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RECENT CREDITS

Poliwood (TV) Nov. 2, 2009

The Simpsons (TV) Sep. 27, 2009

Gospel Hill (FILM) Aug. 28, 2009

ER (TV) Apr. 2, 2009

The 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards (TV) Feb. 12, 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

2009 Portrayed Voletta Wallace, the mother of slain rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in the biopic, "Notorious"

2008 Co-starred in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns"

2006 Portrayed the mother of a young girl trying to make it to the National Spelling Bee, in "Akeelah and the Bee"

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Role

Category

Toussaint -Suzanne Louverture

Actor

Film

Silence (Allan Carr)

Actor

Film

United States

Director, Producer

Film

Harriet Tubman -Harriet Tubman

Executive Producer, Actor

Poliwood 2009 -Cast

Actor

Gospel Hill 2009 -Sarah Malcolm

Actor

Film

The 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards 2009 -Presenter

Actor

The BET Honors 2009 -Presenter

Actor

The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009 -Presenter

Actor

Notorious 2009 -Voletta Wallace

Actor

Film

The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards 2009 -Presenter

Actor

Nothing But the Truth 2008 -Bonnie Benjamin

Actor

Film

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns 2008 -Brenda

Actor

Film

The 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards 2008 -Presenter

Actor

Meet the Robinsons 2007 -Voice of Mildred

Actor

Film

InStyle Celebrity Weddings 2007 -Herself

Actor

2006 Black Movie Awards - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present & Future 2006 -Presenter

Actor

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies 2006 -Interviewee

Actor

Oprah Winfrey's Legends' Ball 2006 -Cast

Actor

Akeelah and the Bee 2006 -Tanya

Actor

Film

Time Bomb 2006 -Undersecretary Jill Greco

Actor

The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 -Presenter

Actor

The 36th Annual NAACP Image Awards 2005 -Presenter

Actor

The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards 2005 -Presenter

Actor

Mr. 3000 2004 -Mo Simmons

Actor

Film

2004 BET Awards 2004

Actor

Celebrity Poker Showdown 2003 -Contestant

Actor

Masked & Anonymous 2003 -The Mistress

Actor

Film

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular 2003

Actor

The 34th NAACP Image Awards 2003

Actor

The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2003 -Presenter

Actor

Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives 2003 -Reader

Actor

Our America 2002

Executive Producer

Sunshine State 2002 -Desiree Perry

Actor

Film

When I Was A Girl 2002 -Interviewee

Actor

The Rosa Parks Story 2002 -Rosa McCauley Parks

Co-Executive Producer, Actor

And Then One Night: The Making of "Dead Man Walking" 2002 -Narration

Narrator

Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2001 -Ruby Delacroix

Producer, Actor

The Bernie Mac Show 2001 -Herself

Actor

Laughing Matters (2003) -Herself

Actor

TV Episode

The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 -Presenter

Actor

Alias 2005 -Hayden Chase

Actor

The Descent (2005) -Hayden Chase

Actor

TV Episode

Search and Rescue (2005) -Hayden Chase

Actor

TV Episode

The Index (2005) -Hayden Chase

Actor

TV Episode

The Score 2001 -Diane

Actor

Film

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular 2001 -Narration

Narrator

16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards 2001 -Co-Chair

Actor

Intimate Portrait: Terry McMillan 2001 -Interviewee

Actor

The 32nd NAACP Image Awards 2001

Actor

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale 2000 -of Groove

Voice

Film

VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross 2000 -Presenter

Actor

72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation 2000 -Presenter

Actor

Faded Sequins, Tattered Dreams: Saving Hollywood's Classic Costumes 2000 -Host

Actor

The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2000 -Presenter

Actor

Supernova 2000 -Kaela Evers

Actor

Film

Boesman and Lena 2000 -Lena

Actor

Film

Music of the Heart 1999 -Janet Williams

Actor

Film

The Concert of the Century For VH1 Save the Music 1999 -Host

Actor

Our Friend, Martin 1999 -of Miles' Mother

Voice

Africans in America -- America's Journey Through Slavery 1998 -Narration

Narrator

How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 -Stella

Actor

Film

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's 1998 -Herself

Actor

Film

A Century of Women 1998

Voice

Contact 1997 -Rachel Constantine

Actor

Film

The 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards 1996

Actor

The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 -Presenter

Actor

The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1996 -Presenter

Actor

Waiting to Exhale 1995 -Bernadine

Actor

Film

Comic Relief VII 1995

Actor

Vampire in Brooklyn 1995 -Rita

Actor

Film

Strange Days 1995 -Lornette "Mace" Mason

Actor

Film

Panther 1995 -(uncredited) Betty Shabazz

Actor

Film

The 67th Annual Academy Awards 1995 -Presenter

Actor

The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1995 -Presenter

Actor

ER 2008-2009 -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

And In The End... (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

I Feel Good (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Shifting Equilbrium (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Old Times (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

What We Do (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

T-Minus-6 (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

The Beginning of the End (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

The Family Man (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

A Long, Strange Trip (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Love is a Battlefield (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Dream Runner (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Separation Anxiety (2009) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

