Alfre Woodard

Clemency

as Warden Bernadine Williams

The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

No Small Matter

as Narrator (voice)

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Juanita

as Juanita

Saint Judy

as Judge Benton

Burning Sands

as Professor Hughes

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

So B. It

as Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

Mississippi Grind

as Sam

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Knucklehead

as Sheila

Annabelle

as Evelyn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

The Door

as E

Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser

Black Panther

as Dondi Reece

Medal of Honor

as Narrator

Reach for Me

as Evelyn

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

American Violet

as Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown

Pictures of Hollis Woods

as Edna Reilly

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

as Self - Narrator

King Leopold's Ghost

as Ilanga (voice)

Take the Lead

as Augustine James

The Water Is Wide

as Mrs. Brown

Something New

as Joyce McQueen

Beauty Shop

as Ms. Josephine

The Forgotten

as Det. Anne Pope

Radio

as Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

as Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

as Mrs. Whatsit

The Core

as Stickley

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

as Medicine Woman (voice)

Disney's American Legends

Holiday Heart

as Wanda Dean

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

as Narrator

Lost Souls

as Dr. Allen

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

as Mary Parrish (voice)

John Henry

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball

as Camille Wright

What's Cooking?

as Audrey Williams

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Narrator (voice)

Mumford

as Lily

Funny Valentines

as Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

as Clara

The Underground Railroad

Down in the Delta

as Loretta Sinclair

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

as Narrator

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Maisie (voice)

Follow Me Home

as Evey

Miss Evers' Boys

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact

as Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

as Dr. Sadlin

Primal Fear

as Shoat

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Tamara O'Neil

How to Make an American Quilt

as Marianna

The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

Crooklyn

as Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

as Mrs. Marks

Blue Chips

as Lavada McRae

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Narrator

Bopha!

as Rosie Mangena

Heart and Souls

as Penny Washington

Passion Fish

as Chantelle

Rich in Love

as Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Ann

Grand Canyon

as Jane

Blue Bayou

as Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

as Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker

as Popeye Jackson

Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

The Child Saver

as Andrea Crawford

Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Adrianne Moore

Extremities

as Patricia

Puss in Boots

as Princess Lovinia

Words by Heart

as Claudie Sills

Black Hollywood

as Self

Sweet Revenge

as Vicki Teague

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Esther

The Killing Floor

as Mattie

Cross Creek

as Geechee

Precious Blood

as Narrator

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

as Woman who lost her stuff

The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

HealtH

as Sally Benbow

Freedom Road

as Katie

The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

as Rita