Pauletta Washington (née Pearson; September 28, 1950) is an American actress. She has been married to Denzel Washington since 1983; they have four children.

KNOWN FOR

Genius
2021
Reasonable Doubt
2022
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
The Piano Lesson
2024
Beloved
1998
Tell It Like a Woman
2022
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
2016
Burden
2019
Between the World and Me
2020
Don't Ever Wonder
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
2013
Wilma
1977

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
16
2024
The Piano Lesson
as Mama Ola
2022
Tell It Like a Woman
as Laurie Traynor
2022
Reasonable Doubt
as Mama Lu
2021
Steps
as Doctor Olivia
2021
Genius
as Rachel Franklin
2020
Between the World and Me
as Self
2019
Burden
as Yahweh
2016
90 Days
as Gayle
2016
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
as Barbara
2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
as Mrs. Glenn
1998
Beloved
as The Thirty Women
1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Teacher (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jack's Mother (voice)
1981
Purlie
as Ensemble
1977
Wilma
as Mae Faggs (as Paulette Pearson)
Don't Ever Wonder