Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-American actress and producer. She began her career in theatre before supporting performances in films such as Breaking In, Hudson Hawk, and Dangerous Minds.

Filmography

• 2026National Theatre at Home: The Story — Pat
• All's Fair — Alberta Dome
• StuGo — Dr. Lullah (voice)
• The Better Sister — Catherine Lancaster
• 2024Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation — Rashida Remington (voice)
• 2024Hamlet — Gertrude
• 2023Nimona — Queen Valerin (voice)
• The Equalizer — Viola 'Vi' Marsette
• 2020Concrete Cowboy — Nessi
• 2020The Glorias — Flo Kennedy
• 2020The Line — Sharon
• 2020Unladylike2020 — (voice)
• Your Honor — Judge Sarah LeBlanc
• 2019Fast Color — Bo
• 2019Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — Lou Lou
• 2019Sprinter — Donna
• The Village — Patricia Davis
• Vernon and Gus — Marvella Magnificent (voice)
• 2018Anne Frank Meets God — God (voice)
• Big City Greens — Remy’s Mother (voice)
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power — Shadow Weaver (voice)
• Summer Camp Island — Emily Ghost (voice)
• 2017Girls Trip — Lorraine Toussaint
• 2017Love Beats Rhymes — Nichelle
• The Good Fight — Nia Rogers
• 2016Sophie and the Rising Sun — Salome Whitmore
• Grace and Frankie — Rebecca
• Rosewood — Donna Rosewood
• 2015Runaway Island — Naomi Holloway
• 2015The Night Before — Mrs. Roberts
• 2014Ask Me Anything — Dr. Sherman
• Chicago P.D. — Shambala Green
• Forever — Lt. Joanne Reece
• 2014Selma — Amelia Boynton
• black-ish — Almaviligerais
• Orange Is the New Black — Yvonne 'Vee' Parker
• The Fosters — Dana Adams
• 2012Middle of Nowhere — Ruth
• Scandal — Nancy Drake
• The Finder — La Bruja
• Against the Wall — Officer Edie
• 2009The Soloist — Flo Ayers
• Three Rivers
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Omar's Mom
• Saving Grace — Kate Perry
• Friday Night Lights — Bird Merriweather
• Ugly Betty — Yoga
• Grey's Anatomy — Helen Fincher
• Numb3rs — Medical Examiner
• The Closer — Député D.A. Powell
• 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God — Pearl Stone
• NCIS — Donna Wolfson
• This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys — Narrator
• Threat Matrix — Carina Wright, NSA Agent Hodges
• Crossing Jordan — Elaine Duchamps
• 2001The Sky is Falling — Janie
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Cynthia James
• Static Shock — Dr. Franklin (voice)
• Judging Amy — Eileen Stayman
• Any Day Now — Rene Jackson
• 1998Black Dog — Avery
• 1998Blackout Effect — Kim Garfield
• 1998Jaded — Carol Broker
• C-16: FBI
• Leaving L.A. — Dr. Claudia Chan
• 1996America's Dream — Philomena (segment "The Reunion")
• Dark Skies
• 1996If These Walls Could Talk — Shameeka Webb
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• 1996Nightjohn — Dealey
• 1996The Cherokee Kid — Mama Turner
• 1996The Making of a Hollywood Madam — Judge Consuelo Marshall
• Amazing Grace
• 1995Bleeding Hearts — Enid Sheperd
• Bless This House
• 1995Dangerous Minds — Irene Roberts
• 1995It Was Him or Us — Lieutenant Sondra Washington
• Murder One — Margaret Stratton
• 1994A Time to Heal
• ER — Yolanda
• 1993Class of '61 — Sarah
• Frasier — Nurse
• 1993Mother's Boys — Robert’s Associate
• 1993Point of No Return — Beth
• 1993Sad Inheritance — Florence Crawford
• Where I Live
• Bodies of Evidence
• 1992Trial: The Price of Passion — Nancy Goodpaster
• 1991Hudson Hawk — Almond Joy
• 1990Common Ground — Alva Debnam
• Law & Order — Shambala Green
• Nasty Boys — Dr. Chanel Cory
• 1989Breaking In — Delphine the Hooker
• Sidewalks Entertainment
• 1986A Case of Deadly Force — Pat Bowden
• 227
• 1983The Face of Rage — Stendah
• Out on a Limb
• Silent Retreat — Wanda
• The Line
• The Spittin' Image

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Steve Harvey — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self