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 · The Last Frontier as Jacqueline Bradford
- 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 · Weathering as Mum
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Mimi (voice)
- 2022 · The Gray Man as Margaret Cahill
- 2021 · Fatherhood as Marian
- 2020 · The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart as Self
- 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)
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Aunt Josephine
- 2016 · Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
- 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Mariah Dillard
- 2016 · Captain America: Civil War as Miriam
- 2015 · Mississippi Grind as Sam
- 2015 · A Path Appears as Self
- 2015 · Empire as Renee
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Annabelle as Evelyn
- 2014 · Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
- 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
- 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 · 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 · King Leopold's Ghost as Ilanga (voice)
- 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 · A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
- 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)
- 2000 · Love & Basketball as Camille Wright
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 1997 · The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Maisie (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 · How to Make an American Quilt as Marianna
- 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 · Bopha! as Rosie Mangena
- 1993 · Heart and Souls as Penny Washington
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Ann
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1991 · Grand Canyon as Jane
- 1988 · Scrooged as Grace Cooley
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Adrianne Moore
- 1984 · WonderWorks as Claudie Sills
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Geechee
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as Marcia Fulbright
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Self - Guest
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Lovinia
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Sandra Wilcox
- 1977 · What Really Happened to the Class of '65? as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Hate to See You Go as
- 2023 · Space Oddity as Dr. Olsen
- 2021 · Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2019 · The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts as
- 2019 · Juanita as Juanita
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Judge Benton
- 2017 · Burning Sands as Professor Hughes
- 2016 · So B. It as Bernadette
- 2012 · Steel Magnolias as Ouiser
- 2011 · Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Black Panther as Dondi Reece
- 2008 · Medal of Honor as Narrator
- 2008 · My Own Worst Enemy as Mavis Heller
- 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)
- 2000 · Holiday Heart as Wanda Dean
- 2000 · Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks as Narrator
- 2000 · What's Cooking? as Audrey Williams
- 1999 · Mumford as Lily
- 1997 · The Member of the Wedding as Berenice Sadie Brown
- Future · Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” as Herself
- 1999 · The Wishing Tree as Clara
- 1996 · Special Report: Journey to Mars as Tamara O'Neil
- 1995 · The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
- 1994 · Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Narrator
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Chantelle
- 1992 · Rich in Love as Rhody Poole
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Popeye Jackson
- 1987 · Mandela as Winnie Mandela
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Maude DeVictor
- 1986 · Extremities as Patricia
- 1984 · Sweet Revenge as Vicki Teague
- 1982 · The Ambush Murders as Karisha Ellsworth
- 1981 · The Sophisticated Gents as Evelyn Evers
- 1980 · HealtH as Sally Benbow
- 1980 · Palmerstown, U.S.A. as
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Katie
- 1978 · Remember My Name as Rita
- Future · The Boroughs as Judy
- 2025 · The Inquisitor as Self
- 2021 · Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color as Alma Thomas (voice)
- 2020 · The Making of Clemency as Herself
- 2019 · No Small Matter as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
- 2015 · Knucklehead as Sheila
- 2014 · State of Affairs as President Constance Payton
- 2013 · The Door as E
- 2008 · Reach for Me as Evelyn
- 2008 · American Violet as Alma Roberts
- 2008 · Henry Box Brown as
- 2007 · Pictures of Hollis Woods as Edna Reilly
- 2007 · Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · The Water Is Wide as Mrs. Brown
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2001 · Disney's American Legends as
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2000 · John Henry as Polly / Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Eleanor Roosevelt as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Joyce May
- 1999 · The Underground Railroad as
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Loretta Sinclair
- 1997 · Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Follow Me Home as Evey
- 1996 · A Step Toward Tomorrow as Dr. Sadlin
- 1994 · Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Marks
- 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
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Adrianne Moore
- 1985 · Puss in Boots as Princess Lovinia
- 1985 · Sara as Rozalyn Dupree
- 1985 · Go Tell It on the Mountain as Esther
- 1985 · Words by Heart as Claudie Sills
- 1984 · Black Hollywood as Self
- 1984 · The Killing Floor as Mattie
- 1982 · Precious Blood as Narrator
- 1982 · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman who lost her stuff
- 1978 · The Trial of the Moke as Lucy Smith
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Brown
- Future · Untitled Ryan Coogler Zombie Outbreak Horror as