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 (105)
The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
Annabelle
Evelyn
Primal Fear
Shoat
Dinosaur
Plio (voice)
12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
The Forgotten
Det. Anne Pope
Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
The Core
Stickley
Summer Camp
Mary
Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane
Fatherhood
Marian
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
Mississippi Grind
Sam
Something New
Joyce McQueen
Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
Radio
Principal Daniels
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
Love & Basketball
Camille Wright
Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
Take the Lead
Augustine James
Lost Souls
Dr. Allen
Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alice Pratt
Saint Judy
Judge Benton
Passion Fish
Chantelle
The Singing Detective
Chief of Staff
Cross Creek
Geechee
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Maisie (voice)
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
American Violet
Alma Roberts
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit
Mumford
Lily
Grand Canyon
Jane
Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
John Henry
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Edna Reilly
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
Extremities
Patricia
Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean
Black Panther
Dondi Reece
Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
The Inquisitor
Narration
Follow Me Home
Evey
What's Cooking?
Audrey Williams
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
Disney's American Legends
2001
Remember My Name
Rita
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
Precious Blood
Narrator
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Dr. Sadlin
So B. It
Bernadette
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
The Killing Floor
Mattie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Narrator
Juanita
Juanita
The Ambush Murders
Karisha Ellsworth
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
Weathering
Mum
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
HealtH
Sally Benbow
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Mary Parrish (voice)
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
Knucklehead
Sheila
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Tamara O'Neil
Reach for Me
Evelyn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrator (voice)
Freedom Road
Katie
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
The Wishing Tree
Clara
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Narrator
Medal of Honor
Narrator
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman who lost her stuff
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Narrator
The Underground Railroad
1999
Henry Box Brown
2008
No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (46)
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite · 25 eps
Frasier
Edna (voice) · 1 eps
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds · 5 eps
The Practice
Denise Freeman · 2 eps
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
3 eps
Private Practice
Dee Bennett · 1 eps
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson · 3 eps
Empire
Renee · 4 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Roxanne Turner · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Roxanne Turner · 17 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lilly Sloane (voice) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Woman who lost her stuff · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mattie · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Esther · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice) · 2 eps
See
Paris · 16 eps
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine · 3 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mimi (voice) · 40 eps
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice) · 1 eps
The Last Frontier
Jacqueline Bradford · 10 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
Mariah Dillard · 26 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Lovinia · 1 eps
The Boroughs
Judy Daniels · 8 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice) · 1 eps
Monsieur Spade
Virginia Dell · 1 eps
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox · 1 eps
Three Rivers
Dr. Sophia Jordan · 13 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown · 1 eps
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright · 12 eps
Inconceivable
Dr. Lydia Crawford · 2 eps
Memphis Beat
Lieutenant Tanya Rice · 20 eps
Class of 3000
1 eps
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1 eps
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1 eps
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree · 13 eps
My Own Worst Enemy
Mavis Heller · 9 eps
Black Panther
Dondi Reece (voice) · 6 eps
WonderWorks
Claudie Sills · 2 eps
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers · 3 eps
Cadillac Desert
Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice) · 1 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
Rachael Ray
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
Self · 1 eps
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self - Narrator
Black Hollywood
Self
