- Breakdown: 1975
2025 (archive footage)
- Mystery Cuddlers
2024 Juniper
- Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023 Majorie Washburn
- Cinnamon
2023 Mama
- As We Know It
2023 Beverly Jones
- Them
2021 Athena
- The Great North
2021 Neckbone (voice)
- Poms
2019 Olive
- A Christmas Wish
2019 Mary
- Bless This Mess
2019 Constance
- Bad Grandmas
2017 Coralee
- Being Rose
2017 Lily
- This Is Us
2016 Grandma
- Kings of Cult
2015 (archive footage)
- Cleveland Abduction
2015 Carla
- Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012 Detective Barrick
- The Man with the Iron Fists
2012 Jane
- Larry Crowne
2011 Frances
- Mafia
2011 James Womack
- Bob's Burgers
2011 Evelyn (voice)
- Just Wright
2010 Janice Wright
- The Invited
2010 Zelda
- Ladies of the House
2008 Birdie
- Back in the Day
2005 Mrs. Cooper
- Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005 Alabama (archive footage)
- The L Word
2004 Kit Porter
- Love the Hard Way
2003 Linda Fox
- First to Die
2003 Claire Washburn
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 Flura Nash
- Ghosts of Mars
2001 Commander Helena Braddock
- Bones
2001 Pearl
- Feast of All Saints
2001 Suzette Lermontant
- 3 A.M.
2001 George
- Smallville
2001 Amanda Waller
- Justice League
2001 My'ria'h (voice)
- Wilder
2000 Detective Della Wilder
- Snow Day
2000 Tina
- Fortress 2
2000 Susan Mendenhall
- In Too Deep
1999 Det. Angela Wilson
- Holy Smoke
1999 Carol
- Jawbreaker
1999 Detective Vera Cruz
- No Tomorrow
1999 Diane
- Hayley Wagner, Star
1999 Sam
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
- Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998 Narrator (voice)
- Family Blessings
1998 Mrs. Quincy
- Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998 Pam Grier
- All Saints: The Video
1998 Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Wild Thornberrys
1998 Mother Springbok (voice)
- Linc's
1998 Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
- Jackie Brown
1997 Jackie Brown
- Fakin' Da Funk
1997 Annabelle Lee
- Strip Search
1997 Janette
- Mars Attacks!
1996 Louise Williams
- Escape from L.A.
1996 Hershe Las Palamas
- Original Gangstas
1996 Laurie Thompson
- Badass Supermama
1996 (archive footage)
- Serial Killer
1995 Capt. Maggie Davis
- The Wayans Bros.
1995 Erica
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 Nightingale (voice)
- Posse
1993 Phoebe
- The Sinbad Show
1993
- A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992 Linda Holman
- Martin
1992 Pam Grier
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991 Ms. Wardroe
- Pacific Station
1991 Grace Ballard
- Class of 1999
1990 Ms. Connors
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 Janice
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990 Thanks
- The Package
1989 Ruth Butler
- Above the Law
1988 Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
- Monsters
1988 Matilde
- The Allnighter
1987 Sargeant McLeish
- Frank's Place
1987 Neema Sharone
- The Vindicator
1986 Hunter
- On the Edge
1986 Cora
- Crime Story
1986 Suzanne Terry
- Stand Alone
1985 Cathryn Bolan
- Badge of the Assassin
1985 Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
- Night Court
1984 Benet Collins
- Miami Vice
1984
- The Cosby Show
1984 Samantha
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 Dust Witch
- Tough Enough
1983 Myra
- Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 Charlotte
- Knots Landing
1979 Lieutenant Guthrie
- Roots: The Next Generations
1979 Francey
- Twilight of Love
1977 Sandra
- Greased Lightning
1977 Mary Jones
- The Love Boat
1977 Cynthia Wilbur
- Drum
1976 Regine
- Sheba, Baby
1975 Sheba Shayne
- Friday Foster
1975 Friday Foster
- Bucktown
1975 Aretha
- Foxy Brown
1974 Foxy Brown
- The Arena
1974 Mamawi
- Coffy
1973 Coffy
- Black Mama, White Mama
1973 Lee Daniels
- Scream Blacula Scream
1973 Lisa Fortier
- The Big Bird Cage
1972 Blossom
- Hit Man
1972 Gozelda
- The Twilight People
1972 Ayesa, the Panther Woman
- Cool Breeze
1972 Mona
- Women in Cages
1971 Alabama
- The Big Doll House
1971 Grear
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970 Fourth Woman
- Faith
Linda
- Baby of the Family
Mrs. Williams
