Born: August 11, 1965, Saint Matthews, South Carolina.
1996: The Substance of Fire
1998: Out of Sight, Miss Apprehension and Squirt
2000: Traffic
2001: The Shrink Is In, Kate And Leopold
2002: Far From Heaven, Antwone Fisher, Solaris
2005: Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Syriana
2006: The Architect, World Trade Center
2007: Disturbia
2008: Nights In Rodanthe, Doubt (Oscar Nomination: Best Supporting Actress)
2009: Madea Goes To Jail, State of Play, Law Abiding Citizen,
2010: Knight and Day, Eat Pray Love, Trust, It’s Kind of a Funny Story
2011: The Help (Oscar Nomination: Best Actress), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2012: Won’t Back Down
2013: Beautiful Creatures, Prisoners, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Ender’s Game
2014: Get On Up
2015: Blackhat, Lila & Eve
2016: Custody, Suicide Squad, Fences (Oscar Winner: Best Supporting Actress)
2018: Widows
2019: Troop Zero
2020: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom