Alfre Woodard

The Last Frontier

2025 · Jacqueline Bradford

Summer Camp

2024 · Mary

Monsieur Spade

2024 · Virginia Dell

Weathering

2023 · Mum

Space Oddity

2023 · Dr. Olsen

The Gray Man

2022 · Margaret Cahill

Fatherhood

2021 · Marian

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

2020 · Self

Clemency

2019 · Warden Bernadine Williams

See

2019 · Paris

Juanita

2019 · Juanita

Saint Judy

2018 · Judge Benton

Burning Sands

2017 · Professor Hughes

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017 · Aunt Josephine

Marvel's Luke Cage

2016 · Mariah Dillard

So B. It

2016 · Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War

2016 · Miriam

Mississippi Grind

2015 · Sam

Knucklehead

2015 · Sheila

Empire

2015 · Renee

State of Affairs

2014 · President Constance Payton

Annabelle

2014 · Evelyn

The Last Ship

2014 · Amy Granderson

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Mistress Shaw

The Door

2013 · E

Steel Magnolias

2012 · Ouiser

Memphis Beat

2010 · Lieutenant Tanya Rice

Three Rivers

2009 · Dr. Sophia Jordan

My Own Worst Enemy

2008 · Mavis Heller

Reach for Me

2008 · Evelyn

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

2008 · Alice Pratt

True Blood

2008 · Ruby Jean Reynolds

American Violet

2008 · Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown

2008

Pictures of Hollis Woods

2007 · Edna Reilly

Private Practice

2007 · Dee Bennett

Take the Lead

2006 · Augustine James

The Water Is Wide

2006 · Mrs. Brown

Something New

2006 · Joyce McQueen

Inconceivable

2005 · Dr. Lydia Crawford

Beauty Shop

2005 · Ms. Josephine

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Justine Campbell

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Betty Applewhite

The Forgotten

2004 · Det. Anne Pope

Radio

2003 · Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

2003 · Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

2003 · Mrs. Whatsit

The Core

2003 · Stickley

K-PAX

2001 · Claudia Villars

Holiday Heart

2000 · Wanda Dean

Lost Souls

2000 · Dr. Allen

Love & Basketball

2000 · Camille Wright

What's Cooking?

2000 · Audrey Williams

Mumford

1999 · Lily

Funny Valentines

1999 · Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

1999 · Clara

Down in the Delta

1998 · Loretta Sinclair

The Practice

1997 · Denise Freeman

Follow Me Home

1997 · Evey

Miss Evers' Boys

1997 · Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

1997 · Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact

1996 · Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996 · Dr. Sadlin

Primal Fear

1996 · Shoat

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996 · Tamara O'Neil

Gulliver's Travels

1996 · Queen of Brobdingnag

How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · Marianna

The Piano Lesson

1995 · Berniece Charles

Crooklyn

1994 · Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

1994 · Mrs. Marks

Blue Chips

1994 · Lavada McRae

Bopha!

1993 · Rosie Mangena

Frasier

1993 · Edna (voice)

Heart and Souls

1993 · Penny Washington

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · Dr. Roxanne Turner

Passion Fish

1992 · Chantelle

Rich in Love

1992 · Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1992 · Ann

Grand Canyon

1991 · Jane

Blue Bayou

1990 · Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

1989 · Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker

1989 · Popeye Jackson

Scrooged

1988 · Grace Cooley

The Child Saver

1988 · Andrea Crawford

Mandela

1987 · Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes

1986 · Maude DeVictor

L.A. Law: Pilot

1986 · Adrianne Moore

L.A. Law

1986 · Adrianne Moore

Extremities

1986 · Patricia

Puss in Boots

1985 · Princess Lovinia

Sara

1985 · Rozalyn Dupree

Words by Heart

1985 · Claudie Sills

Sweet Revenge

1984 · Vicki Teague

WonderWorks

1984 · Claudie Sills

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984 · Esther

The Killing Floor

1984 · Mattie

Cross Creek

1983 · Geechee

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Roxanne Turner

Tucker's Witch

1982 · Marcia Fulbright

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 · Self - Guest

Precious Blood

1982 · Narrator

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

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

American Playhouse

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

The Ambush Murders

1982 · Karisha Ellsworth

The Sophisticated Gents

1981 · Evelyn Evers

Hill Street Blues

1981

HealtH

1980 · Sally Benbow

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980

Freedom Road

1979 · Katie

The White Shadow

1978 · Sandra Wilcox

The Trial of the Moke

1978 · Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

1978 · Rita

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

1977

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Mrs. Brown

Hate to See You Go

The Thing That Hurts

Pockets of Heaven

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