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Lorraine Toussaint

Film Producer / Television Actress / Film Actress / Actress / Stage Actress | * 04/04/1960 (64) | Trinidad, British West Indies
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Lorraine Toussaint ( born April 4, 1960) is a Trinidadian-American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Toussaint began her career in theatre, before supporting performances in films such as Breaking In (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), and Dangerous Minds (1995). As lead actress, she is best known for her role as Rene Jackson in the critically acclaimed Lifetime television drama series Any Day Now, from 1998 to 2002, and her recurring role as defense attorney Shambala Green in the NBC legal drama Law & Order. She later appeared as a regular cast member in the NBC police procedural Crossing Jordan (2002–03) and the TNT crime drama Saving Gr..."> ()
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Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-American actress and producer. Toussaint began her career in theatre before supporting performances in films such as Breaking In, Hudson Hawk, and Dangerous Minds.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately ...

Selma

PG-13

2014 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
History, Drama
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Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal som ...

Hudson Hawk

R

1991 | 2.9/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discov ...

Middle of Nowhere

R

2012 | 3.3/5 | 1h 41min
Drama
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A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group ...

Orange Is the New Black

TV-MA

2013 | 3.8/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Movies with Lorraine Toussaint as Actress(39)

as Wanda2023 Silent Retreat
as (voice)2023 Nimona
as Nessi2020 Concrete Cowboy
as (voice)2020 Unladylike2020
as Flo Kennedy2020 The Glorias
as Donna2019 Sprinter
as Lou Lou2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
as Bo2019 Fast Color
as God (voice)2018 Anne Frank Meets God
as herself2017 Girls Trip
as Nichelle2017 Love Beats Rhymes
as Salome Whitmore2016 Sophie and the Rising Sun
as Mrs. Roberts2015 The Night Before
as Naomi Holloway2015 Runaway Island
as Dr. Sherman2014 Ask Me Anything
as Amelia Boynton2014 Selma
as Ruth2012 Middle of Nowhere
as Flo Ayers2009 The Soloist
as Pearl Stone2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God
2002 The Sky is Falling
as Kim Garfield1998 Blackout Effect
as Carol Broker1998 Jaded
as Philomena (segment "The Reunion")1996 America's Dream
as Mama Turner1996 The Cherokee Kid
as Dealey1996 Nightjohn
as Judge Consuelo Marshall1996 The Making of a Hollywood Madam
as Shameeka Webb1996 If These Walls Could Talk
as Lieutenant Sondra Washington1995 It Was Him or Us
as Irene Roberts1995 Dangerous Minds
as Enid Sheperd1995 Bleeding Hearts
1994 A Time to Heal
as Florence Crawford1993 Sad Inheritance
as Beth1993 Point of No Return
as Nancy Goodpaster1992 Trial: The Price of Passion
as Almond Joy1991 Hudson Hawk
as Alva Debnam1990 Common Ground
as Delphine the Hooker1989 Breaking In
as Pat Bowden1986 A Case of Deadly Force
as Stendah1983 The Face of Rage

TV Shows/Series with Lorraine Toussaint as Actress(41)

as Aunt Vi2021 The Equalizer
as Judge Sarah LeBlanc2020 Your Honor
as Patricia Davis2019 The Village
as Emily Ghost (voice)2018 Summer Camp Island
as Shadow Weaver (voice)2018 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
as Remy’s Mother (voice)2018 Big City Greens
as Nia Rogers2017 The Good Fight
as Donna Rosewood2015 Rosewood
as Lt. Joanne Reece2014 Forever
as Shambala Green2014 Chicago P.D.
as Yvonne 'Vee' Parker2013 Orange Is the New Black
as Dana Adams2013 The Fosters
as Nancy Drake2012 Scandal
2012 The Finder
2009 Three Rivers
as Kate Perry2007 Saving Grace
as Yoga2006 Ugly Betty
as Bird Merriweather2006 Friday Night Lights
2005 Numb3rs
as Député D.A. Powell2005 The Closer
as Donna Wolfson2003 NCIS
2003 Threat Matrix
as Narrator2003 This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys
as Dr. Elaine Duchamps2001 Crossing Jordan
as Dr. Franklin (voice)2000 Static Shock
as Cynthia James2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Eileen Stayman1999 Judging Amy
as Rene Jackson1998 Any Day Now
1997 C-16: FBI
1996 Dark Skies
1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1995 Bless This House
as Margaret Stratton1995 Murder One
as Yolanda1994 ER
1993 Where I Live
as Nurse1993 Frasier
1992 Bodies of Evidence
as Defense Attorney Shambala Green1990 Law & Order
as Dr. Chanel Cory1989 Nasty Boys
1988 Sidewalks Entertainment
1985 227

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Full Name: Lorraine Toussaint
Born: Monday, 04/04 1960 (April) in Trinidad, British West Indies (current age: 64 years + 21 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Other names for Lorraine Toussaint (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lorraine Tousaint"
Lorraine Toussaint frequently works together with these people:
Paul Schulze (12x, Actor)
Cole Sanchez (12x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (11x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (11x, Crew)
Zach Grenier (11x, Actor)
William M. Finkelstein (11x, Crew)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Glenn Morshower (10x, Actor)
Bobby Moynihan (10x, Actor)
John Rubinstein (9x, Actor)
Jay Karnes (9x, Actor)
Ava DuVernay (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:237095, Added: 08/06/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024