| Fatherhood | 2020 | actress |
| See | 2019 | actress |
| The Lion King | 2019 | actress |
| The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | 2019 | actress |
| Juanita | 2019 | actress |
| Clemency | 2019 | actress |
| Saint Judy | 2018 | actress |
| Luke Cage | 2016-2018 | actress |
| Empire | 2018 | actress |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2017-2018 | actress |
| Burning Sands | 2017 | actress |
| So B. It | 2016 | actress |
| Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | actress |
| The Last Ship | 2014-2015 | actress |
| Knucklehead | 2015 | actress |
| State of Affairs | 2014-2015 | actress |
| Mississippi Grind | 2015 | actress |
| Annabelle | 2014/I | actress |
| Copper | 2013 | actress |
| 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | actress |
| The Door | 2013/VIII | actress |
| Private Practice | 2012 | actress |
| Steel Magnolias | 2012 | actress |
| True Blood | 2010-2012 | actress |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2011 | actress |
| Memphis Beat | 2010-2011 | actress |
| Three Rivers | 2009-2010 | actress |
| Black Panther | 2010 | actress |
| Maggie Hill | 2009 | actress |
| My Own Worst Enemy | 2008 | actress |
| AmericanEast | 2008 | actress |
| Reach for Me | 2008 | actress |
| The Family That Preys | 2008 | actress |
| American Violet | 2008 | actress |
| Bury Me Standing | 2008 | actress |
| Pictures of Hollis Woods | 2007 | actress |
| Desperate Housewives | 2005-2006 | actress |
| Take the Lead | 2006 | actress |
| Something New | 2006/I | actress |
| The Water Is Wide | 2006 | actress |
| Inconceivable | 2005 | actress |
| Beauty Shop | 2005 | actress |
| The Forgotten | 2004 | actress |
| Radio | 2003 | actress |
| Static Shock | 2003 | actress |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 2003 | actress |
| The Core | 2003 | actress |
| Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | 2003 | actress |
| The Practice | 2003 | actress |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 | actress |
| Baby of the Family | 2002 | actress |
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 2002 | actress |
| K-PAX | 2001 | actress |
| The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | 2001 | actress |
| Holiday Heart | 2000 | actress |
| John Henry | 2000 | actress |
| Lost Souls | 2000 | actress |
| Dinosaur | 2000 | actress |
| Love & Basketball | 2000 | actress |
| What's Cooking? | 2000 | actress |
| The Wishing Tree | 1999 | actress |
| Mumford | 1999 | actress |
| Funny Valentines | 1999 | actress |
| Secrets | 1998 | actress |
| Down in the Delta | 1998 | actress |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1998 | actress |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1997 | actress |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | 1997 | actress |
| Miss Evers' Boys | 1997 | actress |
| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | 1997 | actress |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1997 | actress |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | actress |
| A Step Toward Tomorrow | 1996 | actress |
| Primal Fear | 1996 | actress |
| Special Report: Journey to Mars | 1996 | actress |
| Gulliver's Travels | 1996 | actress |
| Follow Me Home | 1996 | actress |
| Statistically Speaking | 1995 | actress |
| How to Make an American Quilt | 1995 | actress |
| The Piano Lesson | 1995 | actress |
| Frasier | 1994 | actress |
| Crooklyn | 1994 | actress |
| Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | 1994 | actress |
| Blue Chips | 1994 | actress |
| Bopha! | 1993 | actress |
| Heart and Souls | 1993 | actress |
| Rich in Love | 1992 | actress |
| Passion Fish | 1992 | actress |
| The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | 1992 | actress |
| Pretty Hattie's Baby | 1991 | actress |
| Grand Canyon | 1991 | actress |
| Blue Bayou | 1990 | actress |
| A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | 1989 | actress |
| Miss Firecracker | 1989 | actress |
| Scrooged | 1988 | actress |
| St. Elsewhere | 1985-1988 | actress |
| The Child Saver | 1988 | actress |
| Mandela | 1987 | actress |
| The Line | 1987 | actress |
| Unnatural Causes | 1986 | actress |
| L.A. Law | 1986 | actress |
| Extremities | 1986 | actress |
| Words by Heart | 1985 | actress |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1985 | actress |
| Sara | 1985 | actress |
| American Playhouse | 1982-1985 | actress |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | 1984 | actress |
| Sweet Revenge | 1984 | actress |
| Hill Street Blues | 1983 | actress |
| Tucker's Witch | 1982-1983 | actress |
| Cross Creek | 1983 | actress |
| The Ambush Murders | 1982 | actress |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | actress |
