Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened	Julie Sutton	0
2	1979	Ebony, Ivory and Jade	Claire 'Ebony' Bryant	50
3	1979	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Ola	56
4	1980	Fame	Lydia	64
5	1981	Ragtime	Sarah	70
6	1982	Alice at the Palace	Red Queen	55
7	1983	The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London	Self	0
8	1983	Women of San Quentin	Carol Freeman	10
9	1984	The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team		0
10	1985	Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration	Self	77
11	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
12	1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling	Michelle	65
13	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
14	1987	A Different World	Dr.Langhorne	100
15	1990	Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella	Self	100
16	1991	Sunday in Paris	Sunday Chase	0
17	1992	Stompin' at the Savoy	Estelle	0
18	1994	Blank Check	Yvonne	59
19	1994	Mona Must Die	Betty	10
20	1995	Out-of-Sync	Manicurist	43
21	1997	The Middle Passage	Narrator	0
22	1999	Michael Jordan: An American Hero	Deloris Jordan	59
23	1999	Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker	Herself	20
24	2000	Everything's Jake	Debbie Allen	0
25	2001	The Old Settler	Quilly McGrath	35
26	2001	All About You		87
27	2001	The Painting	Bertha Lee Gilmore	70
28	2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self	80
29	2002	The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo	Self (uncredited)	100
30	2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self	80
31	2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Self	41
32	2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)	72
33	2006	Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story	American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses	65
34	2007	Tournament of Dreams	Rhonda Dillins	23
35	2008	Bring Back... Fame	Self	0
36	2009	Next Day Air	Ms. Jackson	52
37	2009	Fame	Ms. Angela Simms	57
38	2011	A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy	Self	0
39	2013	A Star for Rose	Rose	0
40	2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self	100
41	2018	American Tap	Self	60
42	2019	Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back	Self	50
43	2020	Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance	Self	52
44	2020	Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker	Herself	75
45	2021	Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous	Betty Samson	0
46	2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising	Self	60
47	2023	The Hidden Power of Purpose	Narrator (voice)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
2	1974	Good Times		80
3	1976	Battle of the Network Stars		72
4	1977	3 Girls 3	Self	0
5	1977	The Love Boat	Selena Moore	63
6	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Nan Branch Haley	75
7	1982	Fame	Lydia Grant	68
8	1984	Celebrity	Regina Brown	60
9	1984	The Cosby Show	Emma	70
10	1987	A Different World	Dr. Langhorne	71
11	1987	A Different World	Debbie Allen (uncredited)	71
12	1989	Quantum Leap	Joanna Chapman	80
13	1991	Sunday in Paris		0
14	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
15	1994	Touched by an Angel	Valerie Hill	72
16	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Precious (voice)	60
17	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Lola (voice)	60
18	1995	In the House	Jackie Warren	74
19	1996	C Bear and Jamal		55
20	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
21	2001	The Division	Wanda	70
22	2003	All of Us		73
23	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Catherine Fox	82
24	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Catherine Avery	82
25	2005	Bring Back...	Self - Lydia Grant	60
26	2005	So You Think You Can Dance		71
27	2005	Everybody Hates Chris		80
28	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
29	2014	Jane the Virgin	Beverly Flores	79
30	2015	Grace and Frankie	Dorothy	77
31	2017	Raven's Home	Great Aunt Maureen	77
32	2017	S.W.A.T.	Charice Harrelson	81
33	2018	Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'	Self	63
34	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
35	2020	Cardi Tries	Self	95
36	2021	Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts	Self	38
37	2022	JANET JACKSON.	Self	77
38	2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Myrtle (voice)	61
39	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62