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:
- 136
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Hate to See You Go
- Latest Project:
- Series The Last Frontier 2025-10-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hate to See You Go | 2026 | |
| Series | The Last Frontier | Jacqueline Bradford | 2025-10-09 |
| Movie | The Book of Clarence | Mother Mary | 2024-01-11 |
| Movie | Summer Camp | Mary | 2024-05-31 |
| Movie | Salem's Lot | Dr. Cody | 2024-10-03 |
| Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Mimi (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
| Movie | The Gray Man | Margaret Cahill | 2022-07-13 |
| Movie | Fatherhood | Marian | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | Juanita | Juanita | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | 2019-06-02 | |
| 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 | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | 2017-01-24 |
| Series | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Aunt Josephine | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | 2016-10-14 |
| Movie | So B. It | Bernadette | 2016-06-07 |
| Series | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | 2016-09-30 |
| Series | Empire | Renee | 2015-01-07 |
| Movie | A Path Appears | Self | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | Knucklehead | Sheila | 2015-02-01 |
| Movie | Mississippi Grind | Sam | 2015-07-04 |
| Movie | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | 2015-04-01 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | 2014-11-17 |
| Movie | Annabelle | Evelyn | 2014-10-01 |
| Series | The Last Ship | Amy Granderson | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | The Door | E | 2013-07-02 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | 2012-10-07 |
| Series | Black Panther | Dondi Reece (voice) | 2010-01-16 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | 2010-01-18 |
| Series | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 2010-06-22 |
| Series | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 2009-10-04 |
| Movie | American Violet | Alma Roberts | 2008-08-28 |
| Series | True Blood | Ruby | 2008-09-07 |
| Movie | Henry Box Brown | 2008-02-01 | |
| Movie | Medal of Honor | Narrator | 2008-11-05 |
| 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 Pratt | 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 |
| Series | Class of 3000 | Unknown | 2006-11-03 |
| Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | King Leopold's Ghost | Ilanga (voice) | 2006-05-28 |
| Movie | Take the Lead | Augustine James | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | 2005-04-22 |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | 2004-09-24 |
| Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | 2003-02-16 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Radio | Principal Daniels | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | The Core | Stickley | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 2002-12-20 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Medicine Woman (voice) | 2001-08-18 |
| Movie | K-PAX | Claudia Villars | 2001-10-26 |
| Movie | Disney's American Legends | 2001-02-12 | |
| Movie | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | 2000-01-20 |
| Movie | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
| Series | Static Shock | Jeanie Hawkins (voice) | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | 2000-12-10 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | John Henry | Polly / Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-27 |
| 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 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Maisie (voice) | 1997-11-01 |
| Movie | Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-24 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | Follow Me Home | Evey | 1997-02-28 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Primal Fear | Shoat | 1996-03-06 |
| Movie | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Tamara O'Neil | 1996-03-25 |
| Movie | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Dr. Sadlin | 1996-11-10 |
| Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | 1996-11-22 |
| Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | 1995-02-05 |
| Movie | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Narrator | 1994-01-26 |
| Movie | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | Aliens for Breakfast | Mrs. Marks | 1994-04-02 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Edna | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Heart and Souls | Penny Washington | 1993-08-13 |
| Movie | Bopha! | Rosie Mangena | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Ann | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Chantelle | 1992-12-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Scrooged | Grace Cooley | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | The Child Saver | Andrea Crawford | 1988-01-18 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Mandela | Winnie Mandela | 1987-09-20 |
| Movie | Extremities | Patricia | 1986-08-22 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | 1986-11-10 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Adrianne Moore | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Puss in Boots | Princess Lovinia | 1985-09-09 |
| Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Esther | 1985-01-14 |
| Series | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | 1985-01-23 |
| Movie | The Killing Floor | Mattie | 1984-04-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Vicki Teague | 1984-10-31 |
| Movie | Black Hollywood | Self | 1984-11-28 |
| Series | WonderWorks | 1984-10-01 | |
| Movie | Cross Creek | Geechee | 1983-09-21 |
| Series | Tucker's Witch | Marcia Fulbright | 1982-10-06 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Karisha Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | 1982-02-23 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Remember My Name | Rita | 1978-02-10 |
| Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
| 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 |