Alfre Woodard
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.
Born: 08 November 1952
Played In
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 - Guest
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
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
Herself
Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
See
Paris
The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
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
A Path Appears
Self
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
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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 - Guest
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 - Narrator
Class of 3000
Rachael Ray
Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
Take the Lead
Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
Something New
Joyce McQueen
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
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
Disney's American Legends
Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Narrator
Lost Souls
Dr. Allen
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Mary Parrish (voice)
John Henry
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Dinosaur
Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
Camille Wright
What's Cooking?
Audrey Williams
Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrator (voice)
Mumford
Lily
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
Clara
The Underground Railroad
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice)
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Maisie (voice)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Narrator (voice)
Cadillac Desert
Narrator (voice)
The Practice
Denise Freeman
Follow Me Home
Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Dr. Sadlin
The Daily Show
Self
Primal Fear
Shoat
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Tamara O'Neil
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice)
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
Frasier
Edna (voice)
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Roxanne Turner
Passion Fish
Chantelle
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
HBO First Look
Self
Grand Canyon
Jane
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore
Extremities
Patricia
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
Black Hollywood
Self
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
WonderWorks
Claudie Sills
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
The Killing Floor
Mattie
Cross Creek
Geechee
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
St. Elsewhere
Roxanne Turner
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Lovinia
Precious Blood
Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman who lost her stuff
The Ambush Murders
Karisha Ellsworth
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers
Hill Street Blues
HealtH
Sally Benbow
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Freedom Road
Katie
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
Remember My Name
Rita
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
The Oscars
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown
Hate to See You Go
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Self
The Thing That Hurts
Pockets of Heaven
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