Actor
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
Weathering
2023
as Mum
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
Clemency
2019
as Warden Bernadine Williams
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
Saint Judy
2019
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Miriam
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila
Annabelle
2014
as Evelyn
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mistress Shaw
The Door
2013
as E
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Ouiser
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece
Reach for Me
2008
as Evelyn
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Alice Pratt
American Violet
2008
as Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Edna Reilly
Take the Lead
2006
as Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Mrs. Brown
Something New
2006
as Joyce McQueen
Beauty Shop
2005
as Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten
2004
as Det. Anne Pope
Radio
2003
as Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
2003
as Chief of Staff
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Mrs. Whatsit
The Core
2003
as Stickley
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
K-PAX
2001
as Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Holiday Heart
2000
as Wanda Dean
Lost Souls
2000
as Dr. Allen
John Henry
2000
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
Dinosaur
2000
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
2000
as Camille Wright
What's Cooking?
2000
as Audrey Williams
Mumford
1999
as Lily
Funny Valentines
1999
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Clara
Down in the Delta
1998
as Loretta Sinclair
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
as Maisie (voice)
Follow Me Home
1997
as Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
1997
as Berenice Sadie Brown
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lily Sloane
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Dr. Sadlin
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Tamara O'Neil
Primal Fear
1996
as Shoat
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Marianna
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
1994
as Carolyn Carmichael
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
as Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips
1994
as Lavada McRae
Bopha!
1993
as Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls
1993
as Penny Washington
Passion Fish
1992
as Chantelle
Rich in Love
1992
as Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Ann
Grand Canyon
1991
as Jane
Blue Bayou
1990
as Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
as Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
1988
as Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
1988
as Andrea Crawford
Mandela
1987
as Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Maude DeVictor
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Adrianne Moore
Extremities
1986
as Patricia
Puss in Boots
1985
as Princess Lovinia
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1985
as Esther
Words by Heart
1985
as Claudie Sills
Sweet Revenge
1984
as Vicki Teague
The Killing Floor
1984
as Mattie
Cross Creek
1983
as Geechee
Precious Blood
1982
as Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Karisha Ellsworth
Health
1980
as Sally Benbow
Freedom Road
1979
as Katie
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as Lucy Smith
Remember My Name
1978
as Rita
Hate to See You Go
