Alfre Woodard
November 8, 1952 (72 years old) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Dr. Cody
- 2024 · Summer Camp as Mary
- 2024 · Monsieur Spade as Virginia Dell
- 2024 · The Book of Clarence as Mother Mary
- 2023 · Space Oddity as Dr. Olsen
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Mimi (voice)
- 2022 · The Gray Man as Margaret Cahill
- 2021 · Fatherhood as Marian
- 2020 · Star Trek: Lower Decks as Lilly Sloane (voice)
- 2019 · Clemency as Warden Bernadine Williams
- 2019 · See as Paris
- 2019 · The Lion King as Sarabi (voice)
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Judge Benton
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Aunt Josephine
- 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Mariah Dillard
- 2016 · Captain America: Civil War as Miriam
- 2015 · Mississippi Grind as Sam
- 2015 · Empire as Renee
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Annabelle as Evelyn
- 2014 · The Last Ship as Amy Granderson
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Mistress Shaw
- 2011 · Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Memphis Beat as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2010 · Black Panther as Dondi Reece (voice)
- 2009 · Three Rivers as Dr. Sophia Jordan
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · My Own Worst Enemy as Mavis Heller
- 2008 · Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys as Alice Pratt
- 2008 · True Blood as Ruby Jean Reynolds
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dee Bennett
- 2006 · Class of 3000 as
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as Self
- 2006 · Take the Lead as Augustine James
- 2006 · Something New as Joyce McQueen
- 2005 · Beauty Shop as Ms. Josephine
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Justine Campbell
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Betty Applewhite
- 2004 · The Forgotten as Det. Anne Pope
- 2003 · Radio as Principal Daniels
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Chief of Staff
- 2003 · The Core as Stickley
- 2002 · The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
- 2001 · K-PAX as Claudia Villars
- 2000 · Lost Souls as Dr. Allen
- 2000 · Static Shock as Jean Hawkins (voice)
- 2000 · Dinosaur as Plio (voice)
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 1997 · The Practice as Denise Freeman
- 1997 · Miss Evers' Boys as Eunice Evers, R.N.
- 1996 · Star Trek: First Contact as Lily Sloane
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Primal Fear as Shoat
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Queen of Brobdingnag
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Winsome (voice)
- 1994 · Crooklyn as Carolyn Carmichael
- 1994 · Blue Chips as Lavada McRae
- 1993 · Frasier as Edna (voice)
- 1993 · Heart and Souls as Penny Washington
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1988 · Scrooged as Grace Cooley
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Adrianne Moore
- 1986 · Extremities as Patricia
- 1985 · Sara as Rozalyn Dupree
- 1985 · Go Tell It on the Mountain as Esther
- 1984 · WonderWorks as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as Marcia Fulbright
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Self - Guest
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Lovinia
- 1981 · The Sophisticated Gents as Evelyn Evers
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Palmerstown, U.S.A. as
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Sandra Wilcox
- 1977 · What Really Happened to the Class of '65? as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Brown
- Future · The Last Frontier as Bradford
- 2023 · Weathering as Mum
- 2019 · Juanita as Juanita
- 2016 · Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
- 2016 · So B. It as Bernadette
- 2014 · State of Affairs as President Constance Payton
- 2012 · Steel Magnolias as Ouiser
- 2010 · Black Panther as Dondi Reece
- 2008 · Reach for Me as Evelyn
- 2008 · American Violet as Alma Roberts
- 2006 · King Leopold's Ghost as Ilanga (voice)
- 2006 · The Water Is Wide as Mrs. Brown
- 2003 · A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
- 2003 · Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Narrator
- 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
- 2001 · The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 2001 · Disney's American Legends as
- 2000 · Holiday Heart as Wanda Dean
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2000 · Love & Basketball as Camille Wright
- 2000 · What's Cooking? as Audrey Williams
- 1999 · Mumford as Lily
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Loretta Sinclair
- 1997 · The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Maisie (voice)
- 1997 · Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Marianna
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Popeye Jackson
- Future · The Boroughs as Judy
- 2025 · The Inquisitor as Self
- 2021 · Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color as Alma Thomas (voice)
- 2021 · Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2020 · The Making of Clemency as Herself
- 2019 · No Small Matter as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts as
- 2017 · Burning Sands as Professor Hughes
- 2015 · Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
- 2015 · Knucklehead as Sheila
- 2015 · A Path Appears as Self
- 2014 · Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
- 2013 · The Door as E
- 2008 · Medal of Honor as Narrator
- 2008 · Henry Box Brown as
- 2007 · Pictures of Hollis Woods as Edna Reilly
- 2007 · Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self - Narrator
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2000 · Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks as Narrator
- 2000 · John Henry as Polly / Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Eleanor Roosevelt as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Joyce May
- 1999 · The Wishing Tree as Clara
- 1999 · The Underground Railroad as
- 1997 · Follow Me Home as Evey
- 1997 · The Member of the Wedding as Berenice Sadie Brown
- 1996 · A Step Toward Tomorrow as Dr. Sadlin
- 1996 · Special Report: Journey to Mars as Tamara O'Neil
- 1995 · The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
- 1994 · Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Marks
- 1994 · Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Narrator
- 1993 · Bopha! as Rosie Mangena
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Chantelle
- 1992 · Rich in Love as Rhody Poole
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Ann
- 1991 · Grand Canyon as Jane
- 1990 · Blue Bayou as Jessica Filley
- 1989 · A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story as Mary Thomas
- 1988 · The Child Saver as Andrea Crawford
- 1987 · Mandela as Winnie Mandela
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Maude DeVictor
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Adrianne Moore
- 1985 · Puss in Boots as Princess Lovinia
- 1985 · Words by Heart as Claudie Sills
- 1984 · Black Hollywood as Self
- 1984 · Sweet Revenge as Vicki Teague
- 1984 · The Killing Floor as Mattie
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Geechee
- 1982 · Precious Blood as Narrator
- 1982 · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman who lost her stuff
- 1982 · The Ambush Murders as Karisha Ellsworth
- 1980 · HealtH as Sally Benbow
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Katie
- Future · Hate to See You Go as
- 1978 · The Trial of the Moke as Lucy Smith
- 1978 · Remember My Name as Rita
- Future · Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” as Herself