Født 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 | 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 | ER | Catherine Banfield | |
| Actor | Zero Day | Evelyn Mitchel | |
| Actor | Meet the Robinsons | 2007 | Mildred |
| Actor | London Has Fallen | 2016 | Lynne Jacobs |
| Actor | Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 | Lynne Jacobs |
| Actor | This Means War | 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 | 1991 | Reva Devereaux |
| Actor | Malcolm X | 1992 | Dr. Betty Shabazz |
| Actor | The Imagineering Story | Narrator | |
| Actor | Jumping the Broom | 2011 | |
| Actor | The Score | 2001 | Diane |
| Actor | Notorious | 2009 | Voletta Wallace |
| Actor | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner |
| Actor | Akeelah and the Bee | 2006 | Tanya |
| Actor | White Bird in a Blizzard | 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 | 1995 | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris |
| Actor | Close to the Enemy | Eva | |
| Actor | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 1998 | Stella Payne |
| Actor | Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Bonnie Benjamin |
| Actor | Critters 4 | 1992 | Fran |
| Actor | Meet the Browns | 2008 | Brenda Brown |
| Actor | Chi-Raq | 2015 | Miss Helen |
| Actor | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Katherine Jackson | |
| Actor | Supernova | 2000 | Dr. Kaela Evers |
| Actor | Music of the Heart | 1999 | Principal Janet Williams |
| Actor | Number One on the Call Sheet | ||
| Actor | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | 2015 | Dr. Kulinda |
| Actor | Queens (2024) | Narrator | |
| Actor | F/X | 1986 | TV reporter |
| Director | Whitney | 2015 | |
| Actor | Mr. 3000 | 2004 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons |
| Actor | Black Nativity | 2013 | Aretha Cobbs |
| Actor | A Man Called Hawk | Bailey Webster | |
| Actor | The Rosa Parks Story | 2002 | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks |
| Actor | Between the World and Me | 2020 | Angela Bassett |
| Actor | Innocent Blood | 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: An Elephant's Tale | 2000 | Groove (voice) |
| Actor | Passion Fish | 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 |