Alfre Woodard
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Nov 8, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2026 | The BoroughsJudy | |
| 2025 | The InquisitorNarration | |
| 2025 | The Last FrontierJacqueline Bradford | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSelf | |
| 2024 | Summer CampMary | |
| 2024 | The Book of ClarenceMother Mary | |
| 2024 | Salem's LotDr. Cody | |
| 2024 | Monsieur SpadeVirginia Dell | |
| 2023 | WeatheringMum | |
| 2023 | Space OddityDr. Olsen | |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMimi (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Gray ManMargaret Cahill | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2021 | FatherhoodMarian | |
| 2021 | Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in ColorAlma Thomas (voice) | |
| 2021 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall StreetMary Parrish (voice) | |
| 2020 | The Making of ClemencyHerself | |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Lower DecksLilly Sloane (voice) | |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan CapehartSelf | |
| 2019 | The Lion KingSarabi (voice) | |
| 2019 | ClemencyWarden Bernadine Williams | |
| 2019 | JuanitaJuanita | |
| 2019 | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | |
| 2019 | No Small MatterNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | SeeParis | |
| 2018 | Saint JudyJudge Benton | |
| 2017 | Burning SandsProfessor Hughes | |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate EventsAunt Josephine | |
| 2016 | So B. ItBernadette | |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil WarMiriam | |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf | |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke CageMariah Dillard | |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the BandMary Lou Williams (voice) | |
| 2015 | Mississippi GrindSam | |
| 2015 | KnuckleheadSheila | |
| 2015 | A Path AppearsSelf | |
| 2015 | EmpireRenee | |
| 2014 | AnnabelleEvelyn | |
| 2014 | Nelson Mandela RedrawnSelf | |
| 2014 | State of AffairsPresident Constance Payton | |
| 2014 | The Last ShipAmy Granderson | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2013 | 12 Years a SlaveMistress Shaw | |
| 2013 | The DoorE | |
| 2012 | Steel MagnoliasOuiser | |
| 2011 | Women, War & PeaceNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | Black PantherDondi Reece | |
| 2010 | Black PantherDondi Reece (voice) | |
| 2010 | Memphis BeatLieutenant Tanya Rice | |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are?Self | |
| 2009 | Three RiversDr. Sophia Jordan | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That PreysAlice Pratt | |
| 2008 | Reach for MeEvelyn | |
| 2008 | Medal of HonorNarrator | |
| 2008 | American VioletAlma Roberts | |
| 2008 | Henry Box Brown | |
| 2008 | My Own Worst EnemyMavis Heller | |
| 2008 | True BloodRuby Jean Reynolds | |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis WoodsEdna Reilly | |
| 2007 | Nefertiti and the Lost DynastySelf - Narrator | |
| 2007 | Private PracticeDee Bennett | |
| 2006 | Take the LeadAugustine James | |
| 2006 | The Water Is WideMrs. Brown | |
| 2006 | King Leopold's GhostIlanga (voice) | |
| 2006 | Something NewJoyce McQueen | |
| 2006 | Class of 3000 | |
| 2006 | Rachael RaySelf - Guest | |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2005 | Beauty ShopMs. Josephine | |
| 2005 | Grey's AnatomyJustine Campbell | |
| 2004 | The ForgottenDet. Anne Pope | |
| 2004 | Desperate HousewivesBetty Applewhite | |
| 2003 | The CoreStickley | |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Whatsit | |
| 2003 | RadioPrincipal Daniels | |
| 2003 | The Singing DetectiveChief of Staff | |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyNarrator | |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys MovieAkela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra WingerSelf | |
| 2001 | K-PAXClaudia Villars | |
| 2001 | Disney's American Legends | |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieMedicine Woman (voice) | |
| 2000 | DinosaurPlio (voice) | |
| 2000 | Love & BasketballCamille Wright | |
