Credits · 64
FilmDiamond
2026 · Elizabeth
The American Revolution
2025 · (voice)
FilmSamuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023 · self - archival footage
FilmYou Hurt My Feelings
2023 · Sylvia
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Last Movie Stars
2022 · Maude Brink (voice)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022 · Executive Producer
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
FilmJuanita
2019 · Kay-Rita
Summer Camp Island
2018 · Queen Bee (voice)
FilmLorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Mama Mabel
Show Me a Hero
2015 · Norma O'Neal
FilmThe Watsons Go to Birmingham
2013 · Grandma Sands
Harry's Law
2011 · Noreen
Blue Bloods
2010 · Lt. Dee Ann Carver
The Black List: Volume Three
FilmThe Black List: Volume Three
2010 · Self
FilmMother and Child
2009 · Carol
FilmBlackout
2007 · Mrs. Thompson
FilmAll About Us
2007 · Cousin Bernice
Damages
2007 · Judge Jaclynn Ellis
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
FilmFreedomland
2006 · Marie
FilmThe Water Is Wide
2006 · Edna
Criminal Minds
2005 · Caroline Lewis
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Diane Pierce
FilmThe Fighting Temptations
2003 · Paulina Pritchett
Working Shakespeare
2003
FilmUnchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
FilmWithin These Walls
2001 · Melinda Donovan
100 Centre Street
2001 · Atallah Sims
Boston Public
2000 · Sheila
Once and Again
1999
Judging Amy
1999 · Lena Railsback
FilmIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Auntie
FilmU.S. Marshals
1998 · Cooper
FilmLoved
1997 · Attorney Rose Jackson
Ally McBeal
1997 · Attorney Yvette Rose
FilmJulian Po
1997
The View
1997 · Self
FilmLone Star
1996 · Priscilla Worth
FilmThe Deliverance of Elaine
1996 · Edna (as Latanya Richardson)
FilmLosing Isaiah
1995 · Caroline Jones
Earth 2
1994 · Alex Wentworth
Chicago Hope
1994 · Mrs. Parnett
Baseball
1994 · Various (voice)
Party of Five
1994 · Jane Gideon
FilmMidnight Run for Your Life
1994 · Detective Dixon
FilmWhen a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Gina Mendez
FilmShameful Secrets
1993 · Louise Levy
FilmSleepless in Seattle
1993 · Harriet
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Lynette Thomson
FilmLorenzo's Oil
1992 · Nurse Ruth
FilmMalcolm X
1992 · Lorraine
Frannie's Turn
1992 · Vivian
FilmThe Nightman
1992 · Emily
FilmJuice
1992 · Steel's Mother
FilmFried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Janeen
FilmThe Super
1991 · Judge Smith
Law & Order
1990 · Lorraine
Cheers
1982 · Moderator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Edna Graves
Frisco King
Frisco King
Executive Producer