Known best on her behalf starring role mainly because Rene Jackson in the Life time series Any Day time Right now, she also had series regular functions on SAVIOR and Crossing Jordan. Her film credits consist of an Independent Soul Award-nominated overall performance in Middle of Nowhere and a co-starring part in Dangerous Thoughts. After graduating from Manhattan, New York’s SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL of Performing Arts and from your world-famous Juilliard College, she started her career like a traditional stage celebrity. She first made an appearance on screen inside a 1986 tv movie titled AN INSTANCE of Deadly Pressure. She was a string regular around the ABC sitcom Where I Live and a repeating character using one Existence to Live, Legislation & Purchase, Ugly Betty, and many other tv series. A indigenous of Trinidad, she resolved in NEW YORK at age ten. She and Laverne Cox both performed repeating functions (as Vee Parker and Sophia Burset, respectively) on the favorite Netflix initial series Orange May be the New Black.
Quick Facts
Full Name Lorraine Toussaint
Date Of Birth April 4, 1960
Place Of Birth Trinidad And Tobago
Height 1.75 m
Profession TV Actress
Education High School of Performing Arts, Juilliard School
Awards Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Nominations Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Movies Selma, Middle of Nowhere, Dangerous Minds, The Night Before, Hudson Hawk, The Soloist, Point of No Return, Nightjohn, Runaway Island, Sophie and the Rising Sun, Mother's Boys, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Black Dog, America's Dream, The Cherokee Kid, A Case of Deadly Force, Lies and Lullabies, Bleeding Hearts, Freak Show, Coco, Breaking In, The Sky Is Falling, Jaded, If These Walls Could Talk, Class of '61, A Time to Heal, It Was Him or Us, Blackout Effect, The Gold Lunch, The Doctor, White Man's Burden, The Good Doctor: The Paul Fleiss Story
TV Shows Rosewood, Forever, Saving Grace, Crossing Jordan, Any Day Now, Where I Live, Bodies of Evidence, Orange Is the New Black, Common Ground, Leaving L.A., Amazing Grace, The Line (US), Trial: The Price of Passion
Star Sign Aries
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Filmography
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Salaries
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Has one daughter, Samara.
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Lorraine had to care for her mother, Janet Beane, who had multiple sclerosis while she was studying acting. Her mother passed away in 1999.
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Has a dog named Kaia.
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Born in Trinidad, but moved to Brooklyn, New York, USA, with her family when she was ten years old.
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Is an aficionado of architecture, and an expert gardener and landscaper.
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Studied drama at The Juilliard School, New York, NY, USA.
Actress
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Class of '61
1993
TV Movie
Sarah
Point of No Return
1993
Beth
Love, Lies & Lullabies
1993
TV Movie
Florence Crawford
Queen
1993
TV Mini-Series
Joyce
Where I Live
1993
TV Series
Marie St. Martin
Red Dwarf
1992
TV Movie
Captain Tau
Bodies of Evidence
1992
TV Series
Dr. Mary Rocket (1992)
Trial: The Price of Passion
1992
TV Movie
Nancy Goodpaster
Tequila and Bonetti
1992
TV Series
Big Marie
Daddy
1991
TV Movie
Judge (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
1991
Almond Joy
Nasty Boys
1990
TV Series
Dr, Chanel Cory
227
1990
TV Series
Monica Patton
Common Ground
1990
TV Movie
Alva
Breaking In
1989
Delphine the Hooker
A Man Called Hawk
1989
TV Series
Emily Howell
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
TV Movie
Pat Bowden
The Face of Rage
1983
TV Movie
Stendah
One Life to Live
1968
TV Series
Vera Williams (1988)
A Conversation: Anne Frank Meets God
2017
Short post-production
God (voice)
Coco
2016
post-production
Nichelle
Rosewood
2015-2016
TV Series
Donna Rosewood
The Fosters
2013-2016
TV Series
Dana Adams
Chicago P.D.
2016
TV Series
Shambala Green
Sophie and the Rising Sun
2016
Salome Whitmore
The Night Before
2015
Mrs. Roberts
Runaway Island
2015
Naomi Holloway
Forever
2014-2015
TV Series
Lt. Joanna Reece
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
2014
Video Game
High Sage Viryx (voice)
Selma
2014
Amelia Boynton
Orange Is the New Black
2014
TV Series
Yvonne 'Vee' Parker
Ask Me Anything
2014
Dr. Sherman
The Young and the Restless
2012-2014
TV Series
Dr. Watkins
Being Mary Jane
2014
TV Series
Aunt Toni
Body of Proof
2013
TV Series
Chief Angela Martin
Scandal
2012
TV Series
Nancy Drake
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2012
TV Series
Drop Dead Diva
2012
TV Series
Professor Ellen Daily
The Finder
2012
TV Series
La Bruja
Grey's Anatomy
2012
TV Series
Dr. Helen Fincher
Middle of Nowhere
2012
Ruth
The Doctor
2011
TV Movie
Ayanna
Against the Wall
2011
TV Series
Officer Edie
NCIS
2011
TV Series
Deputy Director Donna Wolfson
Friday Night Lights
2009-2011
TV Series
Bird Merriweather
The Line
2010
TV Movie
Josephine Johnson
The Glades
2010
TV Series
Carol Watkins
Saving Grace
2007-2010
TV Series
Kate Perry
Three Rivers
2010
TV Series
Yolanda Moss
The Soloist
2009
Flo Ayers
Numb3rs
2005-2009
TV Series
Agent Terri Green / Medical Examiner
The Gold Lunch
2008
Short
Judge
ER
2008
TV Series
Yolanda
Ugly Betty
2007
TV Series
Yoga
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2006-2007
TV Series
Marla James / Cynthia James
3 lbs.
2006
TV Series
Della
The Closer
2005
TV Series
Deputy D.A. Powell
Judging Amy
2005
TV Series
Eileen Stayman
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
TV Movie
Pearl Stone
Frasier
2004
TV Series
Nurse
Threat Matrix
2003-2004
TV Series
Carina Wright / NSA Agent Hodges
Law & Order
1990-2003
TV Series
Shambala Green
Crossing Jordan
2002-2003
TV Series
Dr. Elaine Duchamps
Static Shock
2002
TV Series
Dr. Franklin
Any Day Now
1998-2002
TV Series
Rene Jackson
The Sky Is Falling
2001
Janie
Jaded
1998
Carol Broker
C-16: FBI
1998
TV Series
Marsha Fontaine
Black Dog
1998
Avery
Cracker: Mind Over Murder
1998
TV Series
Tisha Watlington
Nothing Sacred
1998
TV Series
Lorraine Hamilton
Blackout Effect
1998
TV Movie
Kim Garfield
The Spittin' Image
1997
Short
Leaving L.A.
1997
TV Series
Dr. Claudia Chan
Promised Land
1997
TV Series
Linda Paxton
Psalms from the Underground
1996
Short
Dark Skies
1996
TV Series
Eda Mae Tillman
The Cherokee Kid
1996
TV Movie
Mama Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996
TV Series
Dr. Cotter
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
TV Movie
Shameeka Webb (segment "1996")
Nightjohn
1996
TV Movie
Dealey
America's Dream
1996
TV Movie
Philomena (segment "The Reunion")
It Was Him or Us
1995
TV Movie
Lt. Washington
Murder One
1995
TV Series
Margaret Stratton
Amazing Grace
1995
TV Series
Yvonne Price
Bless This House
1995
TV Series
Lorraine
Dangerous Minds
1995
Irene Roberts
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
TV Series
Denise Copeland
Bleeding Hearts
1994
Enid Sheperd
A Time to Heal
1994
TV Movie
Zelda
Mother's Boys
1993
Robert's Associate
The Sinbad Show
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Payton
Producer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Conversation: Anne Frank Meets God
2017
Short co-executive producer post-production
Accidental Friendship
2008
TV Movie executive producer
Self
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Today Live
2016
TV Series
Herself
Access Hollywood Live
2014-2016
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Guest
Home & Family
2015
TV Series
Herself
Steve Harvey
2015
TV Series
Herself
The Real
2015
TV Series
Herself
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself
The Wendy Williams Show
2015
TV Series
Herself
The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series (uncredited)
20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself
72nd Golden Globe Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself (uncredited)
NY Live: In Concert
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself - Nominee
2013 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Special
2013
TV Special
Herself
SAG Foundation Conversations
2012
TV Series
Herself
Rwanda Rising
2007
Documentary
Berne Mukaniwisi (voice)
An Evening with Della Reese
2004
TV Movie
Herself - Interviewee
34th NAACP Image Awards
2003
TV Special
Herself
This Far by Faith
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself - Narrator
Weddings of a Lifetime: Dream Weddings on a Budget
2002
Herself
33rd NAACP Image Awards
2002
TV Special
Herself
30th NAACP Image Awards
1999
TV Special
Herself
Won awards
Won awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2015
Critics' Choice TV Award
Critics Choice Television Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
2015
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
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