Alfre Woodard
Acting
Born: November 8, 1952 (age 73) · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Highest Rated
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
Captain America: Civil War
2016
12 Years a Slave
2013
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Lion King
2019
Annabelle
2014
The Gray Man
2022
Primal Fear
1996
See
2019
K-PAX
2001
Dinosaur
2000
The Core
2003
Desperate Housewives
2004
Photos (8)
Movies (104)
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
Radio
Principal Daniels
Primal Fear
Shoat
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
Annabelle
Evelyn
12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
Dinosaur
Plio (voice)
The Core
Stickley
Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane
Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
The Forgotten
Det. Anne Pope
The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Something New
Joyce McQueen
Mississippi Grind
Sam
Take the Lead
Augustine James
Fatherhood
Marian
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
The Singing Detective
Chief of Staff
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
Lost Souls
Dr. Allen
Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
Extremities
Patricia
Summer Camp
Mary
Saint Judy
Judge Benton
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alice Pratt
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
Grand Canyon
Jane
Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Maisie (voice)
Love & Basketball
Camille Wright
Passion Fish
Chantelle
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
American Violet
Alma Roberts
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit
Mumford
Lily
What's Cooking?
Audrey Williams
HealtH
Sally Benbow
Remember My Name
Rita
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
Knucklehead
Sheila
Disney's American Legends
2001
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
Cross Creek
Geechee
Weathering
Mum
Black Panther
Dondi Reece
Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Edna Reilly
So B. It
Bernadette
Follow Me Home
Evey
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Inquisitor
Narration
Precious Blood
Narrator
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Tamara O'Neil
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
John Henry
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrator (voice)
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
The Killing Floor
Mattie
Reach for Me
Evelyn
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
Juanita
Juanita
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
Freedom Road
Katie
The Ambush Murders
Karisha Ellsworth
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Mary Parrish (voice)
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Dr. Sadlin
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman who lost her stuff
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Narrator
The Wishing Tree
Clara
Medal of Honor
Narrator
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Narrator
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
The Underground Railroad
1999
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Narrator
No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
Henry Box Brown
2008
TV Shows (45)
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell · 1 eps
Frasier
Edna (voice) · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite · 25 eps
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson · 3 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Roxanne Turner · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Woman who lost her stuff · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mattie · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Esther · 1 eps
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds · 5 eps
The Practice
Denise Freeman · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
3 eps
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Roxanne Turner · 17 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Private Practice
Dee Bennett · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice) · 2 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lilly Sloane (voice) · 1 eps
See
Paris · 16 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mimi (voice) · 40 eps
Empire
Renee · 4 eps
The Last Frontier
Jacqueline Bradford · 10 eps
The Boroughs
Judy Daniels · 8 eps
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine · 3 eps
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice) · 1 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
Mariah Dillard · 26 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice) · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Lovinia · 1 eps
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox · 1 eps
Monsieur Spade
Virginia Dell · 1 eps
My Own Worst Enemy
Mavis Heller · 9 eps
Class of 3000
1 eps
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1 eps
Three Rivers
Dr. Sophia Jordan · 13 eps
Inconceivable
Dr. Lydia Crawford · 2 eps
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright · 12 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag · 2 eps
Memphis Beat
Lieutenant Tanya Rice · 20 eps
Black Panther
Dondi Reece (voice) · 6 eps
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1 eps
Cadillac Desert
Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree · 13 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown · 1 eps
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers · 3 eps
State of Affairs
President Constance Payton · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self · 1 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
Rachael Ray
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
Self · 1 eps
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
Black Hollywood
Self
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self - Narrator
