Acting
Margaret Avery
Jan 20, 1944 (82 years) Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Shug in The Color Purple (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
8.5
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
8.2
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
7.7
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
7.4
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
7.0
The Cosby Show
Leah
7.7
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
7.2
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
7.1
Magnum Force
Prostitute
7.5
Genius
Delia Linsey King
7.6
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
6.8
Ironside
Bartender
7.3
Kojak
Lula
6.5
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
Filmography
7.4
A Man on the Inside
2024 · Florence Joanne Whistbrook
4.5
The Nana Project
2023 · Gladys
6.1
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
6.1
Block Party
2022 · Janice Sommers
6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · Estelle Wyatt
Orpheus Star
2020 · Lizette Jean-Marie
8.5
The Rookie
2018 · Ruth Harper
7.6
The Neighborhood
2018 · Aunt Desiray
5.5
Proud Mary
2018 · Mina
7.5
Genius
2017 · Delia Linsey King
7.2
The Carmichael Show
2015 · Janet
7.2
The Librarians
2014 · Eleanor Darnell
6.9
Being Mary Jane
2013 · Helen Patterson
6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · Mamma Jenkins
6.6
Meet the Browns
2008 · Sarah Brown
3.7
Lord Help Us
2007 · Dorinda Thomas
5.8
Exodus
2007 · Robbed Tourist
10.0
Waitin' to Live
2006 · Pearline Loggins
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Lucille Reed
8.2
Bones
2005 · Ivy Gillespie
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · Rita Armstrong
4.3
Second to Die
2002 · Insurance Agent
3.5
Love Kills
1999 · Moon
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995 · Megan Thomas
4.3
The Set Up
1995
4.1
Night Trap
1993 · Miss Sadie
5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
1993 · Dr. Sierheed
6.9
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992 · Martha Scruse
5.4
The Return of Superfly
1990 · Francine
6.8
Heat Wave
1990 · Roxie Turpin