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Miss Governor (2025)
Starring as Cleo Dunkerson
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: State of Emergency (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x12: Hot Mike (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x11: Black Excellence (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x10: Pardon Me (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x08: Standing on Business (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x07: Taking Charge (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x06: Getting Adjusted (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x05: Jar of Hearts (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x04: Little White Lies (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x03: Lay of the Land (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x02: Every Woman (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x01: Vote for Me (May 22, 2025)
Sherri (2022)
Guest starring as Jo Marie Payton
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x30: Sherri's Halloween Show! (Oct 31, 2025)
- Episode 1x130: JoMarie Payton, Alison Sweeney, Melissa Peterman, Chef Melba Wilson (May 12, 2023)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
Starring as Suga Mama
(32 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Who Killed Mr. Chips, Part II (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x09: Who Killed Mr. Chips, Part I (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x08: Dinosaurs and Donuts Land (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x07: V for Violence (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x06: This House Is Not Your Home (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x05: Space Oddity (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x04: No Friend of Mine (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x03: Suga Mama Bomber (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x02: The Diaper Academy (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x01: Wild, Lost, and Free, Part II (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 3x09: Wild, Lost, and Free, Part I (Aug 6, 2025)
- Episode 3x08: Wiz Kid (Aug 6, 2025)
- Episode 3x06: Forward to the Past (Aug 6, 2025)
- Episode 3x03: The Shade of it all (Aug 6, 2025)
- Episode 3x01: Proud Family-Verse, Part I (Aug 6, 2025)
- Episode 2x08: Us Again (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: The Soul Vibrations (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: The End of Innocence (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Puff Daddy (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: A Perfect 10 (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Grandma's Hands (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Old Towne Road Part 2 (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Old Towne Road Part I (Apr 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Raging Bully (Apr 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Home School (Apr 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: When You Wish Upon a Roker (Mar 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Get In (Mar 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Snackland (Mar 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Father Figures (Mar 9, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: It All Started with an Orange Basketball (Mar 2, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Bad Influence(r) (Feb 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: New Kids on the Block (Feb 23, 2022)
Starring as Middle Aged Suga Mama
- Episode 2x07: The Soul Vibrations (Feb 1, 2023)
Invincible (2021)
Guest starring as Warden
- Episode 3x05: This Was Supposed to Be Easy (Feb 20, 2025)
Theme Song Takeover (2019)
Guest starring as Suga Mama
- Episode 2025-05-10: The Proud Family: Suga Mama (May 10, 2025)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Guest starring as Charlene
- Episode 2x15: Thank You So Much (Feb 19, 2006)
