Debbie Allen

Selena Moore

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened poster

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened(1977)

Julie Sutton

Roots: The Next Generations(1979)

Nan Branch Haley

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh(1979)

Ola

Ebony, Ivory and Jade(1979)

Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

Fame(1980)

5.1

Lydia

Ragtime(1981)

5.7

Sarah

Family Ties(1982)

Director

Fame(1982)

5.5

Lydia Grant

Director

Alice at the Palace(1982)

Red Queen

Women of San Quentin(1983)

Carol Freeman

The Cosby Show(1984)

5.7

Emma

Celebrity(1984)

Regina Brown

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling poster

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986)

Michelle

A Different World(1987)

5.7

Dr. Langhorne, Debbie Allen (uncredited)

Director, Producer

The Bronx Zoo(1987)

Director

Quantum Leap(1989)

6.8

Joanna Chapman

Director, Choreographer

Polly(1989)

Director

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(1990)

6.9

Director

Polly: Comin' Home!(1990)

Director

Sunday in Paris(1991)

Sunday Chase

Stompin' at the Savoy(1992)

Estelle

Director

Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms(1993)

Director

Touched by an Angel(1994)

Valerie Hill

Blank Check(1994)

4.6

Yvonne

In the House(1995)

Jackie Warren

Forget Paris(1995)

4.9

Choreographer

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)

Precious (voice), Lola (voice)

Out-of-Sync(1995)

Manicurist

Director

The Jamie Foxx Show(1996)

Director

Between Brothers(1997)

Director

Amistad(1997)

Producer

The Middle Passage(1997)

Narrator

Executive Producer

Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome poster

Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome(1998)

Director

The Parkers(1999)

Director

Michael Jordan: An American Hero(1999)

Deloris Jordan

Girlfriends(2000)

6.1

Director

Everything's Jake(2000)

Debbie Allen

The Division(2001)

Wanda

All About You(2001)

Ruth

The Painting(2001)

Bertha Lee Gilmore

The Twilight Zone(2002)

Director

That's So Raven(2003)

Director

Grey's Anatomy(2005)

Catherine Fox, Catherine Avery

Director

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards(2005)

Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

The Game(2006)

Director

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story poster

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story(2006)

American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

Director

Tournament of Dreams(2007)

Rhonda Dillins

Next Day Air(2009)

3.7

Ms. Jackson

Fame(2009)

4.3

Ms. Angela Simms

Hellcats(2010)

6.3

Director

The Client List(2012)

5.3

Director

Witches of East End(2013)

Director

A Star for Rose(2013)

Rose

Producer

How to Get Away with Murder(2014)

6.8

Director

Jane the Virgin(2014)

6.7

Beverly Flores

Director

Empire(2015)

Director

Grace and Frankie(2015)

6.5

Dorothy

Insecure(2016)

5.8

Director

S.W.A.T.(2017)

7.1

Charice Harrelson

Raven's Home(2017)

6.5

Great Aunt Maureen

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square poster

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square(2020)

4.4

Director, Choreographer, Executive Producer

The Ms. Pat Show(2021)

Director

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous poster

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous(2021)

Betty Samson

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder(2022)

4.2

Myrtle (voice)

A Jazzman's Blues(2022)

6.2

Choreographer

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All! poster

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!(2022)

Creative Director

The Hidden Power of Purpose(2023)

Narrator (voice)

The Six Triple Eight(2024)

6.3

Choreographer

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly poster

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly(2025)

Detective Foster

Splinter