Född August 11, 1965 · Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | |
| Actor | Suicide Squad | 2016 | Amanda Waller |
| Actor | The Suicide Squad | 2021 | Amanda Waller |
| Actor | Black Adam | 2022 | Amanda Waller |
| Actor | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | 2023 | Dr. Volumnia Gaul |
| Actor | Niceville | 2011 | Aibileen Clark |
| Actor | Prisoners | 2013 | Nancy Birch |
| Actor | Kung Fu Panda 4 | 2024 | Chameleon (voice) |
| Actor | The Unforgivable | 2021 | Liz Ingram |
| Actor | The Woman King | 2022 | Nanisca |
| Actor | Beautiful Creatures | 2013 | Amma Treadeau |
| Actor | Air | 2023 | Deloris Jordan |
| Actor | Lyckan, kärleken och meningen med livet | 2010 | Delia Shiraz |
| Actor | Knight and Day | 2010 | CIA Director Isabel George |
| Actor | Law Abiding Citizen | 2009 | Mayor April Henry |
| Actor | Ender's Game | 2013 | Major Gwen Anderson |
| Actor | Creature Commandos | Amanda Waller | |
| Actor | Disturbia | 2007 | Detective Parker |
| Actor | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | 2020 | Ma Rainey |
| Actor | United States of Tara | Lynda | |
| Actor | Fences | 2016 | Rose Maxson |
| Actor | It's Kind of a Funny Story | 2010 | Dr. Eden Minerva |
| Actor | Widows | 2018 | Veronica |
| Actor | The First Lady (2022) | Michelle Obama | |
| Actor | Extremt högt och otroligt nära | 2011 | Abby Black |
| Actor | Blackhat | 2015 | Carol Barrett |
| Actor | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | 2005 | Grandma |
| Actor | Nätterna vid havet | 2008 | Jean |
| Actor | Kate & Leopold | 2001 | Policewoman |
| Actor | World Trade Center | 2006 | Mother in Hospital with Donna |
| Actor | Troop Zero | 2020 | |
| Producer | Troop Zero | 2020 | |
| Actor | State of Play | 2009 | Dr. Judith Franklin |
| Actor | Tvivel | 2008 | Mrs. Miller |
| Actor | Trust | 2010 | Gail Friedman |
| Actor | Traffic | 2000 | Social Worker |
| Actor | Madea Goes to Jail | 2009 | Ellen |
| Actor | Out Of Sight: Utom Synhåll | 1998 | Moselle |
| Actor | Solaris | 2002 | Gordon |
| Actor | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charlene Barton | |
| Actor | Traveler | Jan Marlow | |
| Actor | Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event | 2022 | Viola Davis |
| Actor | Get on Up | 2014 | Susie Brown |
| Actor | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | 2014 | Professor Lillian Friedman |
| Actor | Syriana | 2005 | CIA Chairwoman |
| Actor | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | 2014 | Professor Lillian Friedman |
| Actor | Waller | ||
| Executive producer | Waller | ||
| Actor | Far from Heaven | 2002 | Sybil |
| Actor | Antwone Fisher | 2002 | Eva May |
| Actor | Lila & Eve | 2015 | Lila |
| Actor | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | 2014 | Professor Lillian Friedman |
| Actor | Black Love | Herself | |
| Actor | Stone Cold | 2005 | Molly Crane |
| Actor | DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | 2016 | Herself |
| Actor | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | 2006 | Molly Crane |
| Actor | The Architect | 2006 | Tonya Neely |
| Actor | Won't Back Down | 2012 | Nona Alberts |
| Actor | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | 2007 | Molly Crane |
| Actor | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | 2006 | Molly Crane |
| Actor | Love, Marilyn | 2012 | Herself |
| Actor | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | 2021 | Viola Davis |
| Actor | City of Angels | Lynnette Peeler | |
| Actor | Custody | 2016 | Martha Schulman |
| Actor | The Pentagon Wars | 1998 | Platoon Sgt. Fanning |
| Actor | American Koko | Narrator | |
| Actor | Century City | ||
| Actor | The Shrink Is In | 2001 | Robin |
| Actor | G20 | 2025 | Danielle Sutton |
| Producer | G20 | 2025 | |
| Actor | Children of Blood and Bone | 2027 | Mama Agba |
| Actor | Touch of Evil | 2011 | The Vengeful Caretaker |