| 2000 | Holiday HeartWanda Dean | |
| 2000 | Lost SoulsDr. Allen | |
| 2000 | What's Cooking?Audrey Williams | |
| 2000 | John HenryPolly / Narrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryMary Parrish (voice) | |
| 2000 | Eleanor RooseveltNarrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon ParksNarrator | |
| 2000 | Static ShockJean Hawkins (voice) | |
| 1999 | MumfordLily | |
| 1999 | Funny ValentinesJoyce May | |
| 1999 | The Wishing TreeClara | |
| 1999 | The Underground Railroad | |
| 1998 | Down in the DeltaLoretta Sinclair | |
| 1998 | The Wild ThornberrysMedicine Woman (voice) | |
| 1997 | Follow Me HomeEvey | |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' BoysEunice Evers, R.N. | |
| 1997 | The Member of the WeddingBerenice Sadie Brown | |
| 1997 | Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of NatureNarrator (voice) | |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueMaisie (voice) | |
| 1997 | Seven Candles For KwanzaaNarrator | |
| 1997 | The PracticeDenise Freeman | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First ContactLily Sloane | |
| 1996 | Primal FearShoat | |
| 1996 | A Step Toward TomorrowDr. Sadlin | |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to MarsTamara O'Neil | |
| 1996 | Gulliver's TravelsQueen of Brobdingnag | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | How to Make an American QuiltMarianna | |
| 1995 | The Piano LessonBerniece Charles | |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildWinsome (voice) | |
| 1994 | CrooklynCarolyn Carmichael | |
| 1994 | Blue ChipsLavada McRae | |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It PlainNarrator | |
| 1994 | Aliens for BreakfastMrs. Marks | |
| 1993 | Bopha!Rosie Mangena | |
| 1993 | Heart and SoulsPenny Washington | |
| 1993 | FrasierEdna (voice) | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetDr. Roxanne Turner | |
| 1992 | Passion FishChantelle | |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagAnn | |
| 1992 | Rich in LoveRhody Poole | |
| 1992 | HBO First LookSelf | |
| 1991 | Grand CanyonJane | |
| 1990 | Blue BayouJessica Filley | |
| 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryMary Thomas | |
| 1989 | Miss FirecrackerPopeye Jackson | |
| 1988 | ScroogedGrace Cooley | |
| 1988 | The Child SaverAndrea Crawford | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | MandelaWinnie Mandela | |
| 1986 | Unnatural CausesMaude DeVictor | |
| 1986 | ExtremitiesPatricia | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: PilotAdrianne Moore | |
| 1986 | L.A. LawAdrianne Moore | |
| 1985 | Words by HeartClaudie Sills | |
| 1985 | Puss in BootsPrincess Lovinia | |
| 1985 | SaraRozalyn Dupree | |
| 1984 | Sweet RevengeVicki Teague | |
| 1984 | Go Tell It on the MountainEsther | |
| 1984 | The Killing FloorMattie | |
| 1984 | Black HollywoodSelf | |
| 1984 | WonderWorksClaudie Sills | |
| 1983 | Cross CreekGeechee | |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | The Ambush MurdersKarisha Ellsworth | |
| 1982 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman who lost her stuff | |
| 1982 | Precious BloodNarrator | |
| 1982 | Tucker's WitchMarcia Fulbright | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale TheatreSelf - Guest | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale TheatrePrincess Lovinia | |
| 1982 | St. ElsewhereRoxanne Turner | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated GentsEvelyn Evers | |
| 1980 | HealtHSally Benbow | |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | |
| 1979 | Freedom RoadKatie | |
| 1978 | Remember My NameRita | |
| 1978 | The Trial of the MokeLucy Smith | |
| 1978 | The White ShadowSandra Wilcox | |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameMrs. Brown | |
| - | Hate to See You Go | |
| - | Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”Self | |
| - | The Thing That Hurts | |
| - | Pockets of Heaven |
| 2022 | The PorterExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | ClemencyExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | No Small MatterExecutive Producer |