Debbie Allen

Acting · b. 1950 · Houston, Texas, USA

Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.

Known for

8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Series · Catherine Fox / Catherine Avery

8.0

S.W.A.T.

2017 · Series · Charice Harrelson

6.8

Fame

1982 · Series · Lydia Grant

6.5

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986 · Michelle

8.1

Everybody Hates Chris

2005 · Series

7.9

Jane the Virgin

2014 · Series · Beverly Flores

8.0

Quantum Leap

1989 · Series · Joanna Chapman

7.0

The Cosby Show

1984 · Series · Emma

7.7

In the House

1995 · Series · Jackie Warren

7.7

Grace and Frankie

2015 · Series · Dorothy

6.3

The Love Boat

1977 · Series · Selena Moore

7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Series · Valerie Hill

Directed36

7.6

The Ms. Pat Show

2021 · Series · Director

5.8

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

2020 · Director

7.1

Insecure

2016 · Series · Director

7.1

Empire

2015 · Series · Director

7.8

How to Get Away with Murder

2014 · Series · Director

7.9

Jane the Virgin

2014 · Series · Director

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2014 · Director

7.3

Witches of East End

2013 · Series · Director

6.6

The Client List

2012 · Series · Director

7.5

Hellcats

2010 · Series · Director

7.6

The Game

2006 · Series · Director

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

6.2

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006 · Director

8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Series · Director

8.1

Everybody Hates Chris

2005 · Series · Director

7.2

That's So Raven

2003 · Series · Director

7.2

All of Us

2003 · Series · Director

7.2

The Twilight Zone

2002 · Series · Director

The Old Settler

3.8

The Old Settler

2001 · Director

All acting credits57

3.2

A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly

2025 · Detective Foster

The Hidden Power of Purpose

2023 · Narrator (voice)

5.3

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

2022 · Series · Myrtle (voice)

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

2021 · Betty Samson

8.0

S.W.A.T.

2017 · Series · Charice Harrelson

7.7

Raven's Home

2017 · Series · Great Aunt Maureen

7.7

Grace and Frankie

2015 · Series · Dorothy

7.9

Jane the Virgin

2014 · Series · Beverly Flores

The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

2014

A Star for Rose

2013 · Rose

5.7

Fame

2009 · Ms. Angela Simms

5.1

Next Day Air

2009 · Ms. Jackson

3.6

Tournament of Dreams

2007 · Rhonda Dillins

6.2

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006 · American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Series · Catherine Fox / Catherine Avery

8.1

Everybody Hates Chris

2005 · Series

6.8

So You Think You Can Dance

2005 · Series

7.2

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005 · Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

In development

Sep 24

A Different World

2026 · Series · Director

Splinter

Mrs. James