Alfre Woodard
- Acting
- November 8, 1952 · 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
Filmography
- The Boroughs · Judy Daniels
- The Last Frontier · Jacqueline Bradford
- The Inquisitor · Narration
- Number One on the Call Sheet · Self
- Salem's Lot · Dr. Cody
- Summer Camp · Mary
- Monsieur Spade · Virginia Dell
- The Book of Clarence · Mother Mary
- Weathering · Mum
- Space Oddity · Dr. Olsen
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · Mimi (Voice)
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- The Gray Man · Margaret Cahill
- The Porter · Executive producer
- Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color · Alma Thomas (Voice)
- Fatherhood · Marian
- Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street · Mary Parrish (Voice)
- The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart · Self
- Star Trek: Lower Decks · Lilly Sloane (Voice)
- The Making of Clemency · Self
- Clemency · Warden Bernadine Williams, Executive producer
- See · Paris
- The Lion King · Sarabi (Voice)
- No Small Matter · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
- Juanita · Juanita
- Saint Judy · Judge Benton
- Burning Sands · Professor Hughes
- A Series of Unfortunate Events · Aunt Josephine
- Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise · Self
- Marvel's Luke Cage · Mariah Dillard
- So B. It · Bernadette
- Captain America: Civil War · Miriam
- Mississippi Grind · Sam
- Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band · Mary Lou Williams (Voice)
- Knucklehead · Sheila
- Empire · Renee
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- State of Affairs · President Constance Payton
- Annabelle · Evelyn
- Nelson Mandela Redrawn · Self
- The Last Ship · Amy Granderson
- 12 Years a Slave · Mistress Shaw
- The Door · E
- Steel Magnolias · Ouiser
- Women, War & Peace · Narrator (Voice)
- Memphis Beat · Lieutenant Tanya Rice
- Who Do You Think You Are? · Self
- Black Panther · Dondi Reece
- Black Panther · Dondi Reece (Voice)
- Three Rivers · Dr. Sophia Jordan
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Medal of Honor · Narrator
- My Own Worst Enemy · Mavis Heller
- Reach for Me · Evelyn
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys · Alice Pratt
- True Blood · Ruby Jean Reynolds
- American Violet · Alma Roberts
- Henry Box Brown
- Pictures of Hollis Woods · Edna Reilly
- Private Practice · Dee Bennett
- Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty · Self
- Class of 3000
- Rachael Ray · Self
- The Megan Mullally Show · Self
- King Leopold's Ghost · Ilanga (Voice)
- Take the Lead · Augustine James
- The Water Is Wide · Mrs. Brown
- Something New · Joyce McQueen
- Inconceivable · Dr. Lydia Crawford
- Beauty Shop · Ms. Josephine
- Grey's Anatomy · Justine Campbell
- Desperate Housewives · Betty Applewhite
- The Forgotten · Det. Anne Pope
- Radio · Principal Daniels
- The Singing Detective · Chief of Staff
- A Wrinkle in Time · Mrs. Whatsit
- The Core · Stickley
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property · Narrator
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives