Geboren am August 16, 1958 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Avengers - Endgame | 2019 | Ramonda |
| Actor | American Horror Story | Monet Tumusiime | |
| Actor | American Horror Story | Monet Tumusiime | |
| Actor | American Horror Story | Monet Tumusiime | |
| Actor | Black Panther | 2018 | Ramonda |
| Actor | Soul | 2020 | Dorothea Williams |
| Actor | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 2005 | Mr. Smith's Boss (Voice) |
| Actor | BoJack Horseman | Ana Spanikopita | |
| Actor | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 2022 | Queen Ramonda |
| Actor | 9-1-1: Notruf L.A. | Athena Grant-Nash | |
| Actor | Green Lantern | 2011 | Dr. Amanda Walker |
| Actor | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | 2018 | Erika Sloane |
| Actor | Bumblebee | 2018 | Shatter |
| Actor | Damsel | 2024 | Lady Bayford |
| Actor | Emergency Room | Catherine Banfield | |
| Actor | Zero Day | Evelyn Mitchel | |
| Actor | Triff die Robinsons | 2007 | Mildred |
| Actor | London Has Fallen | 2016 | Lynne Jacobs |
| Actor | Olympus Has Fallen - Die Welt in Gefahr | 2013 | Lynne Jacobs |
| Actor | Das gibt Ärger | 2012 | Collins |
| Executive producer | 9-1-1: Nashville | ||
| Actor | Gunpowder Milkshake | 2021 | Anna May |
| Actor | Otherhood | 2019 | Carol Walker |
| Actor | Orion and the Dark | 2024 | Sweet Dreams |
| Actor | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 2025 | Erika Sloane |
| Actor | Kindergarten Cop | 1990 | Stewardess |
| Actor | Contact | 1997 | Rachel Constantine |
| Actor | Wendell & Wild | 2022 | Sister Helley |
| Actor | Boyz N the Hood - Jungs im Viertel | 1991 | Reva Devereaux |
| Actor | Malcolm X | 1992 | Dr. Betty Shabazz |
| Actor | Die Imagineering Story | Narrator | |
| Actor | Jumping the Broom | 2011 | |
| Actor | The Score | 2001 | Diane |
| Actor | Notorious B.I.G. | 2009 | Voletta Wallace |
| Actor | Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
| Actor | Akeelah ist die Größte | 2006 | Tanya |
| Actor | Wie ein weißer Vogel im Schneesturm | 2014 | Dr. Thaler |
| Actor | Survivor | 2015 | Maureen Cranepaul |
| Actor | Strange Days | 1995 | Lornette 'Mace' Mason |
| Actor | Tina | 2021 | Angela Bassett |
| Actor | Vampire in Brooklyn | 1995 | Detective Rita Veder |
| Actor | Waiting to Exhale - Warten auf Mr. Right | 1995 | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris |
| Actor | Close to the Enemy | Eva | |
| Actor | Stella's Groove - Männer sind die halbe Miete | 1998 | Stella Payne |
| Actor | Nichts als die Wahrheit | 2008 | Bonnie Benjamin |
| Actor | Critters 4 - Das große Fressen geht weiter | 1992 | Fran |
| Actor | Meet the Browns | 2008 | Brenda Brown |
| Actor | Chi-Raq | 2015 | Miss Helen |
| Actor | Die Jacksons - Ein amerikanischer Traum | Katherine Jackson | |
| Actor | Supernova | 2000 | Dr. Kaela Evers |
| Actor | Music of the Heart | 1999 | Principal Janet Williams |
| Actor | An der Spitze | ||
| Actor | Coco, der neugierige Affe 3 - Zurück in den Dschungel | 2015 | Dr. Kulinda |
| Actor | Queens - Königinnen des Tierreichs | Narrator | |
| Actor | F/X - Tödliche Tricks | 1986 | TV reporter |
| Director | Whitney | 2015 | |
| Actor | Mr 3000 | 2004 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons |
| Actor | Black Nativity | 2013 | Aretha Cobbs |
| Actor | Hawk | Bailey Webster | |
| Actor | The Rosa Parks Story | 2002 | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
| Actor | Between the World and Me | 2020 | Angela Bassett |
| Actor | Bloody Marie - Eine Frau mit Biss | 1992 | U.S. Attorney Sinclair |
| Actor | The Lazarus Child | 2006 | Dr. Elizabeth Chase |
| Actor | The Flood (2018) | Narrator (voice) | |
| Actor | Panther | 1995 | Dr. Betty Shabazz |
| Actor | Challenger | 1990 | Cheryl McNair |
| Actor | Whispers: Ein Elefantenmärchen | 2000 | Groove (voice) |
| Actor | Passion Fish - Ein Meer der Gefühle | 1992 | Rhonda / Dawn |
| Actor | Our Friend, Martin | 1999 | Miles' Mom (voice) |
| Actor | Masked and Anonymous | 2003 | Mistress |
| Actor | Gospel Hill | 2008 | Sarah Malcolm |
| Actor | Betty and Coretta | 2013 | Coretta Scott King |
| Actor | Inventing the Robinsons: The Making of 'Meet the Robinsons' | 2007 | Herself |