Lorraine Toussaint Biography
Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian American actress who has received numerous awards, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
How old is Lorraine Toussaint? – Age
She is 64 years old as of 4 April 2024. She was born in 1960 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
Lorraine Toussaint Family – Education
Toussaint’s mother was a teacher who moved her to Brooklyn in the late 1960s. One of Toussaint’s grandparents hailed from Martinique. Toussaint graduated from the Manhattan High School of Performing Arts in 1978. She then joined Group 11 at the Juilliard School’s drama division, where she studied alongside Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson Jerald, Jack Kenny, and Jack Stehlin in 1982. Toussaint earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Juilliard.
Lorraine Toussaint Husband – Daughter
Toussaint has one daughter, Samara.Toussaint married Michael Tomlinson in August 2017, however the couple split nearly two years later in 2019.
Lorraine Toussaint Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Lorraine Toussaint The Equalizer
“The series centers around Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman in New York City and single mother to teenage daughter Delilah with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn, acting as a guardian angel and a defender for those who cannot defend themselves while pursuing her own redemption,” she said. She also appeared as Viola “Aunt Vi” Marsette, Robyn’s wise paternal aunt who lives with Robyn and Delilah after moving from Milwaukee to support them.
Lorraine Toussaint The Village
She appeared as Patricia Davis, Ron’s wife and a social worker in the American drama television series The Village.
The Village follows the tenants of an apartment building in Brooklyn where “the people who reside in the building have built a bonded family of friends and neighbors”. The main characters are Sarah, a nurse, who is living with her teenage daughter Katie; Gabe, a law student, who helps his grandfather Enzo; Ava, an Iranian immigrant, who has a U.S.-born son and problems with ICE; Nick, a veteran, who is haunted by the past and is also Katie’s father (unbeknownst to her); Ron, the super, and Patricia, a social worker, who are “the heart and soul of the building” The tales have been described as “hopeful, heartwarming and challenging … that prove family is everything—even if it’s the one you make with the people around you.”
Lorraine Toussaint Saving Grace
She appeared as Captain Kate Perry in the American crime drama television series Saving Grace. Grace is passionate about her job and works with the other detectives on her squad, which includes Ham Dewey, Butch Ada, Bobby Stillwater, and Captain Kate Perry, to solve homicides and other serious crimes.Grace drinks heavily outside of work, has several one-night stands and casual contacts with guys, and is having an affair with her married police colleague, Ham.Aside from her flaws, Grace is a deeply caring and generous person to those around her.She especially adores her young nephew, Clay, and spends a lot of time with him.
Earl appears to Grace throughout the series, hoping she may abandon her more destructive impulses and seek God’s guidance.Saving Grace uses Grace’s narrative to explore the concept of faith and how tough it may be in such an imperfect society.
Lorraine Toussaint Movies
♦ 2023 – Nimona
♦ 2020 – The Glorias
♦ 2020 – Concrete Cowboy
♦ 2019 – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
♦ 2018 – Fast Color
♦ 2018 – Sprinter
♦ 2018 – A Conversation: Anne Frank Meets God
♦ 2017 – Girls Trip
♦ 2017 – Love Beats Rhymes
♦ 2016 – Sophie and the Rising Sun
♦ 2015 – Runaway Island
♦ 2015 – The Night Before
♦ 2014 – Ask Me Anything
♦ 2014 – Selma
♦ 2012 – Knife Fight
♦ 2012 – Middle of Nowhere
Lorraine Toussaint TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Great Performances
♦ 2022 – Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
♦ 2021 – Cinema Toast
♦ 2021 – Summer Camp Island
♦ 2021 – Star Wars: Visions
♦ 2021–present – The Equalizer
♦ 2020 – The Good Fight
♦ 2020–21 – Your Honor
♦ 2019 – The Village
♦ 2018 – Grace and Frankie
♦ 2018–19 – Into the Badlands
♦ 2018–20 – She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
♦ 2018–23 – Big City Greens
♦ 2017 – Shots Fired
♦ 2016 – The Real Housewives of Atlanta
♦ 2016 – Chicago P.D.
♦ 2016 – Black-ish
♦ 2015–17 – Rosewood