Actor
The Six Triple Eight
2024
South Park: The End of Obesity
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
Crow: The Legend
2018
as The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Mrs. Which
The Star
2017
as Deborah (voice)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
as Deborah Lacks
Selma
2014
as Annie Lee Cooper
Making a Scene
2013
as Woman
The Butler
2013
as Gloria Gaines
Jesus Henry Christ
2012
as Oprah
It's Complicated
2009
as Self (uncredited)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Eudora (voice)
Bee Movie
2007
as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
as Oprah Winfrey
Charlotte's Web
2006
as Gussy the Goose (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Coretta Scott King (voice)
Beloved
1998
as Sethe
Before Women Had Wings
1997
as Zora Williams
There Are No Children Here
1993
as LaJoe Rivers
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Mattie Michael
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Self
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
as Herself
Native Son
1986
as Mrs. Thomas
The Color Purple
1985
as Sofia
