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- The Personal History of Rachel DuPree → Rachel Dupree
- Small Great Things
- I Almost Forgot About You → Dr. Georgia Young
- Two Butterflies
- Ally Clark → Ally Clark
- House of Games
- Children of Blood and Bone → Mama Agba
- Number One on the Call Sheet (TV) → Self
- G20 → President Danielle Sutton
- The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality → Narration
- Kung Fu Panda 4 → The Chameleon (voice)
- Hot Ones Versus (TV) → Self
- Creature Commandos (TV) → Amanda Waller (voice)
- Hollywood Black (TV) → Self (archive footage)
- Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes → Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
- Air → Deloris Jordan
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes → Dr. Volumnia Gaul
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV) → Self
- Peacemaker (TV) → Amanda Waller (uncredited)
- Black Adam → Amanda Waller (uncredited)
- The First Lady (TV) → Michelle Obama
- The Woman King → Nanisca
- Food 2050 → Self - Narrator (voice)
- Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event → Self
- The Suicide Squad → Amanda Waller
- C ce soir, le débat (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Unforgivable → Liz Ingram
- Celebrity IOU (TV) → Self
- Dear... (TV) → Self
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → Ma Rainey
- Giving Voice → Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV) → Self
- Troop Zero → Miss Rayleen
- On Broadway → Self (archive footage)
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" → Florida Evans
- Operation Othello → Narrator
- A Touch of Sugar → Narrator
- Widows → Veronica Rawlings
- Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal → Self (archive footage)
- Suicide Squad → Amanda Waller
- Fences → Rose Maxson
- Custody → Martha Schulman
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self - Guest
- Hot Ones (TV) → Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (TV) → Self
- Blackhat → Carol Barrett
- Lila & Eve → Lila Walcott
- August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand → Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV) → Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV) → Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV) → Self - Guest
- How to Get Away with Murder (TV) → Annalise Keating
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (TV) → Self
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them → Professor Lillian Friedman
- Get On Up → Susie Brown
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her → Professor Lillian Friedman
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him → Professor Lillian Friedman
- Sofia the First (TV) → Helen Hanshaw (voice)
- Prisoners → Nancy Birch
- Ender's Game → Major Gwen Anderson
- Beautiful Creatures → Amma Treadeau
- Love, Marilyn → Self
- Scandal (TV) → Annalise Keating
- Won't Back Down → Nona Alberts
- The Help → Aibileen Clark
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close → Abby Black
- Knight and Day → CIA Director Isabel George
- Eat Pray Love → Delia Shiraz
- Trust → Gail Friedman
- It's Kind of a Funny Story → Dr. Eden Minerva
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV) → Self - Guest
- United States of Tara (TV)
- Law Abiding Citizen → Mayor April Henry
- State of Play → Dr. Judith Franklin
- Beyond All Boundaries → Hortense Johnson
- Madea Goes to Jail → Ellen
- Doubt: Stage to Screen → Self
- The Andromeda Strain (TV) → Dr. Charlene Barton
- Doubt → Mrs. Miller
- Nights in Rodanthe → Jean
- The Graham Norton Show (TV) → Self
- Traveler (TV) → Agent Jan Marlow
- Disturbia → Detective Parker
- Jesse Stone: Sea Change → Molly Crane
- Brothers and Sisters (TV) → Ellen Snyder
- World Trade Center → Mother in Hospital
- Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise → Molly Crane
- Jesse Stone: Night Passage → Officer Molly Crane
- The Architect → Tonya Neely
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays → Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
- Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story → Diane Barrino
- Threshold (TV)
- Syriana → CIA Chairwoman
- Get Rich or Die Tryin' → Grandma
- Stone Cold → Molly Crane
- Century City (TV)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) → Self
- Without a Trace (TV) → Audrey Williams
- Hack (TV) → Stevie Morgan
- Live from E! (TV) → Self
- Solaris → Gordon
- Far from Heaven → Sybil
- Antwone Fisher → Eva May
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV) → Terry Randolph
- The Guardian (TV) → Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
- The Division (TV) → Dr. Georgia Davis
- Ocean's Eleven → Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
- Kate & Leopold → Policewoman
- The Shrink Is In → Robin
- Amy & Isabelle → Dottie
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV) → Attorney Campbell
- Traffic → Social Worker
- City of Angels (TV) → Lynnette Peeler
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV) → Donna Emmett
- Third Watch (TV) → Margo Rodriguez
- Judging Amy (TV) → Celeste
- Providence (TV) → Dr. Eleanor Weiss
- Out of Sight → Moselle
- The Pentagon Wars → Sgt. Fanning
- Grace & Glorie → Rosemary Allbright
- Miss Apprehension and Squirt → Sharon Hughes
- The Practice (TV) → Aisha Crenshaw
- The View (TV) → Self - Guest
- The View (TV) → Self
- The Substance of Fire → Nurse
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (TV) → Self
- NYPD Blue (TV) → Woman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Simpsons (TV) → Narrator (voice)
- CBS News Sunday Morning (TV) → Self
- 60 Minutes (TV) → Self
- The Grammys (TV) → Self
- Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- The Oscars (TV) → Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Rosemary Allbright
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee