Filmography
Viola Davis
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Donna Emmett
The Simpsons
1989 · Narrator (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Attorney Campbell
The View
1997 · Self - Guest, Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Terry Randolph
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
60 Minutes
1968 · Self
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
NYPD Blue
1993 · Woman
Without a Trace
2002 · Audrey Williams
Scandal
2012 · Annalise Keating
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Annalise Keating, Producer
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Ellen Snyder
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
Third Watch
1999 · Margo Rodriguez
The Practice
1997 · Aisha Crenshaw
Judging Amy
1999 · Celeste
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
C ce soir
2021 · Self - Guest
Sofia the First
2013 · Helen Hanshaw (voice)
Peacemaker
2022 · Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Division
2001 · Dr. Georgia Davis
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Guardian
2001 · Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
Providence
1999 · Dr. Eleanor Weiss
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Creature Commandos
2024 · Amanda Waller (voice)
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Amanda Waller
Prisoners
2013 · Nancy Birch
Live from E!
2002 · Self
Ocean's Eleven
2001 · Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · The Chameleon (voice)
Celebrity IOU
2020 · Self
Suicide Squad
2016 · Amanda Waller
Hack
2002 · Stevie Morgan
Black Adam
2022 · Amanda Waller (uncredited)
Access Hollywood
1996 · Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
United States of Tara
2009 · Actor
The Help
2011 · Aibileen Clark
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self
Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · Mayor April Henry
The Woman King
2022 · Nanisca, Producer
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · Mama Agba
Knight and Day
2010 · CIA Director Isabel George
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self, Executive Producer
The First Lady
2022 · Michelle Obama, Executive Producer
Ender's Game
2013 · Major Gwen Anderson
Air
2023 · Deloris Jordan
Blackhat
2015 · Carol Barrett
Traffic
2000 · Social Worker
Threshold
2005 · Actor
Widows
2018 · Veronica Rawlings
Disturbia
2007 · Detective Parker
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 · Grandma
City of Angels
2000 · Lynnette Peeler
The Unforgivable
2021 · Liz Ingram
Dear...
2020 · Self
Eat Pray Love
2010 · Delia Shiraz
The Andromeda Strain
2008 · Dr. Charlene Barton
State of Play
2009 · Dr. Judith Franklin
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Rosemary Allbright
Out of Sight
1998 · Moselle
Solaris
2002 · Gordon
Doubt
2008 · Mrs. Miller
Fences
2016 · Rose Maxson
World Trade Center
2006 · Mother in Hospital
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
2026 · Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · Abby Black
Beautiful Creatures
2013 · Amma Treadeau
Century City
2004 · Hannah Crane
Trust
2010 · Gail Friedman
Traveler
2007 · Agent Jan Marlow
G20
2025 · President Danielle Sutton, Producer
Syriana
2005 · CIA Chairwoman
Kate & Leopold
2001 · Policewoman
Get On Up
2014 · Susie Brown
Far from Heaven
2002 · Sybil
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 · Eden Minerva
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Ma Rainey
Troop Zero
2019 · Miss Rayleen, Producer
Madea Goes to Jail
2009 · Ellen
Antwone Fisher
2002 · Eva May
Nights in Rodanthe
2008 · Jean
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Sgt. Fanning
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007 · Molly Crane
Stone Cold
2005 · Molly Crane
Won't Back Down
2012 · Nona Alberts
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006 · Officer Molly Crane
The Shrink Is In
2001 · Robin
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · Molly Crane
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Florida Evans
Custody
2016 · Martha Schulman
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Self
The Grammys
1959 · Self
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Ascent
TBA · Catriona Vail, Executive Producer
The Substance of Fire
1996 · Nurse
The Architect
2006 · Tonya Neely
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006 · Diane Barrino
Lila & Eve
2015 · Lila Walcott
Beyond All Boundaries
2009 · Hortense Johnson
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024 · Self
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Narrator (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 · Self
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025 · Narration
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022 · Self
Grace & Glorie
1998 · Rosemary Allbright
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009 · Self
Ally Clark
TBA · Ally Clark, Producer
Amy & Isabelle
2001 · Dottie
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
1998 · Sharon Hughes
Two Butterflies
TBA · Actor
Food 2050
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Small Great Things
TBA · Actor
Giving Voice
2020 · Self
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
TBA · Rachel Dupree
House of Games
TBA · Actor, Producer
Operation Othello
TBA · Narrator, Executive Producer
Dark Girls
2011 · Self
A Touch of Sugar
2019 · Narrator
I Almost Forgot About You
TBA · Dr. Georgia Young