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 · 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 · 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)
- 2019 · No Small Matter as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Juanita as Juanita
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Judge Benton
- 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 · 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
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Mistress Shaw
- 2012 · Steel Magnolias as Ouiser
- 2010 · Memphis Beat as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2010 · Black Panther as Dondi Reece
- 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
- 2008 · American Violet as Alma Roberts
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dee Bennett
- 2007 · Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self - Narrator
- 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 · A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
- 2003 · The Core as Stickley
- 2003 · Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Narrator
- 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
- 2002 · The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
- 2001 · K-PAX as Claudia Villars
- 2000 · Holiday Heart as Wanda Dean
- 2000 · Lost Souls as Dr. Allen
- 2000 · Static Shock as Jean Hawkins (voice)
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2000 · Dinosaur as Plio (voice)
- 2000 · Love & Basketball as Camille Wright
- 2000 · What's Cooking? as Audrey Williams
- 1999 · Mumford as Lily
- 1999 · The Wishing Tree as Clara
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 1997 · The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Maisie (voice)
- 1997 · Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The Practice as Denise Freeman
- 1997 · The Member of the Wedding as Berenice Sadie Brown
- 1996 · Star Trek: First Contact as Lily Sloane
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Special Report: Journey to Mars as Tamara O'Neil
- 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)
- 1995 · The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
- 1994 · Crooklyn as Carolyn Carmichael
- 1994 · Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Marks
- 1994 · Blue Chips as Lavada McRae
- 1994 · Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Narrator
- 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 · Rich in Love as Rhody Poole
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Ann
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1991 · Grand Canyon as Jane
- 1990 · Blue Bayou as Jessica Filley
- 1988 · Scrooged as Grace Cooley
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · The Child Saver as Andrea Crawford
- 1987 · Mandela as Winnie Mandela
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Maude DeVictor
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Adrianne Moore
- 1986 · L.A. Law: Pilot as Adrianne Moore
- 1986 · Extremities as Patricia
- 1985 · Words by Heart as Claudie Sills
- 1984 · Black Hollywood as Self
- 1984 · WonderWorks as Claudie Sills
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Geechee
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Self - Guest
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Lovinia
- 1982 · The Ambush Murders as Karisha Ellsworth
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · HealtH as Sally Benbow
- 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 · Hate to See You Go as
- 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 · The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts as
- 2017 · Burning Sands as Professor Hughes
- 2016 · So B. It as Bernadette
- 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 · State of Affairs as President Constance Payton
- 2013 · The Door as E
- 2011 · Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Medal of Honor as Narrator
- 2008 · Reach for Me as Evelyn
- 2008 · Henry Box Brown as
- 2007 · Pictures of Hollis Woods as Edna Reilly
- 2006 · King Leopold's Ghost as Ilanga (voice)
- 2006 · The Water Is Wide as Mrs. Brown
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2001 · The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 2001 · Disney's American Legends as
- 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 · The Underground Railroad as
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Loretta Sinclair
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Chantelle
- Future · The Boroughs as Judy
- 1999 · Funny Valentines as Joyce May
- 1997 · Follow Me Home as Evey
- 1997 · Miss Evers' Boys as Eunice Evers, R.N.
- 1996 · A Step Toward Tomorrow as Dr. Sadlin
- 1989 · A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story as Mary Thomas
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Popeye Jackson
- 1985 · Puss in Boots as Princess Lovinia
- 1985 · Sara as Rozalyn Dupree
- 1985 · Go Tell It on the Mountain as Esther
- 1984 · Sweet Revenge as Vicki Teague
- 1984 · The Killing Floor as Mattie
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as Marcia Fulbright
- 1982 · Precious Blood as Narrator
- 1982 · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman who lost her stuff
- 1981 · The Sophisticated Gents as Evelyn Evers
- 1980 · Palmerstown, U.S.A. as
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Katie
- 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