Acting

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(1 episode) as President Mitchell

2024

(7 episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

(1 episode) as Self

2022

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

2021		What If...? (1 episode) as Queen Ramonda (voice)
2021		Marvel Studios Legends (2 episodes) as Ramonda (archive footage)

2020

(1 episode) as Sergeant Athena Grant

2019		The Imagineering Story (6 episodes) as Narrator
2019		The Kelly Clarkson Show (3 episodes) as Self
2019		Tamron Hall (2 episodes) as Self - Guest
2019		A Black Lady Sketch Show (1 episode) as Mo

2018		Red Table Talk (1 episode) as Self
2018		9-1-1 (106 episodes) as Athena Grant

2016

(7 episodes) as Eva

2015		Master of None (2 episodes) as Catherine
2015		Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 episode) as Self
2015		The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode) as Self - Guest

2014		Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1 episode) as Self
2014		BoJack Horseman (10 episodes) as Ana Spanakopita (voice)
2014		Trailblazer Honors (1 episode) as Self
2014		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (3 episodes) as Self

2013

(1 episode) as Self

2012		RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (1 episode) as Self - Special Guest
2012		Finding Your Roots (2 episodes) as Self

2011

(11 episodes) as Marie Laveau (10 episodes) as Monet Tumissee / Lee Harris (12 episodes) as Ramona Royale (13 episodes) as Desiree Dupree

2009

(3 episodes) as Self - Guest

2003

(1 episode) as Self

2001		The Bernie Mac Show (1 episode) as Angela Bassett
2001		Alias (4 episodes) as Hayden Chase

1998

(4 episodes) as Herself

1997

(1 episode) as Self - Guest (4 episodes) as Self

1996

(1 episode) as Herself - Presenter

1994

(22 episodes) as Catherine Banfield

1992		The Jacksons: An American Dream (2 episodes) as Katherine Jackson
1992		Nightmare Cafe (1 episode) as Evelyn Wall

1991

(6 episodes) as Dr. Willie Burns

1990		The Flash (1 episode) as Linda Lake
1990		Family of Spies (2 episodes) as Bev Andress

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode)
1989		A Man Called Hawk (1 episode)

1987		thirtysomething (1 episode)
1987		Tour of Duty (2 episodes) as Lt. Camilla Patterson

1985		Spenser: For Hire (1 episode)
1985		227 (1 episode)

1984

(2 episodes)

1983

(1 episode) as Herself - Narrator (voice)

1953

(6 episodes) as Self

1944

(1 episode) as Self - Presenter

Production

2024

(7 episodes) … Executive Producer

2020

(60 episodes) … Executive Producer

2018

(1 episode) … Executive Producer

Directing

2015

(1 episode) … Director

2011

(2 episodes) … Director