Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 12 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys.
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- Born:
- Nov 8, 1952 In Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 132
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Summer Camp
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Book of Clarence 2024-01-11
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Salem's Lot | Dr. Cody | 2025 |
| Movie | Summer Camp | 2025 | |
| Movie | Hate to See You Go | 2025 | |
| Movie | The Book of Clarence | Mother Mary | 2024-01-11 |
| Movie | The Gray Man | Margaret Cahill | 2022-07-13 |
| Movie | Fatherhood | Marian | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | Juanita | Juanita | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | Saint Judy | Judge Benton | 2019-03-01 |
| Series | See | Paris | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | No Small Matter | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-21 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Sarabi (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
| Movie | Clemency | Warden Bernadine Williams | 2019-12-27 |
| Movie | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | 2019-06-02 | |
| Series | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Aunt Josephine | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | 2017-01-24 |
| Series | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | 2016-09-30 |
| Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Herself | 2016-10-14 |
| Movie | So B. It | Bernadette | 2016-06-07 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam Sharpe | 2016-04-27 |
| Series | Empire | Renee | 2015-01-07 |
| Movie | Knucklehead | Sheila | 2015-02-01 |
| Movie | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | 2015-04-01 |
| Movie | Mississippi Grind | Sam | 2015-07-04 |
| Movie | A Path Appears | Self | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Annabelle | Evelyn | 2014-10-02 |
| Series | The Last Ship | Amy Granderson | 2014-06-22 |
| Series | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | 2014-11-17 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | The Door | E | 2013-07-02 |
| Movie | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | 2012-10-07 |
| Series | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 2010-06-22 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | 2010-01-18 |
| Series | Black Panther | Dondi Reece (voice) | 2010-01-16 |
| Series | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 2009-10-04 |
| Movie | Henry Box Brown | 2008-02-01 | |
| Movie | American Violet | Alma Roberts | 2008-08-28 |
| Movie | Medal of Honor | Narrator | 2008-11-05 |
| Series | True Blood | Ruby | 2008-09-07 |
| Series | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller | 2008-10-13 |
| Movie | Reach for Me | Evelyn | 2008-10-01 |
| Movie | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Alice Evans | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Edna Reilly | 2007-12-02 |
| Movie | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Self - Narrator | 2007-07-16 |
| Movie | Something New | Joyce McQueen | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | The Water Is Wide | Mrs. Brown | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Take the Lead | Augustine James | 2006-03-17 |
| Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Series | Class of 3000 | Unknown | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | King Leopold's Ghost | Ilanga (voice) | 2006-05-28 |
| Movie | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | 2004-09-24 |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | Radio | Principal Daniels | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | The Core | Stickley | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | 2003-02-16 |
| Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 2002-12-20 |
| Movie | Disney's American Legends | 2001-02-12 | |
| Movie | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Medicine Woman (voice) | 2001-08-18 |
| Movie | K-PAX | Claudia Villars | 2001-10-22 |
| Movie | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | 2000-01-20 |
| Movie | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | John Henry | Polly / Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-27 |
| Series | Static Shock | Jeanie Hawkins (voice) | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | 2000-12-10 |
| Movie | The Wishing Tree | Clara | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Mumford | Lily | 1999-09-24 |
| Movie | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | 1999-02-14 |
| Movie | Down in the Delta | Loretta Sinclair | 1998-12-25 |
| Movie | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | 1997-01-29 |
| Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. | 1997-02-22 |
| Movie | Follow Me Home | Evey | 1997-02-28 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Maisie (voice) | 1997-11-01 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Primal Fear | Shoat | 1996-03-06 |
| Movie | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Dr. Sadlin | 1996-11-10 |
| Movie | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Tamara O'Neil | 1996-03-25 |
| Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | 1996-11-22 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | 1995-02-05 |
| Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | Aliens for Breakfast | Mrs. Marks | 1994-04-02 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Narrator | 1994-01-26 |
| Movie | Heart and Souls | Penny Washington | 1993-08-13 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Edna | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Bopha! | Rosie Mangena | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Chantelle | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Ann | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Grand Canyon | Jane | 1991-12-25 |
| Movie | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Mary Thomas | 1989-12-03 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Scrooged | Grace Cooley | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Mandela | Winnie Mandela | 1987-09-20 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Extremities | Patricia | 1986-08-22 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Adrianne Moore | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | 1986-11-10 |
| Series | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | 1985-01-23 |
| Movie | Puss in Boots | Princess Lovinia | 1985-09-09 |
| Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Esther | 1985-01-14 |
| Movie | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Black Hollywood | Self | 1984-11-28 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Vicki Teague | 1984-10-31 |
| Series | WonderWorks | 1984-10-01 | |
| Movie | The Killing Floor | Mattie | 1984-04-10 |
| Movie | Cross Creek | Geechee | 1983-09-21 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Karisha Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Series | Tucker's Witch | Marcia Fulbright | 1982-10-06 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Lovinia | 1982-09-11 |
| Series | The Sophisticated Gents | Evelyn Evers | 1981-09-29 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
| Movie | HealtH | Sally Benbow | 1980-09-12 |
| Movie | Freedom Road | Katie | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | The Trial of the Moke | Lucy Smith | 1978-05-03 |
| Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
| Movie | Remember My Name | Rita | 1978-02-10 |
| Series | What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? | Unknown | 1977-12-08 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |