Lorraine Toussaint

Born April 4, 1960· Trinidad, British West Indies

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Born in Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Brooklyn after her mother, a teacher, relocated the family, she honed her craft at Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts before earning a BFA from Juilliard’s drama division. After a Shakespeare-focused stage career, she entered screen work in the early 1980s, appearing in films such as Breaking In (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991) and Dangerous Minds (1995)…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Chicago P.D.

Chicago P.D.2014

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power2018

Shadow Weaver (voice)

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy2005

Your Honor

Judge Sarah LeBlanc

Nimona

Queen Valerin (voice)

Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights2006

Bird Merriweather

Frasier

Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black2013

Yvonne 'Vee' Parker

NCIS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000

Selma

The Good Fight

The Good Fight2017

The Fosters

The Fosters2013

Law & Order

Law & Order1990

Big City Greens

Big City Greens2018

Remy’s Mother (voice)

Summer Camp Island

Summer Camp Island2018

Emily Ghost (voice)

Scandal

The Equalizer

The Equalizer2021

Viola 'Vi' Marsette

black-ish

The Finder

Body of Proof

Body of Proof2011

Ugly Betty

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019

Point of No Return

Point of No Return1993