She is married to historian/writer Robin D.G. Kelley.
Film Roles
- Krush Groove as Aisha
- Reversal of Fortune as Mary
- Naked in New York as Marty
- Drunks as Brenda
- Palookaville as Betty
- 12 Monkeys as Teddy
- Nick and Jane as Vickie
- Jackie Brown as Sheronda
- Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later as Shirley 'Shiri' Jones (voice)
- Beloved as Younger Sethe
- True Crime as Bonnie Beechum
- Swing Vote (1999) as Virginia Mapes (TV Movie)
- The Sum of All Fears as Capt. Lorna Shiro
- Ten Tiny Love Stories as Three
- The Truth About Charlie as Lola Jansco
- Nine Lives (2005) as Holly
- Honeydripper as Delilah
- Deception as Det. J Russo
- The Soloist as Jennifer Ayers
- Mother and Child as Leticia
- Take Shelter as Kendra
- Beastly as Zola Davies
- Lovelace as Marsha
- Go For Sisters as Bernice
- Life of a King as Sheila King
- Redemption Trail as Tess
- Indiscretion as Karen Wyatt
- Beautiful Boy as Rose
- Vice (2018) as Condoleezza Rice
- Ad Astra as Adjutant Gen. Amelia Vogel
- The Last Full Measure as Celia
Television Roles
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Latoya Kennedy (1 episode)
- All My Children as Celia Wilson (1994)
- New York Undercover as Suki (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Denise Johnson (1 episode)
- One Life to Live as Dr. Laura Reed (1996)
- The Practice as Rebecca Washington
- Ally McBeal as Rebecca Washington (1 episode)
- Sex and the City as Kendall (1 episode)
- ER as Nadine Hopkins (1 episode)
- Without a Trace as Sherise Gibbs (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Teresa Randall (recurring)
- NUMB3RS as Sari Kinshasa (1 episode)
- Men of a Certain Age as Melissa Thoreau (1 episode)
- Southland as Melanie (1 episode)
- Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Connie Ryan (1 episode)
- Grimm as Mrs. Pittman (1 episode)
- Scandal as Ambassador (1 episode)
- House of Cards (US) as Celia Jones (recurring)
- Chance as Suzanne Silver
- The First as Kayla Price
- Elementary as Lt. Col. Robin Deakins (1 episode)
- Sorry For Your Loss as Bobby Greer (recurring)
- This Is Us as Aunt Mae (1 episode)
- The Dropout as Judith Baker (7 episodes)
Theatre Roles
- The Piano Lesson as Grace
- Gem of the Ocean as Black Mary
- To Kill a Mockingbird as Calpurnia
Director
- The Practice (1 episode)
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (also producer)
