Actor
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Erika Sloane
Damsel
2024
as Lady Bayford
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Ramonda
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Sister Helley (voice)
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Anna May
Soul
2020
as Dorothea (voice)
Attorneys At Love
2020
as Narrator
Otherhood
2019
as Carol Walker
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Ramonda
Bumblebee
2018
as Shatter (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Erika Sloane
Black Panther
2018
as Ramonda
The Snowy Day
2016
as Nana
London Has Fallen
2016
as Lynne Jacobs
Chi-Raq
2015
as Miss Helen Worthy
Survivor
2015
as Maureen Cranepaul
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Dr. Kulinda (voice)
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Dr. Thaler
Black Nativity
2013
as Aretha Cobbs
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Lynne Jacobs
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Coretta Scott King
This Means War
2012
as Collins
Green Lantern
2011
as Dr. Amanda Waller
Jumping the Broom
2011
as Mrs. Watson
Notorious
2009
as Voletta Wallace
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Bonnie Benjamin
Of Boys and Men
2008
as Rieta Cole
Meet the Browns
2008
as Brenda Brown
Gospel Hill
2008
as Sarah Malcolm
Meet the Robinsons
2007
as Mildred (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Tanya Anderson
Time Bomb
2006
as Jill Greco
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. 3000
2004
as Maureen "Mo" Simmons
The Lazarus Child
2004
as Dr. Elizabeth Chase
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Mistress
Sunshine State
2002
as Desiree Perry
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Ruby Delacroix
The Score
2001
as Diane
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Lena
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Groove (voice)
Supernova
2000
as Dr. Kaela Evers
Music of the Heart
1999
as Janet
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Miles' Mom (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Stella Payne
Contact
1997
as Rachel Constantine
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Bernadine
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Detective Rita Veder
Strange Days
1995
as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Panther
1995
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Passion Fish
1992
as Rhonda / Dawn
Malcolm X
1992
as Betty Shabazz
Innocent Blood
1992
as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Critters 4
1992
as Fran
One Special Victory
1991
as Lois
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Willie
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Lt. Phoebe Jeter
City of Hope
1991
as Reesha
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Reva Devereaux
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Allison
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Pat
Kindergarten Cop
1990
as Stewardess
In the Best Interest of the Child
1990
as Lori
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
as Carla Peters
Challenger
1990
as Cheryl McNair
Liberty
1986
as Linda Thornton
F/X
1986
as TV reporter
Doubletake
1985
as Prostitute at Headquarters
Wildwood
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