| Enos | 1981 | actress |
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | 1981 | actress |
| The White Shadow | 1980 | actress |
| HealtH | 1980 | actress |
| Freedom Road | 1979 | actress |
| The Trial of the Moke | 1978 | actress |
| Remember My Name | 1978 | actress |
| Juanita | 2019 | soundtrack |
| Beauty Shop | 2005 | soundtrack |
| Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson | 1997 | soundtrack |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | 1997 | soundtrack |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Aesop's Fables | 1995 | soundtrack |
| Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers | 1994 | soundtrack |
| Heart and Souls | 1993 | soundtrack |
| Juanita | 2019 | producer |
| Clemency | 2019 | producer |
| Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa | 2014 | producer |
| Funny Valentines | 1999 | producer |
| Down in the Delta | 1998 | producer |
| Pretty Hattie's Baby | 1991 | producer |
| Raise My Hands | 2012 | miscellaneous |
| Little Birds | 2011 | thanks |
| Desperate Housewives Special: The More You Know, the Juicier It Gets | 2006 | thanks |
| Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy Details | 2006 | thanks |
| The 13th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | 2019 | self |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | self |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 2019 | self |
| Made in Hollywood | 2013-2019 | self |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | 2019 | self |
| IMDb on the Scene - Interviews | 2019 | self |
| This Morning | 2019 | self |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2014-2019 | self |
| BuzzFeed Celeb | 2019 | self |
| Entertainment Tonight Canada | 2019 | self |
| WGN Morning News | 2019 | self |
| Hollywood Insider | 2019 | self |
| Today | 2014-2019 | self |
| The Lion King Live on Twitter | 2019 | self |
| Ok! TV | 2017-2019 | self |
| Rachael Ray | 2019 | self |
| GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke | 2019 | self |
| The Talk | 2011-2018 | self |
| Megyn Kelly Today | 2018 | self |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | 2016-2018 | self |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2008-2018 | self |
| The 11th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | 2017 | self |
| The 75th Annual Golden Globe Nominations | 2017 | self |
| American Masters | 2017 | self |
| Owning Your Age | 2016 | self |
| Impossible Choices | 2016 | self |
| Maya Angelou And Still I Rise | 2016 | self |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | 2015 | self |
| Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race | 2015 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin | 2015 | self |
| Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | 2015 | self |
| Extra | 2012-2014 | self |
| Steve Harvey | 2014 | self |
| The 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 2014 | self |
| Reflect, Reclaim, Rejoice: Preserving the Gift of Black Sacred Music | 2014 | self |
| Makers: Women in Hollywood | 2014 | self |
| Reel Junkie | 2014 | self |
| Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa | 2014 | self |
| Nelson Mandela Redrawn | 2014 | self |
| Black Women Run Hollywood | 2014 | self |
| The Hadza: Last of the First | 2014 | self |
| 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards | 2014 | self |
| 12 Years a Slave: A Historical Portrait | 2014 | self |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2014 | self |
| 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | self |
| TV One on One | 2013 | self |
| The Reel Story: 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | self |
| DP/30: Conversations About Movies | 2013 | self |
| The Queen Latifah Show | 2013 | self |
| The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | self |
| Oprah's Next Chapter | 2013 | self |
| Independent Lens | 2004-2013 | self |
| Miracle Rising: South Africa | 2013 | self |
| 44th NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | self |
| 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | self |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2012 | self |
| Anderson Live | 2012 | self |
| Joy Behar: Say Anything! | 2012 | self |
| The View | 2005-2012 | self |
| 43rd NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | self |
| Women, War & Peace | 2011 | self |
| The Mo'Nique Show | 2010 | self |
| Have You Heard From Johannesburg | 2010 | self |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | 2010 | self |
| 41st NAACP Image Awards | 2010 | self |
| Sundance Directors Lab | 2009 | self |
| The 40th NAACP Image Awards | 2009 | self |
| Medal of Honor | 2008 | self |
