Lorraine Toussaint

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Known For

Acting

Born

1960-04-04

Place of Birth

Trinidad, British West Indies
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Lorraine Toussaint

Biography

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.

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Acting History

2025
All's Fair as Alberta Dome
2025
The Better Sister as Catherine Lancaster
2025
StuGo as Dr. Lullah (voice)
2024
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation as Rashida Remington (voice)
2024
Hamlet as Gertrude
2023
Nimona as Queen Valerin (voice)
2021
The Equalizer as Viola 'Vi' Marsette
2020
The Glorias as Flo Kennedy
2020
Your Honor as Judge Sarah LeBlanc
2020
Concrete Cowboy as Nessi
2020
The Line as Sharon
2020
Unladylike2020 as (voice)
2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as Lou Lou
2019
Vernon and Gus as Marvella Magnificent (voice)
2019
Sprinter as Donna
2019
Fast Color as Bo
2019
The Village as Patricia Davis
2018
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as Shadow Weaver (voice)
2018
Anne Frank Meets God as God (voice)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Emily Ghost (voice)
2018
Big City Greens as Remy’s Mother (voice)
2017
Love Beats Rhymes as Nichelle
2017
Girls Trip as Lorraine Toussaint
2017
The Good Fight as Nia Rogers
2016
Sophie and the Rising Sun as Salome Whitmore
2015
The Night Before as Mrs. Roberts
2015
Rosewood as Donna Rosewood
2015
Runaway Island as Naomi Holloway
2015
Grace and Frankie as Rebecca
2014
Selma as Amelia Boynton
2014
black-ish as Almaviligerais
2014
Forever as Lt. Joanne Reece
2014
Ask Me Anything as Dr. Sherman
2014
Chicago P.D. as Shambala Green
2013
Orange Is the New Black as Yvonne 'Vee' Parker
2013
The Fosters as Dana Adams
2012
Middle of Nowhere as Ruth
2012
Scandal as Nancy Drake
2012
The Finder as La Bruja
2011
Against the Wall as Officer Edie
2009
Three Rivers
2009
The Soloist as Flo Ayers
2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Omar's Mom
2007
Saving Grace as Kate Perry
2006
Friday Night Lights as Bird Merriweather
2006
Ugly Betty as Yoga
2005
Made in Hollywood as Self
2005
The Closer as Député D.A. Powell
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Helen Fincher
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God as Pearl Stone
2005
Numb3rs as Medical Examiner
2003
NCIS as Donna Wolfson
2003
Threat Matrix as Carina Wright
2003
Threat Matrix as NSA Agent Hodges
2003
This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys as Narrator
2001
Crossing Jordan as Elaine Duchamps
2001
The Sky is Falling as Janie
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Cynthia James
2000
Static Shock as Dr. Franklin (voice)
1999
Judging Amy as Eileen Stayman
1998
Any Day Now as Rene Jackson
1998
Jaded as Carol Broker
1998
Black Dog as Avery
1998
Blackout Effect as Kim Garfield
1997
C-16: FBI
1997
Leaving L.A. as Dr. Claudia Chan
1996
The Cherokee Kid as Mama Turner
1996
Dark Skies
1996
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996
If These Walls Could Talk as Shameeka Webb
1996
Nightjohn as Dealey
1996
The Making of a Hollywood Madam as Judge Consuelo Marshall
1996
America's Dream as Philomena (segment "The Reunion")
1995
It Was Him or Us as Lieutenant Sondra Washington
1995
Bleeding Hearts as Enid Sheperd
1995
Murder One as Margaret Stratton
1995
Bless This House
1995
Dangerous Minds as Irene Roberts
1995
Amazing Grace
1994
ER as Yolanda
1994
A Time to Heal
1993
Mother's Boys as Robert’s Associate
1993
Frasier as Nurse
1993
Class of '61 as Sarah
1993
Point of No Return as Beth
1993
Sad Inheritance as Florence Crawford
1993
Where I Live
1992
Bodies of Evidence
1992
Trial: The Price of Passion as Nancy Goodpaster
1991
Hudson Hawk as Almond Joy
1990
Law & Order as Shambala Green
1990
Common Ground as Alva Debnam
1989
Breaking In as Delphine the Hooker
1989
Nasty Boys as Dr. Chanel Cory
1988
Sidewalks Entertainment
1986
A Case of Deadly Force as Pat Bowden
1985
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1983
The Face of Rage as Stendah
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Silent Retreat as Wanda
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The Line
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The Spittin' Image