Whitney Houston filmography

American entertainer Whitney Houston worked in four feature films, one television film, seven television episodes, and appeared in six commercials.
She made her screen acting debut as Rachel Marron in the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard (1992). It was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992, making $411 million worldwide. The Bodyguard received mixed to negative reviews from film critics, and received seven Golden Raspberry Awardnominations, including Worst Picture. The soundtrack became the best-sellingsoundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide.
In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon in her second film, Waiting to Exhale (1995), which was notable for having an all-African-American cast, and was called by The Los Angeles Times a "social phenomenon". Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Waiting to Exhale was a financial success, grossing $14.1 million in its first weekend of release. In total, the film grossed $67.05 million in North America, and $14.4 million internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $81.45 million, making it the 26th highest-grossing film of 1995. The soundtrack to the film, which has sold over twelve million copies worldwide, also featured exclusively female African-American artists, and, at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997, received a total of eleven nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and three Best Female R&B Vocal Performancenominees, then won Best R&B Song for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)".
In 1996, Houston starred in the holiday comedy The Preacher's Wife, with Denzel Washington. Houston earned $10 million for the role, making her one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood at the time and the highest-earning African-American actress in Hollywood. The movie was a moderate success, earning approximately $50 million at the U.S. box offices. It was nominated for five Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture, and won two—for Best Actress (Whitney Houston) and Best Supporting Actress (Loretta Devine). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score. The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album is the best-selling gospel album of all time.[1] The soundtrack also remained at number one for a record twenty-six weeks on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart.
== Feature films ==
Title 	Year	Credit(s) 	Role 	Director(s) 	US box office
The Bodyguard 	1992	Actress 	Rachel Marron 	Mick Jackson 	$411,000,000
Waiting to Exhale 	1995	Actress 	Savannah Jackson	Forest Whitaker	$82,000,000
The Preacher's Wife 	1996	Actress 	Julia Biggs 	Penny Marshall 	$48,000,000
The Princess Diaries 	2001	Producer[2] 	N/A 	Garry Marshall 	$165,300,000
Nora's Hair Salon 	2004	Uncredited Cameo 	Herself 	Jerry Lamothe 	$5,000,000
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	2004	Producer[3] 	N/A 	Garry Marshall 	$134,700,000
The Last Days of Left Eye 	2007	Documentary cameo 	Herself 	Lauren Lazin 	N/A
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon 	2011	Documentary cameo 	Herself 	Andrew Eastel 	N/A
Sparkle 	2012	
* Actress
* executive producer[4]	Emma Anderson 	Salim Akil 	$24,000,000
Whitney: Can I Be Me 	2017	Documentary subject	Herself 	Nick Broomfield
Rudi Dolezal	N/A
Whitney 	2018	Documentary film 	Herself 	Kevin Macdonald	$3,000,000
== Television ==
Title 	Year	Episode 	Credit(s) 	Role 	Creator(s)/Director(s)
Gimme a Break! 	1984	"Katie's College"[5] 	Actress 	Rita Lammar 	Hal Cooper
As the World Turns 	1984	"August 1–2, 1984" 	Actress 	Herself 	Irna Phillips
Silver Spoons 	1985	"Head Over Heels"[5] 	Actress 	Herself 	Jack Shea
Saturday Night Live	1991	"Alec Baldwin/Whitney Houston" 	Actress 	Herself 	Dave Wilson
Saturday Night Live	1996	"Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston"	Actress 	Herself 	Beth McCarthy-Miller
Cinderella 	1997	Television film 	
* Actress
* executive producer[6]	Fairy Godmother	Robert Iscove
Boston Public 	2003	"Chapter 66" 	Actress 	Herself 	Jonathan Pontell
The Cheetah Girls 	2003	Television film 	Producer[7] 	N/A 	Oz Scott
Being Bobby Brown 	2005	Reality television series 	Reality show subject 	Herself 	N/A
The Cheetah Girls 2	2006	Television film 	Co-executive producer[8]	N/A 	Kenny Ortega
The X Factor 	2009	"Week 2" 	Guest mentor 	Herself 	Phil Heyes