[4] In 1978, DuPois received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the original production of The Mighty Gents opposite Dorian Harewood.
[7][8] At the same time, DuPois began appearing on television, playing guest-starring roles on The Jeffersons, Little House on the Prairie, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, CHiPs and St.
[9] Her other theatre credits including Intimate Apparel, Before It Hits Home, King Hedley II, Miss Evers Boys, Fences, The Piano Lesson and Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
She appeared in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Odd Jobs (1986), Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Ricochet (1991), The Waterdance (1992), South Central (1992), The Thing Called Love (1993), and Wolf (1994).
Her other television credits including guest appearances on The Steve Harvey Show, Chicago Hope, The District, Lost, Cold Case and Black Jesus.