Lorraine Toussaint : Actress Height, Weight, Age, Movies, Biography, News, Images & Videos

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

Lorraine Toussaint Movies and TV Shows

• A Case of Deadly Force [9 April 1986]

  Father-and-son lawyers launch a three-year probe into the shooting death of a hospital worker by police officers.

• A Time to Heal [18 April 1994]

  A paralyzed mother (Nicollette Sheridan) recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband (Gary Cole).

• America's Dream [17 February 1996]

  This anthology features three tales that center on African-American characters. "Long Black Song," based on a story by Richard Wright, deals with Silas (Danny Glover), a farmer with an unfaithful wife (Tina Lifford), while "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black" finds school principal George Du Vaul (Wesley Snipes) defending a controversial work by one of his students. Rounding out the production is "The Reunion," which focuses on a jazz vocalist who recalls her troubled youth.… MORE

• Ask Me Anything [19 April 2014]

  A young woman (Britt Robertson) chronicles her sexual adventures in an anonymous blog that exposes her innermost desires, shames and secrets.

• Black Dog [1 May 1998 (USA)]

  An ex-convict truck driver with a suspended licence makes one last no-questions-asked trip, only to discover that his rig is stocked with assault weapons. Having taken the cash-paid job to help support his family, the panicked man finds his wife and child's lives are in danger if he fails to deliver the goods. Culminating in a high-speed chase involving a convoy of 18-wheelers.… MORE

• Blackout Effect [4 January 1998]

  An NTSB investigator tries to uncover the cause behind a fatal collision between a passenger jet and a cargo plane.

• Bleeding Hearts [1994]

• Breaking In [16 August 1990 (West Germany)]

  Reaching retirement age, professional burglar Ernie Mullins (Burt Reynolds) is ready to call it quits, but only after he pulls one last job. When he breaks into what should be his final home, he comes across the young and directionless intruder Mike (Casey Siemaszko). Identifying some latent, untapped talent in the kid, Mullins decides to put retirement on hold and take the precocious housebreaker under his wing, teaching the inexperienced criminal the tricks of the trade.… MORE

• Class of '61 [12 April 1993]

  Three West Point cadets and friends find themselves on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. Meanwhile, a slave escapes captivity via the Underground Railroad.

• Common Ground [25 March 1990]

  The story of an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education during a period of racial tension in Boston in 1968, due to an attempt to end desegregation in the city.

• Concrete Cowboy [13 September 2020]

  Concrete Cowboy is a 2020 American Western drama film directed by Ricky Staub, from a screenplay by Staub and Dan Walser, based upon the novel Ghetto Cowboy by Greg Neri. It stars Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint, Byron Bowers and Method Man.

• Dangerous Minds []

• Efeito Blackout [Jeff Bleckner]

• En busca del sueño americano [Bill Duke, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Paris Barclay]

• Enquête privée [David Jacobs]

• Fast Color [19 April 2019 (USA)]

  A young woman with superhuman abilities abandons her family. However, things change after she is chased by a mysterious force when her powers are discovered.

• Freak Show [12 January 2018 (USA)]

  Billy Bloom is one-of-a-kind: a fabulous, glitter-bedecked, gender-bending teenager whose razor-sharp wit is matched only by his outrageous, anything-goes fashion sense. When his glamorous mother is forced to send him to live with his straight-laced father, Billy discovers that he's like a diva-out-of-water at his new ultra-conservative high school. Undaunted by the bullies who don't understand him, the fearless Billy sets out to make a big statement in his own inimitable way.… MORE

• Hudson Hawk [24 May 1991 (USA)]

  Eddie, known as Hudson Hawk, is just out of prison and resolves to lead an honest life. But, he is soon blackmailed into stealing some of the priceless art works of Leonardo da Vinci.

• If These Walls Could Talk [7 September 2020]

  Love Is Love Is Love is a 2020 American drama film directed by Eleanor Coppola, from a screenplay by Coppola and Karen Leigh Hopkins.

• Into the Badlands [Paco Cabezas, David Dobkin, Toa Fraser]

• It Was Him or Us [21 November 1995]

  A woman (Ann Jillian) abused in her past must save her daughter (Monique Lanier) from a violent and dangerous boyfriend (Richard Grieco).

• Jaded [1996]

  Two women have a brutal surprise in store for the innocent patron they befriended at a small-town bar.

• Knife Fight [25 January 2013 (USA)]

  When his usual methods prove ineffectual, a political strategist (Rob Lowe) takes a gamble on a new client to prove that sometimes dirty battles have to be fought cleanly.

• Lies and Lullabies [14 March 1993]

  For years Christina has led a seemingly hopeless battle against her drug addiction. However, now she has a real purpose: to go clean and regain custody of her child.

• Love Beats Rhymes [1 December 2017 (USA)]

  A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.

• Middle of Nowhere [12 October 2012 (USA)]

  A family wake up to find themselves in the middle of a forest with no idea how they got there. As they try to piece together the puzzle, the issues plaguing their lives take centre stage.

• Mother's Boys [October 1993]

  Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude (Jamie Lee Curtis) walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert (Peter Gallagher), has fallen in love with Callie (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes (Luke Edwards), into a murderous plot.… MORE

• Nightjohn [1 June 1996]

  Literacy has enormous consequences for a slave (Carl Lumbly) and his young student in the pre-Civil War South.

• Orange Is the New Black [Jodie Foster, Michael Trim, Andrew McCarthy]

• Point of No Return [6 May 1985]

• Runaway Island [12 June 2015]

  A pastor, an aging widow, and a socialite visit a Gullah Sea Island resort to be rejuvenated by its holistic setting.

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark []

• Selma [11 November 2014 (Los Angeles)]

  Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.… MORE

• Sicario [17 September 2015 (Chile)]

  During a dangerous mission to stop a drug cartel operating between the US and Mexico, Kate Macer, an FBI agent, is exposed to some harsh realities.

• Sofie a vycházející slunce [Maggie Greenwald Mansfield]

• Sophie and the Rising Sun [22 January 2016]

  Sophie, a young woman from small-town South Carolina, falls in love with a Japanese gardener in 1941. A wave of misguided patriotism and prejudice sweeps their community after Pearl Harbor, leaving Sophie with no choice but to risk her life for love.

• Sprinter [15 June 2018]

  A Jamaican teen who is burdened by an unstable father and an unruly older brother hopes a meteoric rise in track-and-field can reunite him with his mother, who has lived illegally in the U.S. for over a decade.

• The Cherokee Kid [14 December 1996]

  A quest to avenge the deaths of his parents transforms a naive farm boy (Sinbad) into a confident Old West gunslinger.

• The Doctor [2011]

• The Face of Rage [Donald Wrye]

  After a horrific attack has left her incapable of returning to daily life -- even incapable of remembering what her attacker looked like -- single mother Rebecca Hammil (Dianne Wiest) joins an experimental and controversial crisis program where victims of rape speak with convicted and jailed rapists for therapeutic closure. When the program introduces her to Richard (Graham Beckel), however, Hammil finds she's forced to confront her fears face-to-face.… MORE

• The Glorias [26 January 2020]

  The story of Gloria Steinem -- from her childhood in 1940s Ohio to her leading role in the women's liberation movement.

• The Gold Lunch [3 August 2008]

• The Line [Michael Dinner]

• The Making of a Hollywood Madam [21 February 1996]

  A respected physician (Michael Gross) in Southern California recalls events leading to the arrest of his daughter, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss (Tricia Leigh Fisher).

• The Night Before [15 April 1988]

  A high-school nerd (Keanu Reeves) groggily recalls how he and his prom date (Lori Loughlin) wound up in the bad part of town.

• The Sky Is Falling [7 June 2001 (Australia)]

  A novelist (Dedee Pfeiffer) gets rejections from publishers and goes through a breakup just before her high-school reunion.

• The Soloist [24 April 2009 (Canada)]

  A journalist befriends a homeless mentally ill, street musician who possesses extraordinary talent. Inspired by his life story, he writes an acclaimed series of articles.

• The Spittin' Image []

• Their Eyes Were Watching God [6 March 2005]

  1930s drama about a woman who endures two stifling marriages until finally finding love in a passionate romance with a much younger man.

• Trial: The Price of Passion [1992]

• White Man's Burden [Gregory Hines]

  A white paralegal (Mark Evan Jacobs) becomes attracted to a black teenager (Karen Kirkland) while tutoring her.