Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Birthday: 1960-04-04

Place of Birth: Trinidad, British West Indies

Biography: 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.

Movies

Point of No Return
Point of No Return

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the executio...

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Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving ...

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If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all ...

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Blackout Effect
Blackout Effect

There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone ab...

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The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage

Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation fac...

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Nimona
Nimona

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence....

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The Soloist
The Soloist

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new ar...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her throug...

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Middle of Nowhere
Middle of Nowhere

When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to...

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Jaded
Jaded

When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town ...

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A Case of Deadly Force
A Case of Deadly Force

Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Uni...

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Ask Me Anything
Ask Me Anything

Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, ...

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It Was Him or Us
It Was Him or Us

When her daughter's lover begins exhibiting signs of becoming a dangerous abuser, a mother attempts ...

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Class of '61
Class of '61

Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The C...

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Common Ground
Common Ground

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court or...

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Selma
Selma

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a marc...

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The Making of a Hollywood Madam
The Making of a Hollywood Madam

The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasio...

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The Night Before
The Night Before

In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends...

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Breaking In
Breaking In

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his ...

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The Sky is Falling
The Sky is Falling

A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is ...

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Bleeding Hearts
Bleeding Hearts

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American ...

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Sophie and the Rising Sun
Sophie and the Rising Sun

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian ma...

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Love Beats Rhymes
Love Beats Rhymes

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finis...

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The Cherokee Kid
The Cherokee Kid

Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were...

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Hamlet
Hamlet

From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, exp...

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Mother's Boys
Mother's Boys

Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as sudden...

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Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos...

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Black Dog
Black Dog

An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is fille...

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America's Dream
America's Dream

Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short sto...

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Runaway Island
Runaway Island

A group of troubled strangers looking to escape their woes end up sharing a transformational experie...

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Sad Inheritance
Sad Inheritance

After filling her life with addictions, Christina (Susan Dey) is left with a dead-end job, a deadbea...

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Fast Color
Fast Color

A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having ...

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Girls Trip
Girls Trip

Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover th...

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Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to...

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The Glorias
The Glorias

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her ...

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Concrete Cowboy
Concrete Cowboy

Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-kn...

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and...

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Sprinter
Sprinter

Sprinter tells the story of Akeem Sharp who is set to be Jamaica's next big track-and-field sensatio...

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Silent Retreat
Silent Retreat

The story centers on a man and woman with relationship issues who decide to go on a meditation retre...

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A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal

A paralyzed mother recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband....

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Nightjohn
Nightjohn

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young s...

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The Line
The Line

A new documentary play crafted from firsthand interviews with New York City medical first responders...

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Trial: The Price of Passion
Trial: The Price of Passion

Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused...

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Unladylike2020
Unladylike2020

Upending expectations and challenging the definition of womanhood, these “first women” found themsel...

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Anne Frank Meets God
Anne Frank Meets God

Based on a poem by a WWII vet, Anne Frank Meets God is a haunting film set in one of the darkest mom...

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The Spittin' Image
The Spittin' Image

A man looks back at his childhood and his relationship with his grandfather....

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