Actor
Ice Age 6
2026
as Ellie (voice)
End of the Road
2022
as Brenda Freeman
Hustle
2022
as Teresa Sugerman
The Tiger Rising
2022
as Willie May
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
as Ursula
The Trap
2019
as Dr. Obayuwana
Flint
2017
as Iza Banks
Girls Trip
2017
as Sasha Franklin
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
as Ellie (voice)
Miracles from Heaven
2016
as Angela Bradford
The Wiz Live!
2015
as The Wiz
Bessie
2015
as Bessie Smith
22 Jump Street
2014
as Mrs. Dickson (uncredited)
House of Bodies
2013
as Nicole
Steel Magnolias
2012
as M'Lynn
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age - 4D Experience
2012
as Ellie
Joyful Noise
2012
as Vi Rose Hill
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011
as Ellie (voice)
The Dilemma
2011
as Dana
Just Wright
2010
as Leslie Wright
Valentine's Day
2010
as Paula Thomas
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
as Ellie (voice)
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
as Self
The Secret Life of Bees
2008
as August Boatwright
What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Dr. Twitchell
Garrett's Gift
2008
Mad Money
2008
as Nina Brewster
The Perfect Holiday
2007
as Mrs. Christmas
Hairspray
2007
as Motormouth Maybelle
Life Support
2007
as Ana
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Penny Escher
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Ellie (voice)
Last Holiday
2006
as Georgia Byrd
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as Aunt Em
Beauty Shop
2005
as Gina Norris
Taxi
2004
as Isabelle 'Belle' Williams
The Cookout
2004
as Security Guard
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
as Gina
Scary Movie 3
2003
as Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Charlene Morton
Chicago
2002
as Matron Mama Morton
Brown Sugar
2002
as Francine
The Country Bears
2002
as Cha-Cha
Mama Africa
2002
as Host
Living with the Dead
2002
as Midge Harmon
The Bone Collector
1999
as Thelma
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Dispatcher Love (voice)
Living Out Loud
1998
as Liz Bailey
Sphere
1998
as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
Hoodlum
1997
as Sulie
Set It Off
1996
as Cleo
My Life
1993
as Theresa
Who's the Man?
1993
as Queen Latifah
Juice
1992
as Ruffhouse M.C.
House Party 2
1991
as Zora
Jungle Fever
1991
as Lashawn
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990
as Self
Girls Trip 2
as Sasha Franklin
King of the South
