Debbie Allen

Full filmography

• A Different World (2026) Director
• Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (2025) as Self
• A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly (2025) as Detective Foster
• The Six Triple Eight (2024) Choreographer
• The Hidden Power of Purpose (2023) as Narrator (voice)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022) as Myrtle (voice)
• JANET JACKSON. (2022) as Self
• A Jazzman's Blues (2022) Choreographer
• Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising (2022) as Self
• Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All! (2022) Creative Director
• The Ms. Pat Show (2021) Director
• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (2021) as Self
• Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous (2021) as Betty Samson
• Cardi Tries (2020) as Self
• Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020) Director
• Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020) Executive Producer
• Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020) Choreographer
• Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020) as Herself
• Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020) as Self
• Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
• Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019) as Self
• Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019) Executive Producer
• Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) as Self
• American Tap (2018) as Self
• S.W.A.T. (2017) as Charice Harrelson
• Raven's Home (2017) as Great Aunt Maureen
• Insecure (2016) Director
• Grace and Frankie (2015) as Dorothy
• Empire (2015) Director
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014) Director
• Jane the Virgin (2014) as Beverly Flores
• Jane the Virgin (2014) Director
• The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2014)
• The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2014) Writer
• The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2014) Director
• Witches of East End (2013) Director
• A Star for Rose (2013) as Rose
• A Star for Rose (2013) Producer
• The Client List (2012) Director
• Dance Moms (2011) as Self
• A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy (2011) as Self
• Hellcats (2010) Director
• Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
• Fame (2009) as Ms. Angela Simms
• Next Day Air (2009) as Ms. Jackson
• Bring Back... Fame (2008) as Self
• Tournament of Dreams (2007) as Rhonda Dillins
• The Game (2006) Director
• Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006) as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
• Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006) Director
• Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Catherine Fox
• Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Catherine Avery
• Grey's Anatomy (2005) Director
• So You Think You Can Dance (2005)
• So You Think You Can Dance (2005) as Self - Guest Judge
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005) as Mother
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005) Director
• Bring Back... (2005) as Self - Lydia Grant
• Confessions of an Action Star (2005) as Self
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) as Self
• That's So Raven (2003) Director
• All of Us (2003)
• All of Us (2003) Director
• The Twilight Zone (2002) Director
• It's Black Entertainment (2002) as Self
• The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002) as Self (uncredited)
• The Division (2001) as Wanda
• All About You (2001) as Ruth
• The Old Settler (2001) as Quilly McGrath
• The Old Settler (2001) Director
• The Painting (2001) as Bertha Lee Gilmore
• Girlfriends (2000) Director
• Everything's Jake (2000) as Debbie Allen
• The Parkers (1999) Director
• Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999) as Deloris Jordan
• Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999) as Herself
• Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome (1998) Director
• Between Brothers (1997) Director
• Amistad (1997) Producer
• The Middle Passage (1997) as Narrator
• The Middle Passage (1997) Executive Producer
• The Jamie Foxx Show (1996) Director
• C Bear and Jamal (1996)
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Precious (voice)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Lola (voice)
• In the House (1995) as Jackie Warren
• Forget Paris (1995) Choreographer
• Out-of-Sync (1995) as Manicurist
• Out-of-Sync (1995) Director
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Valerie Hill
• Blank Check (1994) as Yvonne
• Mona Must Die (1994) as Betty
• Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self
• The Sinbad Show (1993) Director
• Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms (1993) Director
• Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) as Estelle
• Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) Director
• Sunday in Paris (1991)
• Sunday in Paris (1991) as Sunday Chase
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) Director
• Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990) as Self
• Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella (1990)
• Polly: Comin' Home! (1990) Director
• Quantum Leap (1989) as Joanna Chapman
• Quantum Leap (1989) Director
• Quantum Leap (1989) Choreographer
• Polly (1989) Director
• The Debbie Allen Special (1989) as Self
• The Debbie Allen Special (1989) Director
• The Debbie Allen Special (1989) Writer
• The Debbie Allen Special (1989) Choreographer
• A Different World (1987) as Dr. Langhorne
• A Different World (1987) as Debbie Allen (uncredited)
• A Different World (1987) Director
• A Different World (1987) Producer
• The Bronx Zoo (1987) Director
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
• Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) as Michelle
• Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
• Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985) as Self
• Dancing in the Wings (1985) as Debbie
• Dancing in the Wings (1985) Producer
• Dancing in the Wings (1985) Writer
• Dancing in the Wings (1985) Choreographer
• The Cosby Show (1984) as Emma
• Celebrity (1984) as Regina Brown
• The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984) as Self - Performer
• Women of San Quentin (1983) as Carol Freeman
• The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London (1983) as Self
• Family Ties (1982) Director
• Fame (1982) as Lydia Grant
• Fame (1982) Director
• Alice at the Palace (1982) as Red Queen
• Ragtime (1981) as Sarah
• Fame (1980) as Lydia
• Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Nan Branch Haley
• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) as Ola
• Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979) as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
• The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978) as Self
• The Love Boat (1977) as Selena Moore
• The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) as Julie Sutton
• 3 Girls 3 (1977) as Self
• Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
• Good Times (1974)
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
• Splinter as Mrs. James