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Our Kind of People (2021)
Starring as Angela Vaughn
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Kiss it up to God (Jan 25, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: It Is Not Light We Need, But Fire (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Just Desserts (Jan 11, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Twice as Hard, Twice as Good (Dec 7, 2021)
- Episode 1x08: Sistervention (Nov 30, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Fathers, Daughters, Sisters (Nov 16, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: For Colored Boys... (Nov 9, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: The Miseducation of the Negro (Oct 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Crabs in a Gold-Plated Barrel (Oct 12, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Hot Links & Red Drinks (Oct 5, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: My Mother, Myself (Sep 28, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Reparations (Sep 21, 2021)
Chicago Med (2015)
Starring as Nurse April Sexton
(119 episodes)
- Episode 6x16: I Will Come to Save You (May 26, 2021)
- Episode 6x15: Stories, Secrets, Half Truths and Lies (May 19, 2021)
- Episode 6x14: A Red Pill, a Blue Pill (May 12, 2021)
- Episode 6x13: What a Tangled Web We Weave (May 5, 2021)
- Episode 6x12: Some Things Are Worth the Risk (Apr 21, 2021)
- Episode 6x11: Letting Go Only to Come Together (Apr 7, 2021)
- Episode 6x10: So Many Things We've Kept Buried (Mar 31, 2021)
- Episode 6x09: For the Want of a Nail (Mar 17, 2021)
- Episode 6x08: Fathers and Mothers, Daughters and Sons (Mar 10, 2021)
- Episode 6x07: Better Is the Enemy of Good (Feb 17, 2021)
- Episode 6x06: Don't Want to Face This Now (Feb 10, 2021)
- Episode 6x05: When Your Heart Rules Your Head (Feb 3, 2021)
- Episode 6x04: In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission (Jan 27, 2021)
- Episode 6x03: Do You Know the Way Home (Jan 13, 2021)
- Episode 6x02: Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight (Nov 18, 2020)
- Episode 6x01: When Did We Begin to Change (Nov 11, 2020)
- Episode 5x20: A Needle in the Heart (Apr 15, 2020)
- Episode 5x19: Just a River in Egypt (Apr 8, 2020)
- Episode 5x18: In the Name of Love (Mar 25, 2020)
- Episode 5x17: The Ghosts of the Past (Mar 18, 2020)
- Episode 5x16: Who Should Be the Judge (Mar 4, 2020)
- Episode 5x15: I Will Do No Harm (Feb 26, 2020)
- Episode 5x14: It May Not Be Forever (Feb 12, 2020)
- Episode 5x13: Pain is for the Living (Feb 5, 2020)
- Episode 5x12: Leave the Choice to Solomon (Jan 22, 2020)
- Episode 5x11: The Ground Shifts Beneath Us (Jan 15, 2020)
- Episode 5x10: Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Jan 8, 2020)
- Episode 5x09: I Can't Imagine the Future (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 5x08: Too Close to the Sun (Nov 13, 2019)
- Episode 5x07: Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings (Nov 6, 2019)
- Episode 5x06: It's All in the Family (Oct 30, 2019)
- Episode 5x05: Got a Friend in Me (Oct 23, 2019)
- Episode 5x04: Infection, Part II (Oct 16, 2019)
- Episode 5x03: In the Valley of the Shadows (Oct 9, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: We're Lost in the Dark (Oct 2, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Never Going Back to Normal (Sep 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x22: With a Brave Heart (May 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x21: Forever Hold Your Peace (May 15, 2019)
- Episode 4x20: More Harm Than Good (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x19: Never Let You Go (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 4x18: Tell Me the Truth (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 4x17: The Space Between Us (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 4x16: Old Flames, New Sparks (Feb 27, 2019)
- Episode 4x15: We Hold These Truths (Feb 20, 2019)
- Episode 4x14: Can't Unring That Bell (Feb 13, 2019)
- Episode 4x13: Ghosts in the Attic (Feb 6, 2019)
- Episode 4x12: The Things We Do (Jan 23, 2019)
- Episode 4x11: Who Can You Trust (Jan 16, 2019)
- Episode 4x10: All the Lonely People (Jan 9, 2019)
- Episode 4x09: Death Do Us Part (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x08: Play By My Rules (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 4x07: The Poison Inside Us (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 4x06: Lesser of Two Evils (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 4x05: What You Don't Know (Oct 24, 2018)
- Episode 4x04: Backed Against the Wall (Oct 17, 2018)
- Episode 4x03: Heavy is the Head (Oct 10, 2018)
- Episode 4x02: When to Let Go (Oct 3, 2018)
- Episode 4x01: Be My Better Half (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 3x20: The Tipping Point (May 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x19: Crisis of Confidence (May 8, 2018)
- Episode 3x18: This is Now (May 1, 2018)
- Episode 3x17: The Parent Trap (Apr 24, 2018)
- Episode 3x16: An Inconvenient Truth (Apr 17, 2018)
- Episode 3x15: Devil in Disguise (Apr 10, 2018)
- Episode 3x14: Lock It Down (Apr 3, 2018)
- Episode 3x13: Best Laid Plans (Mar 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x12: Born This Way (Mar 20, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: Folie à Deux (Mar 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: Down by Law (Feb 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: On Shaky Ground (Feb 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: Lemons and Lemonade (Jan 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Over Troubled Water (Jan 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Ties That Bind (Jan 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Mountains and Molehills (Jan 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Naughty or Nice (Dec 12, 2017)
- Episode 3x03: Trust Your Gut (Dec 5, 2017)
- Episode 3x02: Nothing to Fear (Nov 28, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: Speak Your Truth (Nov 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x23: Love Hurts (May 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x22: White Butterflies (May 4, 2017)
- Episode 2x21: Deliver Us (Apr 27, 2017)
- Episode 2x20: Generation Gap (Apr 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x19: Ctrl Alt (Apr 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x18: Lesson Learned (Mar 30, 2017)
- Episode 2x17: Monday Mourning (Mar 16, 2017)
- Episode 2x16: Prisoner's Dilemma (Mar 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x15: Lose Yourself (Mar 2, 2017)
