Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | The American Revolution (2025) · as (voice) |
| 2025 | The Incredible Gassy Movie · as Chris's Mom |
| 2023 | You Hurt My Feelings · as Sylvia |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars · as Maude Brink (voice) |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Juanita · as Kay-Rita |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island · as Queen Bee (voice) |
| 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Rebel (2017) · as Detective Traylynn Jones |
| 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 | All About Us · as Cousin BerniceOn Plex |
| 2007 | Blackout · as Mrs. Thompson |
| 2007 | Damages · as Judge Jaclynn Ellis |
| 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 | |
| 2001 | Within These Walls · as Melinda DonovanOn Plex |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street · as Atallah Sims |
| 2000 | Boston Public · as Sheila |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Judging Amy · as Lena Railsback |
| 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge · as Auntie |
| 1998 | Any Day Now · as Mrs. Walker |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals · as Cooper |
| 1997 | Loved · as Attorney Rose Jackson |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal · as Attorney Yvette Rose |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Lone Star · as Priscilla Worth |
| 1996 | The Deliverance of Elaine · as Edna (as Latanya Richardson)On Plex |
| 1995 | Losing Isaiah · as Caroline Jones |
| 1994 | Earth 2 · as Alex Wentworth |
| 1994 | Baseball · as (voice) |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope · as Mrs. Parnett |
| 1994 | Party of Five · as Jane Gideon |
| 1994 | Midnight Run for Your Life · as Detective Dixon |
| 1994 | When a Man Loves a Woman · as Dr. Gina Mendez |
| 1993 | Shameful Secrets · as Louise Levy |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue · as Sister Cecilia |
| 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle · as Harriet |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street · as Lynette Thomson |
| 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 |
| 1991 | Civil Wars · as Van Beechley |
| 1991 | The Super · as Judge Smith |
| 1991 | Hangin' with the Homeboys · as Caseworker |
| 1990 | The Civil War · as Various |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Anne Houston |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk · as Doris Gilbert |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Cheers · as Moderator |
| 1968 | One Life to Live · as Rodi #1 (1992) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Edna Graves |
| 2025 | The 78th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2023 | The 76th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2023 | Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? · as Self - Archival FootageOn Plex |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | The 75th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The 73rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self |
| 2013 | The Broadway.Com Show · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2010 | The Black List: Volume Three · as Self |
| 2008 | 16th Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show · as Self |
| 1997 | The View · as Self |
| 1996 | Theater Talk · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio · as Self - Host |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes · as Self - Actress (segment: Samuel L. Jackson) |
| 1952 | Today · as Self |
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Enslaved · as Executive Producer |