| The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | self |
| TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards | 2008 | self |
| Road to Ingwavuma | 2008 | self |
| Sweet Blackberry Presents | 2008 | self |
| Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | 2007 | self |
| 20 on 20 | 2007 | self |
| The Megan Mullally Show | 2006 | self |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2006 | self |
| The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2006 | self |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | 2006 | self |
| The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | self |
| King Leopold's Ghost | 2006 | self |
| Legends Ball | 2006 | self |
| HBO First Look | 2006 | self |
| 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2006 | self |
| Tavis Smiley | 2005 | self |
| On the Set: The Making of 'The Forgotten' | 2005 | self |
| Remembering 'The Forgotten' | 2005 | self |
| Reading Rainbow | 2004 | self |
| All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 | 2004 | self |
| The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2003 | self |
| Tribeca Film Festival Presents | 2003 | self |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | self |
| Searching for Debra Winger | 2002 | self |
| American Exile | 2001 | self |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2001 | self |
| 32nd NAACP Image Awards | 2001 | self |
| Dennis Miller Live | 2001 | self |
| 2000 Essence Awards | 2000 | self |
| Human Wrongs | 2000 | self |
| The Directors | 2000 | self |
| Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | 2000 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power | 2000 | self |
| The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000 | self |
| American Experience | 1994-2000 | self |
| Celebrity Profile | 1999 | self |
| The Underground Railroad | 1999 | self |
| Different Moms | 1999 | self |
| 30th NAACP Image Awards | 1999 | self |
| Save Our History | 1999 | self |
| The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1999 | self |
| 1998 ALMA Awards | 1998 | self |
| 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1998 | self |
| The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | self |
| An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence | 1998 | self |
| The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1997 | self |
| Wild On... | 1997 | self |
| Slave Ship | 1997 | self |
| Cadillac Desert | 1997 | self |
| The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1996 | self |
| 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1996 | self |
| The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True | 1995 | self |
| People's Century: 1900-1999 | 1995 | self |
| The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1995 | self |
| The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | self |
| A Century of Women | 1994 | self |
| Aliens for Breakfast | 1994 | self |
| Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History | 1994 | self |
| Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa | 1994 | self |
| The Essence Awards | 1994 | self |
| Frontline | 1994 | self |
| The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 1994 | self |
| The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | self |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989-1994 | self |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | 1993 | self |
| The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1991 | self |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1990 | self |
| The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1990 | self |
| The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards | 1989 | self |
| 20th NAACP Image Awards | 1988 | self |
| The 9th Annual CableACE Awards | 1988 | self |
| The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1987 | self |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | self |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1985 | self |
| Black Hollywood | 1984 | self |
| The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | self |
| The 56th Annual Academy Awards | 1984 | self |
| Precious Blood | 1982 | self |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | archive_footage |
| Obama in NC: The Path to History | 2010 | archive_footage |
| Hillary! Uncensored: Banned by the Media | 2008 | archive_footage |
| Desperate Housewives Special: The More You Know, the Juicier It Gets | 2006 | archive_footage |
| Corazn de... | 2006 | archive_footage |
| Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy Details | 2006 | archive_footage |
| American Legends | 2001 | archive_footage |
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