Acting

2025		Number One on the Call Sheet 1 episode as Self
2025		Doctor Odyssey 1 episode as Athena Grant
2025		Zero Day 6 episodes as President Evelyn Mitchell
2025		Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 2 episodes as Decoy (voice)

2024		Sherri 1 episode as Self - Guest
2024		Queens 7 episodes as Narrator (voice)
2024		Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self - Presenter

2023		MPower 1 episode as Self
2023		The Late Late Show with James Corden 1 episode as Self - Guest

2022		Marvel Studios Legends 2 episodes as Ramonda (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022		The View 1 episode as Self - Guest
2022		The Kelly Clarkson Show 3 episodes as Self
2022		9-1-1: Lone Star 1 episode as Sergeant Athena Grant

2021		Red Table Talk 1 episode as Self
2021		What If...? 1 episode as Queen Ramonda (voice)
2021		RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 episode as Self - Special Guest

2020

2 episodes as Self - Guest

2019		The Imagineering Story 6 episodes as Narrator (voice)
2019		A Black Lady Sketch Show 1 episode as Mo

2018		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 episodes as Self
2018		Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 1 episode as Self
2018		Trailblazer Honors 1 episode as Self
2018		Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 1 episode as Self
2018		9-1-1 124 episodes as Athena Grant

2017

2 episodes as Catherine

2016		Close to the Enemy 7 episodes as Eva
2016		American Horror Story 10 episodes as Monet Tumissee

2015		American Horror Story 12 episodes as Ramona Royale
2015		BoJack Horseman 10 episodes as Ana Spanakopita (voice)

2014		Finding Your Roots 2 episodes as Self
2014		American Horror Story 13 episodes as Desiree Dupree

2013		Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 5 episodes as Self - Guest
2013		American Horror Story 11 episodes as Marie Laveau
2013		The Arsenio Hall Show 1 episode as Self

2010

1 episode as Michelle Obama (voice)

2009

1 episode as Self - Presenter

2008

22 episodes as Catherine Banfield

2005

4 episodes as Hayden Chase

2004

1 episode as Self

2003		The Bernie Mac Show 1 episode as Angela Bassett
2003		The View 4 episodes as Self

1998

4 episodes as Herself

1995

1 episode as Herself - Narrator (voice)

1994

6 episodes as Self

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

1991		Stat 6 episodes as Dr. Willie Burns
1991		The Flash 1 episode as Linda Lake

1990		Snoops 1 episode as Laura Hale
1990		Family of Spies 2 episodes as Bev Andress

1989		thirtysomething 1 episode
1989		227 1 episode
1989		Tour of Duty 2 episodes as Lt. Camilla Patterson
1989		A Man Called Hawk 1 episode

1985		Spenser: For Hire 1 episode
1985		The Cosby Show 2 episodes as Sara

Production

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1 episode … Executive Producer

2025

1 episode … Executive Producer

2024

7 episodes … Executive Producer

2021

1 episode … Executive Producer

2020

72 episodes … Executive Producer

Directing

2016

2 episodes … Director

2015

1 episode … Director