Reece
• 2008 - Medal of Honor as Narrator
• 2008 - Reach for Me as Evelyn
• 2008 - Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys as Alice Evans
• 2008 - American Violet as Alma Roberts
• 2008 - Henry Box Brown
• 2007 - Il mondo di Hollis Woods as Edna Reilly
• 2007 - Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self - Narrator
• 2006 - King Leopold's Ghost as Ilanga (voice)
• 2006 - Ti va di ballare? as Augustine James
• 2006 - Something New as Joyce McQueen
• 2006 - The Water Is Wide as Mrs. Brown
• 2005 - Beauty Shop as Ms. Josephine
• 2004 - The Forgotten as Det. Anne Pope
• 2003 - Mi chiamano Radio as Principal Daniels
• 2003 - The Singing Detective as Chief of Staff
• 2003 - Viaggio nel mondo che non c'è as Mrs. Whatsit
• 2003 - The Core as Stickley
• 2003 - Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Narrator
• 2003 - Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
• 2002 - La famiglia della giungla as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
• 2002 - Searching for Debra Winger as Self
• 2001 - K-PAX - Da un altro mondo as Claudia Villars
• 2001 - The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Medicine Woman (voice)
• 2001 - Disney's American Legends
• 2000 - Holiday Heart as Wanda Dean
• 2000 - Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks as Narrator
• 2000 - Lost Souls - La profezia as Dr. Allen
• 2000 - The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as Mary Parrish (voice)
• 2000 - John Henry as Polly / Narrator (voice)
• 2000 - Dinosauri as Plio (voice)
• 2000 - Love & Basketball as Camille Wright
• 2000 - What's Cooking? as Audrey Williams
• 2000 - Eleanor Roosevelt as Narrator (voice)
• 1999 - Mumford as Lily
• 1999 - Funny Valentines as Joyce May
• 1999 - The Wishing Tree as Clara
• 1999 - The Underground Railroad
• 1998 - Una nuova vita as Loretta Sinclair
• 1997 - Il piccolo tostapane va a scuola as Maisie (voice)
• 1997 - Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Narrator
• 1997 - Follow Me Home as Evey
• 1997 - Il colore del sangue as Eunice Evers, R.N.
• 1997 - The Member of the Wedding as Berenice Sadie Brown
• 1996 - Primo contatto as Lily Sloane
• 1996 - Insieme verso il domani as Dr. Sadlin
• 1996 - Special Report: Journey to Mars as Tamara O'Neil
• 1996 - Schegge di paura as Shoat
• 1995 - Gli anni dei ricordi as Marianna
• 1995 - The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
• 1994 - Crooklyn as Carolyn Carmichael
• 1994 - Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Marks
• 1994 - Basta vincere as Lavada McRae
• 1994 - Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Narrator
• 1993 - Bopha! as Rosie Mangena
• 1993 - 4 fantasmi per un sogno as Penny Washington
• 1992 - Amori e amicizie as Chantelle
• 1992 - Cambiar vita as Rhody Poole
• 1992 - La pistola nella borsetta as Ann
• 1991 - Grand Canyon - Il cuore della città as Jane
• 1990 - Blue Bayou as Jessica Filley
• 1989 - A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story as Mary Thomas
• 1989 - Regina senza corona as Popeye Jackson
• 1988 - S.O.S. Fantasmi as Grace Cooley
• 1988 - The Child Saver as Andrea Crawford
• 1987 - Mandela as Winnie Mandela
• 1986 - Unnatural Causes as Maude DeVictor
• 1986 - L.A. Law: Pilot as Adrianne Moore
• 1986 - Oltre ogni limite as Patricia
• 1985 - Puss in Boots as Princess Lovinia
• 1985 - Go Tell It on the Mountain as Esther
• 1985 - Words by Heart as Claudie Sills
• 1984 - Black Hollywood as Self
• 1984 - Sweet Revenge as Vicki Teague
• 1984 - The Killing Floor as Mattie
• 1983 - La foresta silenziosa as Geechee
• 1982 - Precious Blood as Narrator
• 1982 - For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman who lost her stuff
• 1982 - The Ambush Murders as Karisha Ellsworth
• 1980 - HealtH as Sally Benbow
• 1979 - Freedom Road as Katie
• 1978 - The Trial of the Moke as Lucy Smith
• 1978 - Ricorda il mio nome as Rita
• 1970 - Hate to See You Go