Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Known for
Acting
Born
November 8, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 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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Filmography

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Hate to See You Go

Hate to See You Go

Movie

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Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” poster

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

Movie · as Self

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The Thing That Hurts

The Thing That Hurts

Movie

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Pockets of Heaven

Pockets of Heaven

Movie

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2034

2034

Movie

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Baby of the Family

Baby of the Family

Movie · as Rachel

2026
The Boroughs poster

The Boroughs

TV · as Judy Daniels · 8 eps

2025
The Inquisitor poster

The Inquisitor

Movie · as Narration

2025
The Last Frontier poster

The Last Frontier

TV · as Jacqueline Bradford · 10 eps

2025
Number One on the Call Sheet poster

Number One on the Call Sheet

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Summer Camp poster

Summer Camp

Movie · as Mary

2024
The Book of Clarence poster

The Book of Clarence

Movie · as Mother Mary

2024
Salem's Lot poster

Salem's Lot

Movie · as Dr. Cody

2024
Monsieur Spade poster

Monsieur Spade

TV · as Virginia Dell · 1 ep

2023
Weathering poster

Weathering

Movie · as Mum

2023
Space Oddity poster

Space Oddity

Movie · as Dr. Olsen

2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV · as Mimi (voice) · 40 eps

2022
The Gray Man poster

The Gray Man

Movie · as Margaret Cahill

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2021
Fatherhood poster

Fatherhood

Movie · as Marian

2021
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color poster

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

Movie · as Alma Thomas (voice)

2021
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street poster

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Movie · as Mary Parrish (voice)

2020
The Making of Clemency

The Making of Clemency

Movie · as Herself

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks poster

Star Trek: Lower Decks

TV · as Lilly Sloane (voice) · 1 ep

2020
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart poster

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Lion King poster

The Lion King

Movie · as Sarabi (voice)

2019
Clemency poster

Clemency

Movie · as Warden Bernadine Williams

2019
Juanita poster

Juanita

Movie · as Juanita

2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts poster

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Movie

2019
No Small Matter poster

No Small Matter

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
See poster

See

TV · as Paris · 16 eps

2018
Saint Judy poster

Saint Judy

Movie · as Judge Benton

2017
Burning Sands poster

Burning Sands

Movie · as Professor Hughes

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Aunt Josephine · 3 eps

2016
So B. It poster

So B. It

Movie · as Bernadette

2016
Captain America: Civil War poster

Captain America: Civil War

Movie · as Miriam

2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise poster

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Movie · as Self

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Marvel's Luke Cage

TV · as Mariah Dillard · 26 eps

2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band poster

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Movie · as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

2015
Mississippi Grind poster

Mississippi Grind

Movie · as Sam

2015
Knucklehead poster

Knucklehead

Movie · as Sheila

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Renee · 4 eps

2014
Annabelle poster

Annabelle

Movie · as Evelyn

2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn poster

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Movie · as Self

2014
State of Affairs poster

State of Affairs

TV · as President Constance Payton · 13 eps

2014
The Last Ship poster

The Last Ship

TV · as Amy Granderson · 3 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
12 Years a Slave poster

12 Years a Slave

Movie · as Mistress Shaw

2013
The Door

The Door

Movie · as E

2012
Steel Magnolias poster

Steel Magnolias

Movie · as Ouiser

2011
Women, War & Peace poster

Women, War & Peace

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

Movie · as Dondi Reece

2010
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

TV · as Dondi Reece (voice) · 6 eps

2010
Memphis Beat poster

Memphis Beat

TV · as Lieutenant Tanya Rice · 20 eps

2010
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Three Rivers poster

Three Rivers

TV · as Dr. Sophia Jordan · 13 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys poster

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

Movie · as Alice Pratt

2008
Reach for Me poster

Reach for Me

Movie · as Evelyn

2008
Medal of Honor poster

Medal of Honor

Movie · as Narrator

2008
American Violet poster

American Violet

Movie · as Alma Roberts

2008
Henry Box Brown poster

Henry Box Brown

Movie

2008
My Own Worst Enemy poster

My Own Worst Enemy

TV · as Mavis Heller · 9 eps

2008
True Blood poster

True Blood

TV · as Ruby Jean Reynolds · 5 eps

2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods poster

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Movie · as Edna Reilly

2007
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty poster

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Dee Bennett · 1 ep

2006
Take the Lead poster

Take the Lead

Movie · as Augustine James

2006
The Water Is Wide poster

The Water Is Wide

Movie · as Mrs. Brown

2006
King Leopold's Ghost poster

King Leopold's Ghost

Movie · as Ilanga (voice)

2006
Something New poster

Something New

Movie · as Joyce McQueen

2006
Class of 3000 poster

Class of 3000

TV · 1 ep

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Beauty Shop poster

Beauty Shop

Movie · as Ms. Josephine

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Justine Campbell · 1 ep

2005
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

TV · as Dr. Lydia Crawford · 2 eps

2004
The Forgotten poster

The Forgotten

Movie · as Det. Anne Pope

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Betty Applewhite · 25 eps

2003
The Core poster

The Core

Movie · as Stickley

2003
A Wrinkle in Time poster

A Wrinkle in Time

Movie · as Mrs. Whatsit

2003
Radio poster

Radio

Movie · as Principal Daniels

2003
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

Movie · as Chief of Staff

2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property poster

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives poster

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Movie

2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie poster

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Movie · as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

2002
Searching for Debra Winger poster

Searching for Debra Winger

Movie · as Self

2001
K-PAX poster

K-PAX

Movie · as Claudia Villars

2001
Disney's American Legends poster

Disney's American Legends

Movie

2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie poster

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

Movie · as Medicine Woman (voice)

