How It Feels to Be Free2021 · Self (archival footage)
Cherish the Day2020 · Miss Luma Lee Langston
A Fall from Grace2020 · Alice
Tamron Hall2019 · Self - Guest
The Other Boys of Summer2019 · Narrator
Last Flag Flying2017 · Mrs. Hightower
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise2016 · Self
Showing Roots2016 · Hattie
How to Get Away with Murder2014 · Ophelia Harkness
Madam Secretary2014 · Flo Avery
The Trip to Bountiful2014 · Mrs. Watts
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia2013 · Mama Kay
House of Cards2013 · Doris Jones
Alex Cross2012 · Nana Mama
The Help2011 · Constantine Jefferson
Why Did I Get Married Too?2010 · Ola
Relative Stranger2009 · Pearl
Idlewild2006 · Mother Hopkins
Fat Rose and Squeaky2006 · Celine
Madea's Family Reunion2006 · Myrtle
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer2005
Diary of a Mad Black Woman2005 · Myrtle
Because of Winn-Dixie2005 · Gloria Dump
The Rosa Parks Story2002 · Leona Edwards McCauley
Remembering Roots2002 · Self
The Proud Family2001 · Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York1999 · Emily Lincoln
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Ondine Burdett
A Lesson Before Dying1999 · Tante Lou
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes1998 · Self
Mama Flora's Family1998 · Mama Flora
Always Outnumbered1998 · Luvia
Ms. Scrooge1997 · Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Good Day Live1997 · Stephanie St. Clair
Blessed Assurance1997 · Vesta Lotte Battle
Bridge of Time1997 · Guardian
The Road to Galveston1996 · Jordan Roosevelt