The High Holiday (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Let It Snow (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Age of Innocence (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Heal Thyself (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Oh, Brother (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Haunted (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Parental Guidance (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

The Book Of Abby (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

Another Thursday At County (2008) -Dr Catherine Banfield

Actor

TV Episode

The 1994 MTV Movie Awards 1994 -Presenter

Actor

A Century of Women 1994 -of Zora Neale Hurston

Voice

Storytime 1994

Actor

The Essence Awards 1994

Actor

The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards 1994 -Presenter

Actor

The 26th Annual NAACP Image Awards 1994

Actor

The 15th Annual CableACE Awards 1994 -Presenter

Actor

Count on Me 1993

Actor

In a New Light '93 1993

Actor

What's Love Got to Do With It 1993 -Tina Turner

Actor

Film

Passion Fish 1992 -Dawn/Rhonda

Actor

Film

Malcolm X 1992 -Betty Shabazz

Actor

Film

The Jacksons: An American Dream 1992 -Katherine Jackson

Actor

Innocent Blood 1992 -US Attorney Sinclair

Actor

Film

Angie, The Lieutenant 1992 -Malika

Actor

Critters 4 1992 -Fran

Actor

Film

One Special Victory 1991 -Lois

Actor

Locked Up: A Mother's Rage 1991 -Willie

Actor

City of Hope 1991 -Reesha

Actor

Film

The Heroes of Desert Storm 1991 -Army 1st Lieutenant Phoebe Jeter

Actor

Stat 1991 -Dr Willie Burns

Actor

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor 1991 -Allison

Actor

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story 1991 -Pat Clark

Actor

Boyz N The Hood 1991 -Reva Styles

Actor

Film

Kindergarten Cop 1990 -Stewardess

Actor

Film

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer 1990 -Carla Peters

Actor

In the Best Interest of the Child 1990 -Lori

Actor

Challenger 1990 -Cheryl McNair

Actor

Family of Spies 1990 -Bev Andress

Actor

The Simpsons 1990

Voice

Homer the Whopper (2009)

Voice

TV Episode

My Man Bovanne 1987

Actor

Liberty 1986 -Linda Thornton

Actor

F/X 1986 -TV Reporter

Actor

Film

Doubletake 1985 -Prostitute At Headquarters

Actor

The Cosby Show 1985-1988 -Mrs. Mitchell

Actor

Bookworm (1988) -Mrs. Mitchell

Actor

TV Episode

Mr. Quiet (1985) -Mrs. Mitchell

Actor

TV Episode

The Winans' Real Meaning of Christmas

Actor

Of Boys and Men -Rieta Cole

Actor

Film

The Lazarus Child

Actor

Film

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Highlights

2009 Portrayed Voletta Wallace, the mother of slain rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in the biopic, "Notorious"

2008 Co-starred in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns"

2006 Portrayed the mother of a young girl trying to make it to the National Spelling Bee, in "Akeelah and the Bee"

2004 Joined the cast of Alias (ABC) as the new CIA director

2003 Cast in the Bob Dylan film "Masked & Anonymous"

2002 Starred in title role of the CBS biopic "The Rosa Parks Story"

2002 Starred in "Sunshine State" with Edie Falco as a failed actress who goes with her friend home to their northern Florida town

2001 Cast as Robert De Niro's love interest in "The Score"

2001 Played the owner of a waterfront joint in 1960s Louisiana who begins a relationship with a white male singer in the Showtime movie "Ruby's Bucket of Blood"; also served as one of the producers

2000 Appeared in the less than stellar sci-fi flick "Supernova"

2000 Co-starred with Danny Glover in "Boesman and Lena"; film adapted from Athol Fugard's play

1999 Cast as a school principal in "Music of the Heart"

1998 Headlined second adaptation of a McMillan novel, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

1995 Reprised the role of Betty Shabazz for an uncredited cameo in Mario Van Peebles' "Panther"

1995 Co-starred in the female ensemble, "Waiting to Exhale"; directed by Forest Whitaker and scripted by Terry McMillan

1994 Provided the voice of writer Zora Neale Hurston for the TBS documentary miniseries "A Century of Women"

1993 Breakout role in the biopic "What's Love Got To Do With It"; portrayed Tina Turner opposite Laurence Fishburne's Ike; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress

1992 Starred the matriarch of the Jackson family in the ABC mini-series "The Jacksons: An American Dream"

1992 Portrayed Betty Shabazz, the wife of "Malcolm X" in Spike Lee's feature biopic

1991 First gained notice in John Singleton's directorial debut, "Boyz N the Hood" as Laurence Fishburne's estranged wife

1991 First film with independent writer-director John Sayles, "City of Hope"

1989 Appeared in two episodes of the detective spin-off series, "A Man Called Hawk"

1988 Acted in the Broadway production of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"; directed by Lloyd Richards

1986 Feature debut, "F/X" playing a news reporter

1985 Broadway debut, August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" directed by Lloyd Richards

1985 First primetime TV guest spot, "Spenser: For Hire"

1985 TV-movie debut, "Doubletake"

1984 - 1985 Worked at the Hartford Stage Company performing in "The Mystery Plays"

Born in NYC's Harlem