Editing Cicely Tyson (section)

=== 1990–2021: Established star ===
In 1991, Tyson appeared in ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes (film)|Fried Green Tomatoes]]'' as Sipsey.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Cicely Tyson| url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/cicely_tyson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024155805/http://www.rottentomatoes.com:80/celebrity/cicely_tyson/ |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |access-date=January 29, 2021|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> In the 1994–95 television series ''[[Sweet Justice]],'' Tyson portrayed a civil rights activist and attorney named Carrie Grace Battle, a character she modeled after [[Dovey Johnson Roundtree]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=May 21, 2018|title=Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/obituaries/dovey-johnson-roundtree-dead.html|access-date=January 30, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Her other film roles include the dramas ''[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]'' (1997) and ''[[Diary of a Mad Black Woman]]'' (2005), and the television films ''[[Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All]]'' (1994) (for which she received her third Emmy Award) and ''[[A Lesson Before Dying]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Fries|first1=Laura|date=May 21, 1999|title=A Lesson Before Dying|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/a-lesson-before-dying-1117499797/|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In 2005, Tyson co-starred in ''[[Because of Winn-Dixie (film)|Because of Winn-Dixie]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2005 |title=Because of Winn-Dixie |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317132/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1 |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>

In 2010, Tyson appeared in ''[[Why Did I Get Married Too?]]'' and narrated the [[Paul Robeson|Paul Robeson Award]]-winning documentary ''Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream.'' In 2011, Tyson appeared in her first music video in [[Willow Smith]]'s ''21st Century Girl.'' That same year, she played Constantine Jefferson, a maid in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], in the critically acclaimed period drama ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]].''<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Help''|website = [[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> Set in the backdrop of the [[Civil Rights Movement]], the film won the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |title=17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2012) – Best Picture: The Artist |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/17th-annual-critics-choice-movie-awards-2012/ |publisher=Critics Choice Association |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108023529/http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/17th-annual-critics-choice-movie-awards-2012/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grossman |first1=Emily |title=Inside Every Recent Film Ensemble SAG Award Winner |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/inside-every-recent-film-ensemble-sag-award-winner-2420/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Backstage |date=December 14, 2018}}</ref>

At the [[67th Tony Awards]], on June 9, 2013, Tyson won the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] revival of the [[Horton Foote]] play ''[[The Trip to Bountiful (play)|The Trip to Bountiful]].'' Upon winning, the 88-year-old actress became the oldest recipient of the Best Actress Tony Award.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178918-Kinky-Boots-Vanya-and-Sonia-Pippin-and-Virginia-Woolf-Are-Big-Winners-at-67th-Annual-Tony-Awards|title=Kinky Boots, Vanya and Sonia, Pippin and Virginia Woolf? Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards|access-date=June 10, 2013|date=June 9, 2013|work=[[Playbill]]|author=Purcell, Carey|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130611034933/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178918-Kinky-Boots-Vanya-and-Sonia-Pippin-and-Virginia-Woolf-Are-Big-Winners-at-67th-Annual-Tony-Awards |archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=January 29, 2021|title=Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96| language= en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/obituaries/cicely-tyson-dead.html|access-date=January 29, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She also won the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play]] and the [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for Outstanding Actress in a Play for the role.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178137-Billy-Porter-Andrea-Martin-Pippin-Matilda-Vanya-and-Sonia-Win-Drama-Desk-Awards|title=Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, Pippin, Matilda, Vanya and Sonia Win Drama Desk Awards|access-date=May 20, 2013|date=May 19, 2013|work=Playbill| last= Hetrick| first= Adam|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130605004524/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178137-Billy-Porter-Andrea-Martin-Pippin-Matilda-Vanya-and-Sonia-Win-Drama-Desk-Awards|archive-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/pippin-is-big-winner-of-2012-13-outer-critics-circle-awards-204640|title=Pippin Is Big Winner of 2012–13 Outer Critics Circle Awards|access-date=May 13, 2013|date=May 13, 2013|work=[[Playbill]]|author=Gans, Andrew}}</ref>

In 2013, Tyson played a supporting role in the horror film ''[[The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/director-tom-elkins-awakening-the-ghosts-of-georgia/|work=[[Fangoria]]|title=Director Tom Elkins: Awakening the "GHOSTS OF GEORGIA"|date=January 3, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2017|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301093042/http://www.fangoria.com/new/director-tom-elkins-awakening-the-ghosts-of-georgia/|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beginning in 2014, Tyson guest-starred on ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'' as Ophelia Harkness, the mother of main character [[Annalise Keating]] ([[Viola Davis]]); for this role, she was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In 2020, she starred in the popular movie ''[[A Fall From Grace]]'' which was featured on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81127902|title=A Fall from Grace {{!}} Netflix Official Site|website=netflix.com|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>