2000
Dinosaur poster

Dinosaur

Movie · as Plio (voice)

2000
Love & Basketball poster

Love & Basketball

Movie · as Camille Wright

2000
Holiday Heart poster

Holiday Heart

Movie · as Wanda Dean

2000
Lost Souls poster

Lost Souls

Movie · as Dr. Allen

2000
What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking?

Movie · as Audrey Williams

2000
John Henry poster

John Henry

Movie · as Polly / Narrator (voice)

2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story poster

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Movie · as Mary Parrish (voice)

2000
Eleanor Roosevelt poster

Eleanor Roosevelt

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2000
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks poster

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

Movie · as Narrator

2000
Static Shock poster

Static Shock

TV · as Jean Hawkins (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Mumford poster

Mumford

Movie · as Lily

1999
Funny Valentines poster

Funny Valentines

Movie · as Joyce May

1999
The Wishing Tree poster

The Wishing Tree

Movie · as Clara

1999
The Underground Railroad poster

The Underground Railroad

Movie

1998
Down in the Delta poster

Down in the Delta

Movie · as Loretta Sinclair

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Medicine Woman (voice) · 2 eps

1997
Follow Me Home poster

Follow Me Home

Movie · as Evey

1997
Miss Evers' Boys poster

Miss Evers' Boys

Movie · as Eunice Evers, R.N.

1997
The Member of the Wedding poster

The Member of the Wedding

Movie · as Berenice Sadie Brown

1997
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue poster

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Movie · as Maisie (voice)

1997
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa poster

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Denise Freeman · 2 eps

1997
Cadillac Desert poster

Cadillac Desert

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

1996
Star Trek: First Contact poster

Star Trek: First Contact

Movie · as Lily Sloane

1996
Primal Fear poster

Primal Fear

Movie · as Shoat

1996
A Step Toward Tomorrow poster

A Step Toward Tomorrow

Movie · as Dr. Sadlin

1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars poster

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Movie · as Tamara O'Neil

1996
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

TV · as Queen of Brobdingnag · 2 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
How to Make an American Quilt poster

How to Make an American Quilt

Movie · as Marianna

1995
The Piano Lesson poster

The Piano Lesson

Movie · as Berniece Charles

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Winsome (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Crooklyn poster

Crooklyn

Movie · as Carolyn Carmichael

1994
Blue Chips poster

Blue Chips

Movie · as Lavada McRae

1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain poster

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Movie · as Narrator

1994
Aliens for Breakfast poster

Aliens for Breakfast

Movie · as Mrs. Marks

1993
Bopha! poster

Bopha!

Movie · as Rosie Mangena

1993
Heart and Souls poster

Heart and Souls

Movie · as Penny Washington

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Edna (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Dr. Roxanne Turner · 1 ep

1992
Passion Fish poster

Passion Fish

Movie · as Chantelle

1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag poster

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Movie · as Ann

1992
Rich in Love poster

Rich in Love

Movie · as Rhody Poole

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Grand Canyon poster

Grand Canyon

Movie · as Jane

1990
Blue Bayou poster

Blue Bayou

Movie · as Jessica Filley

1989
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story poster

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

Movie · as Mary Thomas

1989
Miss Firecracker poster

Miss Firecracker

Movie · as Popeye Jackson

1988
Scrooged poster

Scrooged

Movie · as Grace Cooley

1988
The Child Saver poster

The Child Saver

Movie · as Andrea Crawford

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1987
Mandela poster

Mandela

Movie · as Winnie Mandela

1986
Unnatural Causes poster

Unnatural Causes

Movie · as Maude DeVictor

1986
Extremities poster

Extremities

Movie · as Patricia

1986
L.A. Law: Pilot poster

L.A. Law: Pilot

Movie · as Adrianne Moore

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Adrianne Moore · 1 ep

1985
Words by Heart poster

Words by Heart

Movie · as Claudie Sills

1985
Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots

Movie · as Princess Lovinia

1985
Sara poster

Sara

TV · as Rozalyn Dupree · 13 eps

1984
Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge

Movie · as Vicki Teague

1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain poster

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Movie · as Esther

1984
The Killing Floor poster

The Killing Floor

Movie · as Mattie

1984
Black Hollywood poster

Black Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1984
WonderWorks poster

WonderWorks

TV · as Claudie Sills · 2 eps

1983
Cross Creek poster

Cross Creek

Movie · as Geechee

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
The Ambush Murders poster

The Ambush Murders

Movie · as Karisha Ellsworth

1982
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf poster

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Movie · as Woman who lost her stuff

1982
Precious Blood poster

Precious Blood

Movie · as Narrator

1982
Tucker's Witch poster

Tucker's Witch

TV · as Marcia Fulbright · 12 eps

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Self - Guest, Princess Lovinia · 1 ep

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Roxanne Turner · 17 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Woman who lost her stuff, Mattie, Esther · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 3 eps

1981
The Sophisticated Gents poster

The Sophisticated Gents

TV · as Evelyn Evers · 3 eps

1980
HealtH poster

HealtH

Movie · as Sally Benbow

1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A. poster

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

TV · 1 ep

1979
Freedom Road poster

Freedom Road

Movie · as Katie

1978
Remember My Name poster

Remember My Name

Movie · as Rita

1978
The Trial of the Moke poster

The Trial of the Moke

Movie · as Lucy Smith

1978
The White Shadow poster

The White Shadow

TV · as Sandra Wilcox · 1 ep

1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? poster

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Mrs. Brown · 1 ep