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Lorraine Toussaint

ACTOR · FROM TRINIDAD, BRITISH WEST INDIES

Lorraine Toussaint

Born 1960 · 66 years old95 credits since 19835 coming up

GrittySuspensefulUpliftingFriendshipBittersweet

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ABOUT LORRAINE

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born4 April 1960

BirthplaceTrinidad, British West Indies

Known forActing

On Cineora66 of 95 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Lorraine from.

Orange Is the New Black poster

Series

Orange Is the New Black

2013–2019IMDb8.0

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000–2015IMDb7.7

Your Honor poster

Series

2020–2023IMDb7.6

Forever poster

Series

2014–2015IMDb8.2

Nimona poster

Movie

2023IMDb7.5

Dangerous Minds poster

Movie

Dangerous Minds

1995IMDb6.5

Law & Order poster

Series

1990–IMDb7.8

Ugly Betty poster

Series

2006–2010IMDb6.8

The Fosters poster

Series

2013–2018IMDb7.9

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power poster

Series

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

2018–2020IMDb8.1

The Better Sister poster

Series

The Better Sister

2025IMDb7.0

The Equalizer poster

Series

2021–2025IMDb5.6

Coming up

What Lorraine is working on next.

National Theatre at Home: The Storyas PatOut Dec 2026
Silent Retreatas WandaDate to be announced
The Spittin' ImageDate to be announced

Movie

Out on a LimbDate to be announced

SeriesThe LineDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 66
Average IMDb: 6.9
Highest rated: Friday Night LightsIMDb 8.7
Working since: 1983

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

95 credits

The 2020s

12 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average

All's Fair poster

Series

2025–IMDb3.6

as Alberta Dome · 2 episodes

The Better Sister poster

Series

The Better Sister

2025IMDb7.0

as Catherine Lancaster · 8 episodes

Not on Cineora

StuGo

2025

as Dr. Lullah (voice) · 40 episodes

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation poster

Movie

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

2024IMDb6.2

as Rashida Remington (voice)

Not on Cineora

Hamlet

2024

as Gertrude

Nimona poster

Movie

2023IMDb7.5

as Queen Valerin (voice)

The Equalizer poster

Series

2021–2025IMDb5.6

as Viola 'Vi' Marsette · 74 episodes

The Glorias poster

Movie

2020IMDb6.1

as Flo Kennedy

The 2010s

28 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark poster

Movie

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019IMDb6.2

as Lou Lou

Vernon and Gus

Not on Cineora

Vernon and Gus

2019

as Marvella Magnificent (voice) · 1 episode

Sprinter poster

Movie

2019IMDb6.1

as Donna

Fast Color poster

Movie

2019IMDb6.1

as Bo

The Village poster

Series

2019IMDb7.5

as Patricia Davis · 10 episodes

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power poster

Series

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

2018–2020IMDb8.1

as Shadow Weaver (voice) · 52 episodes

Not on Cineora

Anne Frank Meets God

2018

as God (voice)

Summer Camp Island poster

Series

Summer Camp Island

2018–2023IMDb7.8

as Emily Ghost (voice) · 1 episode

The 2000s

17 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Three Rivers poster

Series

2009–2010IMDb6.8

1 episode

The Soloist poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.7

as Flo Ayers

The Secret Life of the American Teenager poster

Series

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008–2013IMDb4.9

as Omar's Mom · 1 episode

Saving Grace poster

Series

2007–2010IMDb7.6

as Kate Perry · 46 episodes

Friday Night Lights poster

Series

Friday Night Lights

2006–2011IMDb8.7

as Bird Merriweather · 2 episodes

Ugly Betty poster

Series

2006–2010IMDb6.8

as Yoga · 6 episodes

The Closer poster

Series

2005–2012IMDb7.8

as Député D.A. Powell · 2 episodes

Grey's Anatomy poster

Series

2005–IMDb7.6

as Helen Fincher · 1 episode

The 1990s

34 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Judging Amy poster

Series

1999–2005IMDb7.1

as Eileen Stayman · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Any Day Now

1998

as Rene Jackson · 88 episodes

Jaded poster

Movie

1998IMDb5.4

as Carol Broker

Black Dog poster

Movie

1998IMDb5.5

as Avery

Blackout Effect poster

Movie

Blackout Effect

1998IMDb5.8

as Kim Garfield

Not on Cineora

C-16: FBI

1997

1 episode

Not on Cineora

Leaving L.A.

1997

as Dr. Claudia Chan · 6 episodes

The Cherokee Kid poster

Movie

The Cherokee Kid

1996IMDb6.0

as Mama Turner

The 1980s

4 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Breaking In poster

Movie

1989IMDb6.1

as Delphine the Hooker

Not on Cineora

A Case of Deadly Force

1986

as Pat Bowden

227 poster

Series

1985–1990IMDb6.8

1 episode

The Face of Rage

Not on Cineora

The Face of Rage

1983

as Stendah

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Lorraine’s titles.

Paul GuilfoyleCSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Mother's Boys and 1 more

Gabriel CasseusBlack Dog, Their Eyes Were Watching God and 1 more

Catherine KeenerThe Soloist and If These Walls Could Talk

Anthony AndersonLaw & Order and black-ish

Martin SheenGrace and Frankie and Ask Me Anything

James CoburnHudson Hawk and The Cherokee Kid

Morris ChestnutGirls Trip and Rosewood

David OyelowoSelma and Middle of Nowhere

CommonSelma and Love Beats Rhymes

Burt ReynoldsThe Cherokee Kid and Breaking In