Lorraine Toussaint was born on April 4, 1960 in Trinidad. She moved to New York with her family when she was 10 years old. She graduated from the High School of the Performing Arts and Julliard where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama.

Lorraine has made guest appearances in "A Man Called Hawk," "Law & Order," "Murder One," "Frasier," "Judging Amy" and "Numb3rs." She was a series regular in "Bodies of Evidence," "Amazing Grace" and the critically acclaimed Lifetime tv series "Any Day Now." Lorraine had recurring roles in the NBC series "Crossing Jordan," the ABC series "Threat Matrix" and "The Closer."

Lorraine's telefilm and feature film credits include "Point of No Return," "Dangerous Minds," "The Sky Is Falling," "If These Walls Could Talk" and "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Lorraine's film credits include the following:

• Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)(Tv Movie)
• The Sky Is Falling (2000)
• Black Dog (1998)
• Blackout Effect (1998)(Tv Movie)
• The Spittin' Image (1997)
• Jaded (1996)
• Psalms From The Underground (1996)
• The Cherokee Kid (1996)(Tv Movie)
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996)(HBO Movie)
• Nightjohn (1996)(Tv Movie)
• America's Dream (1996)(Tv Movie)
• It Was Him Or Us (1995)(Tv Movie)
• Dangerous Minds (1995)
• Bleeding Hearts (1994)
• A Time To Heal (1994)(Tv Movie)
• Mother's Boys (1993)
• Class of '61 (1993)(Tv Movie)
• Point Of No Return (1993)
• Love, Lies & Lullabies (1993)(Tv Movie)
• Queen (1993)(Tv Miniseries)
• Red Dward (1992)(Tv Movie)
• Trial: The Price of Passion (1992)(Tv Movie)
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• Common Ground (1990)(Tv Movie)
• Breaking In (1989)
• A Case of Deadly Force (1986)(Tv Movie)
• The Face of Rage (1983)(Tv Movie)

Check out the following sites for additional information about Lorraine:

Lorraine Toussaint@Internet Movie Database
Lorraine Toussaint@TvTome.com
Lorraine Toussaint@Caribbean Hall Of Fame
Lorraine Toussaint@Tv-Now.com
Lorraine Toussaint@Wikipedia
Lorraine Toussaint@Filmbug.com
Lorraine Toussaint@Lifetimetv.com