
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Legends Ball | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| 106 & Park Top 10 Live | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| A Capitol Fourth | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Party Planner with David Tutera | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2004 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Celebrity Poker Showdown | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 4th Annual BET Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| 2004 Trumpet Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| When I Was a Girl | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
| 34th NAACP Image Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
| Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | Documentary | Reader |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 4th Annual Family Television Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
| ESPY Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| Essence Awards | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| 33rd NAACP Image Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| Muhammad Ali's All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration! | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| Making 'The Score' | 2001 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2001 | TV Special | |
| The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Herself |
| And Then One Night: The Making of 'Dead Man Walking' | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross | 2000 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1998-2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: 'The Sixth Sense' Film Clip |
| The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Screenplay |
| The 1999 Annual Los Angeles Ovation Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Maury | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1994-1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | 1997 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: In Memoriam Tribute |
| Women in Film Crystal Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| Cinema 3 | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
| 27th NAACP Image Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song |
| Comic Relief VII | 1995 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Reading Rainbow | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: "Circle of Life" & "Hakuna Matata" Songs |
| 1994 MTV Movie Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Essence Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 31th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Winner |
| 26th NAACP Image Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| A Century of Women | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| 25th NAACP Image Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
| Remand | 2016 | Documentary completed | Narrator |
| The 74th Golden Globe Awards | 2017 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Audience Member |
| The Insider | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Making of 'London Has Fallen' | 2016 | Video documentary short | Herself / Lynne Jacobs |
| The Chew | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Made in Hollywood | 2011-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Access Hollywood Live | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Extra | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Whitney Houston |
| Movie3Some | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Talk | 2011-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Larry King Now | 2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Conan | 2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 88th Annual Academy Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Herself |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2011-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2016 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Presenter |
| This Week in Hollywood | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Breakthrough | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Narrator |
| Cinerockom | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Lifetime Achievement Award Winner |
| American Horror Story: Freak Show, Two Heads Are Better Than One | 2015 | Video short | Himself |
| Getting Freaky: A Peek Inside the Tent | 2015 | Video short | Herself |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie |
| The Making of 'Survivor' | 2015 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Ubisoft E3 2015 Conference | 2015 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Real | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Good Morning America | 1992-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Inside Edition | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| CBS This Morning | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| American Horror Story: Meet Ms. Nola - Shooting on Location in New Orleans | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
| American Horror Story: Zombie Halloween | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
| The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | 2014 | Documentary | Herself |
| The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Power of Our Presence | 2014 | Short | Herself |
| 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
| Fox and Friends | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Queen Latifah Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| BET Awards 2013 | 2013 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 67th Annual Tony Awards | 2013 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Tavis Smiley | 2007-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| CNN Saturday | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| BET Awards 2012 | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
| ES.TV HD | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Independent Lens | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Daisy Bates |
| Show People with Paul Wontorek | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
| Charlie Rose | 1999-2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Tina Turner: Simply the Best | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| 1st Look | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Interviewee |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Executive Producer, 'Jumping the Broom' |
| 42nd NAACP Image Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself |
| We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2010 | Documentary | |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | 2010 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock | 2010 | Documentary | Daisy Bates |
| The BET Honors | 2009 | TV Special | Herself / Presenter |
| The 7th Annual TV Land Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself |
| Previously On: E.R. | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The 40th NAACP Image Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | 2009 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The View | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Access Hollywood | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Red Dress Collection 2007 Fashion Show | 2008 | Video documentary | Herself - Introduction |
| 39th NAACP Image Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself |
| Speechless | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Rachael Ray | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| In the Cutz | 2006 | TV Series | Guest |
| The 2006 Black Movie Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
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