Lorraine Toussaint
Television
Table:
Year

Title

Role

Notes

1983

The Face of Rage

Stendah

Television film

1986

A Case of Deadly Force

Pat Bowden

Television film

1988

One Life to Live

Vera Williams

Recurring role

1989

A Man Called Hawk

Emily Howell

Episode: "Hear No Evil"

1990

Common Ground

Alva

Television film

1990

227

Monica Patton

Episode: "Nightmare on 227"

1990

Nasty Boys

Dr. Chanel Cory

Episode: "Kill or Be Killed: Part 1"

1990–1994, 2003

Law & Order

Shambala Green

Recurring role, 7 episodes

1991

Daddy

Judge (uncredited)

Television film

1992

Red Dwarf

Captain Tau

Television film

1992

Tequila and Bonetti

Big Marie

Episode: "The Rose Cadillac"

1992

Trial: The Price of Passion

Nancy Goodpaster

Television film

1992

Bodies of Evidence

Dr. Mary Rocket

Series regular (season 1), 8 episodes

1993

Queen

Joyce

TV miniseries

1993

Lies and Lullabies

Florence Crawford

Television film

1993

Class of '61

Sarah

Television film

1993

The Sinbad Show

Mrs. Payton

Episode: "Pilot"

1993

Where I Live

Marie St. Martin

Series regular, 21 episodes

1994

A Time to Heal

Zelda

Television film

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

Denise Copeland

Episode: "Fire in the Heart"

1995

Bless This House

Lorraine

Episode: "A Woman's Work Is Never Done"

1995

Amazing Grace

Yvonne Price

Series regular, 5 episodes

1995

Murder One

Margaret Stratton

Episode: "Chapter 6"
Episode: "Chapter 8"

1995

It Was Him or Us

Lt. Washington

Television film

1996

America's Dream

Philomena

Television film

1996

Nightjohn

Dealey

Television film

1996

If These Walls Could Talk

Shameeka Webb

Television film

1996

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Dr. Cotter

Episode: "The Coma Episode"

1996

Dark Skies

Eda Mae Tillman

Episode: "We Shall Overcome"

1996

The Cherokee Kid

Mama Turner

Television film

1997

Promised Land

Linda Paxton

Episode: "Running Scared"

1997

Leaving L.A.

Dr. Claudia Chan

Series regular, 6 episodes

1998

Blackout Effect

Kim Garfield

Television film

1998

Nothing Sacred

Lorraine Hamilton

Episode: "Signs and Words"

1998

Cracker: Mind Over Murder

Tisha Watlington

Episode: "If: Part 1"
Episode: "If: Part 2"

1998

C-16: FBI

Marsha Fontaine

Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"

1998–2002

Any Day Now

Rene Jackson

Series regular, 88 episodes

2002–2003

Crossing Jordan

Dr. Elaine Duchamps

Series regular, 12 episodes

2003–2004

Threat Matrix

Carina Wright

Recurring role, 5 episodes

2004

Frasier

Nurse

Episode: "Boo!"

2005

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Pearl Stone

Television film

2005

Judging Amy

Eileen Stayman

Episode: "The New Normal"

2005

The Closer

Deputy D.A. Powell

Episode: "Fatal Retraction"
Episode: "Standards and Practices"

2005

Numb3rs

Medical Examiner

Episode: "Bones of Contention"

2006

3 lbs

Della

Episode: "Unaired Pilot"

2006–2007

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Cynthia James / Marla James

Episodes: "Fannysmackin'", "Post Mortem" and "Big Shots"

2006

Ugly Betty

Amelia 'Yoga' Bluman

Recurring role, 6 episodes

2007–2010

Saving Grace

Capt. Kate Perry

Series regular, 43 episodes

2008

ER

Yolanda

Episode: "Believe the Unseen"

2009

Numb3rs

Agent Terri Green

Episode: "Cover Me"

2009–2011

Friday Night Lights

Bird Merriweather

Recurring role, 6 episodes

2010

The Line

Josephine Johnson

TV pilot

2010

Three Rivers

Yolanda Moss

Episode: "Every Breath You Take"

2010

The Glades

Carol Watkins

Episode: "A Perfect Storm"

2011

The Doctor

Ayanna

TV pilot

2011

NCIS

Deputy Director Donna Wolfson

Episode: "Defiance"

2011

Against the Wall

Officer Edie

Episode: "Obsessed and Unwanted"

2012

Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Fincher

Episode: "The Girl with No Name"

2012

The Finder

La Bruja

Episode: "Voodoo Undo"

2012

Drop Dead Diva

Prof. Ellen Daily

Episode: "Road Trip"

2012

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Episode: "Holy Rollers"

2012

Scandal

Nancy Drake

Episode: "The Other Woman"

2013

Body of Proof

Angela Martin

Recurring role, 4 episodes

2013–2017

The Fosters

Dana Adams

Recurring role, 9 episodes

2014

Being Mary Jane

Aunt Toni

Episode: "The Huxtables Have Fallen"

2014

Orange Is the New Black

Yvonne "Vee" Parker

Recurring (season 2) 13 episodes

2014–2015

Forever

Lt. Joanna Reece

Series regular, 21 episodes

2015–2017

Rosewood

Donna Rosewood

Series regular, 40 episodes

2016

Chicago P.D.

Shambala Green

Episode: "Justice"

2016

Black-ish

Almaviligerais

Episode: "Auntsgiving"

2018

Grace and Frankie

Rebecca

Episode: "The Death Stick"

2018–2019

Into the Badlands

Cressida

Series regular

2018

Big City Greens

Remy's mom (voice)

Animated series

2018

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Shadow Weaver (voice)[49]

Animated series

2019

The Village

Patricia

Main cast

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