The Proud Family (2001)
Starring as Suga Mama Proud
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Behind Family Lines (Dec 13, 2002)
- Episode 1x15: I Had a Dream (Feb 1, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: She's Got Game (Oct 19, 2001)
- Episode 1x06: Spelling Bee (Oct 12, 2001)
- Episode 1x05: EZ Jackster (Oct 5, 2001)
- Episode 1x04: Tiger Whisperer (Sep 28, 2001)
- Episode 1x03: Rumors (Sep 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x02: Strike (Sep 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x01: Bring It On (Sep 15, 2001)
Will & Grace (1998)
Guest starring as Mrs. Freeman
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x24: Ben? Her?: Part 2 (May 23, 2000)
- Episode 2x23: Ben? Her?: Part 1 (May 23, 2000)
- Episode 2x15: Advise & Resent (Feb 29, 2000)
- Episode 2x14: Acting Out (Feb 22, 2000)
- Episode 2x10: Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy (Jan 11, 2000)
- Episode 2x08: Terms of Employment (Nov 30, 1999)
Family Matters (1989)
Starring as Harriette Winslow
(31 episodes)
- Episode 2x20: Fight the Good Fight (Feb 22, 1991)
- Episode 2x19: Busted (Feb 15, 1991)
- Episode 2x18: Life of the Party (Feb 8, 1991)
- Episode 2x17: High Hopes (Feb 1, 1991)
- Episode 2x05: The Crash Course (Oct 12, 1990)
- Episode 2x04: Flashpants (Oct 5, 1990)
- Episode 2x03: Marriage 101 (Sep 28, 1990)
- Episode 2x02: Torn Between Two Lovers (Sep 21, 1990)
- Episode 2x01: Rachel's Place (Sep 21, 1990)
- Episode 1x22: Rock Video (Apr 27, 1990)
- Episode 1x21: Bowl Me Over (Apr 6, 1990)
- Episode 1x20: The Candidate (Mar 16, 1990)
- Episode 1x19: In a Jam (Feb 23, 1990)
- Episode 1x18: Sitting Pretty (Feb 16, 1990)
- Episode 1x17: The Big Fix (Feb 9, 1990)
- Episode 1x16: The Party (Feb 2, 1990)
- Episode 1x15: The Big Reunion (Jan 19, 1990)
- Episode 1x14: Baker's Dozens (Jan 12, 1990)
- Episode 1x13: Man's Best Friend (Jan 5, 1990)
- Episode 1x12: Laura's First Date (Dec 15, 1989)
- Episode 1x11: The Quilt (Dec 8, 1989)
- Episode 1x10: Basketball Blues (Dec 1, 1989)
- Episode 1x09: False Arrest (Nov 24, 1989)
- Episode 1x08: Stake-Out (Nov 17, 1989)
- Episode 1x07: Body Damage (Nov 10, 1989)
- Episode 1x06: Mr. Badwrench (Nov 3, 1989)
- Episode 1x05: Straight A's (Oct 20, 1989)
- Episode 1x04: Rachel's First Date (Oct 13, 1989)
- Episode 1x03: Short Story (Oct 6, 1989)
- Episode 1x02: Two-Income Family (Sep 29, 1989)
- Episode 1x01: The Mama Who Came to Dinner (Sep 22, 1989)
Perfect Strangers (1986)
Starring as Harriette Winslow
(33 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: Wedding Belle Blues (May 5, 1989)
- Episode 4x21: Teacher's Pest (Apr 28, 1989)
- Episode 4x19: Just a Gigolo (Mar 31, 1989)
- Episode 4x18: Car Wars (Mar 17, 1989)
- Episode 4x17: Prose and Cons (Mar 10, 1989)
- Episode 4x16: The King and I (Feb 24, 1989)
- Episode 4x15: Blind Alley (Feb 17, 1989)
- Episode 4x13: Games People Play (Feb 3, 1989)
- Episode 4x12: Crimebusters (Jan 20, 1989)
- Episode 4x11: That Old Gang of Mine (Jan 13, 1989)
- Episode 4x10: Maid to Order (Jan 6, 1989)
- Episode 4x09: The Gift of the Mypiot (Dec 16, 1988)
- Episode 4x08: College Bound (Dec 9, 1988)
- Episode 4x06: Up a Lazy River (1) (Nov 18, 1988)
- Episode 4x05: High Society (Nov 11, 1988)
- Episode 4x03: Aliens (Oct 28, 1988)
- Episode 4x02: Assertive Training (Oct 21, 1988)
- Episode 4x01: The Lottery (Oct 14, 1988)
- Episode 3x22: Bye Bye Biki (May 6, 1988)
- Episode 3x21: The Graduate (Apr 29, 1988)
- Episode 3x20: You Gotta Have Friends (Mar 25, 1988)
- Episode 3x19: My Brother, Myself (Mar 18, 1988)
- Episode 3x18: Defiant Guys (Mar 11, 1988)
- Episode 3x14: The Pen Pal (Jan 27, 1988)
- Episode 3x13: My Lips Are Sealed (Jan 13, 1988)
- Episode 3x12: To Be or Not to Be (Jan 6, 1988)
- Episode 3x11: The Break In (Dec 9, 1987)
- Episode 3x10: Couch Potato (Dec 2, 1987)
- Episode 3x08: Night School Confidential (Nov 18, 1987)
- Episode 3x06: The Horn Blows at Midnight (Nov 4, 1987)
- Episode 3x05: Your Cheatin' Heart (Oct 28, 1987)
- Episode 3x03: Sexual Harassment in Chicago (Oct 7, 1987)
- Episode 3x01: All the News That Fits (Sep 23, 1987)