- Episode 2x14: Cold Front (Feb 16, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Theseus' Ship (Feb 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: Mirror Mirror (Feb 2, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Graveyard Shift (Jan 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Heart Matters (Jan 12, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: Uncharted Territory (Jan 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: Free Will (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: Inherent Bias (Nov 3, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Alternative Medicine (Oct 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Extreme Measures (Oct 20, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Brother's Keeper (Oct 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Natural History (Oct 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Win Loss (Sep 29, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Soul Care (Sep 22, 2016)
- Episode 1x18: Timing (May 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x17: Withdrawal (May 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x16: Disorder (May 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Inheritance (Apr 26, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: Hearts (Apr 19, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: Us (Apr 5, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: Guilty (Mar 29, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Intervention (Feb 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Clarity (Feb 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Choices (Feb 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Reunion (Feb 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Saints (Jan 26, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Bound (Jan 19, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Malignant (Jan 5, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Mistaken (Dec 8, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Fallback (Dec 1, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: iNO (Nov 24, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Derailed (Nov 17, 2015)
Guest starring as Nurse April Sexton
(3 episodes)
- Episode 8x09: This Could Be the Start of Something New (Dec 7, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 8x05: Yep, This Is the World We Live In (Oct 19, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 8x01: How Do You Begin to Count the Losses (Sep 21, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Guest starring as Nurse April Sexton
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x04: Infection, Part III (Oct 16, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x02: The Thing About Heroes (Oct 4, 2017)
- Episode 4x14: Seven Indictments (Feb 15, 2017)
Chicago Fire (2012)
Guest starring as Nurse April Sexton
(12 episodes)
- Episode 9x08: Escape Route (Mar 10, 2021)
- Episode 8x04: Infection, Part I (Oct 16, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x14: Looking for a Lifeline (Mar 22, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x15: Deathtrap (Mar 1, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x18: On the Warpath (Apr 5, 2016)
- Episode 4x10: The Beating Heart (Jan 5, 2016)
- Episode 4x05: Regarding This Wedding (Nov 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x02: A Taste of Panama City (Oct 20, 2015)
- Episode 3x20: You Know Where to Find Me (Apr 21, 2015)
- Episode 3x19: I Am the Apocalypse (Apr 7, 2015)
- Episode 3x18: Forgiving, Relentless, Unconditional (Mar 17, 2015)
- Episode 3x17: Forgive You Anything (Mar 10, 2015)
Mercy (2009)
Guest starring as Brooke Sullivan
- Episode 1x17: There is No Room for You on My Ass (Mar 17, 2010)
House (2004)
Guest starring as Anita
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x10: Runaways (Jan 30, 2012)
- Episode 8x08: Perils of Paranoia (Nov 28, 2011)
America's Next Top Model (2003)
Guest starring as Yaya DaCosta
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x14: What the Divas are Doing Now (Mar 1, 2005)
- Episode 3x13: The Girl Who Wins It All (Dec 15, 2004)
- Episode 3x12: The Girl Who Didn't Hug Goodbye (Dec 8, 2004)
- Episode 3x11: The Girl the Lionesses are Hunting (Dec 1, 2004)
- Episode 3x10: The Girl Who Goes Ballistic (Nov 24, 2004)
- Episode 3x09: The Girls Meet Taye Diggs (Nov 17, 2004)
- Episode 3x08: The Girl Who is Panic-Stricken (Nov 10, 2004)
- Episode 3x07: The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes (Nov 3, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: The Girl Who Mutilated the Precious Brownies (Oct 27, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: The Girl Who Cries When She Looks in the Mirror (Oct 20, 2004)
- Episode 3x04: The Girl Who Sets a Trap (Oct 13, 2004)
- Episode 3x03: The Girl Everyone Thinks is a Backstabber (Oct 6, 2004)
- Episode 3x02: The Girl Who is Co-Dependent (Sep 29, 2004)
- Episode 3x01: The Girl with the Secret (Sep 22, 2004)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Audrina
- Episode 11x10: Anchor (Dec 9, 2009)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Princess Kemi
- Episode 26x15: The Princess Guide (Mar 1, 2015) [Special Guest Star]
All My Children (1970)
Starring as Cassandra Foster
(22 episodes)
- Episode 2008-05-29: May 29 2008 (May 29, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-27: May 27 2008 (May 27, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-23: May 23 2008 (May 23, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-21: May 21 2008 (May 21, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-20: May 20 2008 (May 20, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-16: May 16 2008 (May 16, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-15: May 15 2008 (May 15, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-14: May 14 2008 (May 14, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-12: May 12 2008 (May 12, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-05: May 5 2008 (May 5, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-02: May 02 2008 (May 2, 2008)
- Episode 2008-05-01: May 01 2008 (May 1, 2008)
- Episode 2007-05-30: May 30 2007 (May 30, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-29: May 29 2007 (May 29, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-28: May 28 2007 (May 28, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-24: May 24 2007 (May 24, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-23: May 23 2007 (May 23, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-21: Monday May 21 2007 (May 21, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-18: Fri May 18 2007 (May 18, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-17: Thurs May 17 2007 (May 17, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-16: Wed May 16 2007 (May 16, 2007)
- Episode 2007-05-15: Tues May 15 2007 (May 15, 2007)