Lorraine Toussaint
A commanding character actress with a powerful screen presence, Lorraine Toussaint graduated from Juilliard and built a theatrical career as a Shakespearean actress before she tackled screen acting, landing supporting roles in such films as "Hudson Hawk" (1991), "Point of No Return" (1993) and "Dangerous Minds" (1995) and a series regular role opposite Annie Potts on the then-and-now best friends drama "Any Day Now" (Lifetime, 1998-2002), for which she earned five Outstanding Lead Actress Image Award nominations. She recurred on "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990-2010), "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-2010) and "Friday Night Lights" (NBC, 2006-08; The 101 Network, 2008-2011), earned a series regular role opposite Holly Hunter on "Saving Grace" (TNT, 2007-2010) and notched a supporting turn in the Jamie Fox/Robert Downey, Jr. drama "The Soloist" (2009). An immensely gifted actress who had long flown under the radar, Toussaint earned a massive critical boost with her powerful supporting turn in the indie "Middle of Nowhere" (2012), as a hardworking mother who struggles to support her daughter's (Emayatzy Corinealdi) decision to put her life on hold to support her incarcerated husband (Omari Hardwick). One of the best and most striking character actresses in the business, Lorraine Toussaint left many critics and fans hoping her considerable talents would be even more widely recognized.
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Lorraine Toussaint
Filmography
Movies
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92% |
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Nimona | Queen Valerin (Voice) | - | 2023 |
80% |
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Concrete Cowboy | Nessie (Character) | - | 2020 |
67% |
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The Glorias | Flo Kennedy (Character) | - | 2020 |
78% |
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Lou Lou (Character) | $68.7M | 2019 |
73% |
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Sprinter | Donna Sharp (Character) | - | 2018 |
83% |
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Fast Color | Bo (Character) | $74.7K | 2018 |
44% |
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Love Beats Rhymes | Nichelle (Character) | - | 2017 |
69% |
|
Sophie and the Rising Sun | Salome Whitmore (Character) | $30.3K | 2016 |
68% |
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The Night Before | Mrs. Roberts (Character) | $43.0M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway Island | Naomi Holloway (Character) | - | 2015 |
99% |
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Selma | Amelia Boynton (Character) | $52.1M | 2014 |
88% |
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Middle of Nowhere | Ruth (Character) | $166.9K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Accidental Friendship | Executive Producer | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God | Pearl Stone (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sky Is Falling | Janie (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blackout Effect | Kim Garfield (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cherokee Kid | Mama Turner (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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America's Dream | Philomena (Character) | - | 1996 |
100% |
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Nightjohn | Dealey (Character) | - | 1996 |
88% |
|
If These Walls Could Talk | Shameeka Webb (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Jaded | Carol Broker (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Doctor: The Paul Fleiss Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
34% |
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Dangerous Minds | Irene Roberts (Character) | $84.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Was Him or Us | Lt. Washington (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Man's Burden | Enid Sheperd (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Time to Heal | Zelda (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Class of '61 | Sarah (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lies and Lullabies | Florence Crawford (Character) | - | 1993 |
52% |
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Point of No Return | Beth (Character) | $27.5M | 1993 |
31% |
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Hudson Hawk | Almond Joy (Character) | $16.4M | 1991 |
80% |
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Breaking In | Delphine (Character) | $1.8M | 1989 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer | Viola "Vi" Marsette (Character) | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 98% | Summer Camp Island | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
98% | 64% | Star Wars: Visions | Masago (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cinema Toast | Mother (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Masters | Unknown (Voice) | 2020 |
96% | 84% | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Shadow Weaver (Voice) | 2018-2020 |
23% | 57% | The Village | Patricia Davis (Character) | 2019 |
84% | 88% | Into the Badlands |
Cressida (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Big City Greens | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Rebecca (Guest Star) | 2018 |
84% | 95% | Shots Fired | Carole Moore (Guest Star) | 2017 |
9% | 76% | Rosewood | Donna Rosewood (Character) | 2015-2017 |
92% | 57% | black-ish | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
97% | 85% | The Fosters | Dana (Guest Star) | 2013-2016 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Chicago P.D. | Shambala Green (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2015 |
57% | 92% | Forever | Lt. Joanne Reece (Character) | 2014-2015 |
90% | 82% | Orange Is the New Black |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2014 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Being Mary Jane | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
76% | 61% | Body of Proof | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
93% | 72% | Scandal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Professor Ellen Daily (Guest Star) | 2012 |
57% | 82% | The Finder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Deputy Director Donna Wolfson (Guest Star) | 2011 |
97% | 93% | Friday Night Lights | Bird Merriweather (Guest Star) | 2009-2011 |
76% | 67% | Saving Grace |
Kate Perry (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2007-2010 |
31% | No Score Yet | Three Rivers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Medical Examiner (Guest Star) | 2005 2009 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Yolanda (Guest Star) | 2008 |
97% | 83% | Ugly Betty | Yoga (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Deputy D.A. Powell (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
95% | 95% | Frasier | Nurse (Guest Star) | 2004 |
33% | No Score Yet | Threat Matrix | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990-1994 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Any Day Now | Rene Jackson (Character) | 1998-2002 |
43% | No Score Yet | C-16 | Marsha Fontaine (Guest Star) | 1998 |
60% | No Score Yet | Cracker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
71% | No Score Yet | Nothing Sacred | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
91% | 67% | Murder One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
0% | No Score Yet | Amazing Grace | Yvonne Price (Character) | 1995 |
63% | No Score Yet | Bless This House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
83% | No Score Yet | Where I Live | Marie St. Martin (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bodies of Evidence | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Common Ground | Alva (Character) | 1990 |