Lorraine Toussaint

Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1960, Trinidad, British West Indies
Movies: 45

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.

Upcoming Lorraine Toussaint Movies

National Theatre at Home: The Story

2026

December 1, 2026

Silent Retreat

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.5

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019

7.4

Selma

2014

6.1

The Night Before

2015

6.8

Girls Trip

2017

7.8

Nimona

2023

7.0

Dangerous Minds

1995

5.7

Hudson Hawk

1991

6.7

The Soloist

2009

6.2

Point of No Return

1993

5.6

Ask Me Anything

2014

Filmography

2026	National Theatre at Home: The Story	Pat
2024	Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation	Rashida Remington (voice)
2024	Hamlet	Gertrude
2023	Nimona	Queen Valerin (voice)
2020	The Glorias	Flo Kennedy
2020	Concrete Cowboy	Nessi
2020	The Line	Sharon
2020	Unladylike2020	(voice)
2019	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	Lou Lou
2019	Sprinter	Donna
2019	Fast Color	Bo
2018	Anne Frank Meets God	God (voice)
2017	Love Beats Rhymes	Nichelle
2017	Girls Trip	Lorraine Toussaint
2016	Sophie and the Rising Sun	Salome Whitmore
2015	The Night Before	Mrs. Roberts
2015	Runaway Island	Naomi Holloway
2014	Selma	Amelia Boynton
2014	Ask Me Anything	Dr. Sherman
2012	Middle of Nowhere	Ruth
2009	The Soloist	Flo Ayers
2005	Their Eyes Were Watching God	Pearl Stone
2001	The Sky is Falling	Janie
1998	Jaded	Carol Broker
1998	Black Dog	Avery
1998	Blackout Effect	Kim Garfield
1996	The Cherokee Kid	Mama Turner
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Shameeka Webb
1996	Nightjohn	Dealey
1996	The Making of a Hollywood Madam	Judge Consuelo Marshall
1996	America's Dream	Philomena (segment "The Reunion")
1995	It Was Him or Us	Lieutenant Sondra Washington
1995	Bleeding Hearts	Enid Sheperd
1995	Dangerous Minds	Irene Roberts
1994	A Time to Heal
1993	Mother's Boys	Robert’s Associate
1993	Class of '61	Sarah
1993	Point of No Return	Beth
1993	Sad Inheritance	Florence Crawford
1992	Trial: The Price of Passion	Nancy Goodpaster
1991	Hudson Hawk	Almond Joy
1990	Common Ground	Alva Debnam
1989	Breaking In	Delphine the Hooker
1986	A Case of Deadly Force	Pat Bowden
1983	The Face of Rage	Stendah

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