Claim: Whitney Houston played the lead role in the first film directed by Forest Whitaker.
Evidence: Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to their soundtracks , including the films Waiting to Exhale -LRB- 1995 -RRB- and The Preacher 's Wife -LRB- 1996 -RRB-.
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 American romance film directed by Forest Whitaker -LRB- in his feature film directorial debut -RRB- and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett.