Alfre Woodard
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Boroughs
2026
as Judy Daniels
The Inquisitor
2025
as Narration
The Last Frontier
2025
as Jacqueline Bradford
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
Monsieur Spade
2024
as Virginia Dell
Weathering
2023
as Mum
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Mimi (voice)
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
as Mary Parrish (voice)
The Making of Clemency
2020
as Herself
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Lilly Sloane (voice)
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020
as Self
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
Clemency
2019
as Warden Bernadine Williams
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
No Small Matter
2019
as Narrator (voice)
See
2019
as Paris
Saint Judy
2018
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Aunt Josephine
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Miriam
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Mariah Dillard
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila
Empire
2015
as Renee
Annabelle
2014
as Evelyn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
State of Affairs
2014
as President Constance Payton
The Last Ship
2014
as Amy Granderson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mistress Shaw
The Door
2013
as E
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Ouiser
Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece (voice)
Memphis Beat
2010
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Three Rivers
2009
as Dr. Sophia Jordan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Alice Pratt
Reach for Me
2008
as Evelyn
Medal of Honor
2008
as Narrator
American Violet
2008
as Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
2008
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Mavis Heller
True Blood
2008
as Ruby Jean Reynolds
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
as Self - Narrator
Private Practice
2007
as Dee Bennett
Take the Lead
2006
as Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Mrs. Brown
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
as Ilanga (voice)
Something New
2006
as Joyce McQueen
Class of 3000
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
as Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Beauty Shop
2005
as Ms. Josephine
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Justine Campbell
Inconceivable
2005
as Dr. Lydia Crawford
The Forgotten
2004
as Det. Anne Pope
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Betty Applewhite
The Core
2003
as Stickley
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Mrs. Whatsit
Radio
2003
as Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
2003
as Chief of Staff
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
as Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
K-PAX
2001
as Claudia Villars
Disney's American Legends
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Dinosaur
2000
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
2000
as Camille Wright
Holiday Heart
2000
as Wanda Dean
Lost Souls
2000
as Dr. Allen
What's Cooking?
2000
as Audrey Williams
John Henry
2000
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
as Mary Parrish (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
as Narrator (voice)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
as Narrator
Static Shock
2000
as Jean Hawkins (voice)
Mumford
1999
as Lily
Funny Valentines
1999
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Clara
The Underground Railroad
1999
Down in the Delta
1998
as Loretta Sinclair
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Follow Me Home
1997
as Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
1997
as Berenice Sadie Brown
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
as Maisie (voice)
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997
as Narrator
The Practice
1997
as Denise Freeman
Cadillac Desert
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lily Sloane
Primal Fear
1996
as Shoat
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Dr. Sadlin
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Tamara O'Neil
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Queen of Brobdingnag
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Marianna
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Berniece Charles
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Winsome (voice)
Crooklyn
1994
as Carolyn Carmichael
Blue Chips
1994
as Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
as Narrator
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
as Mrs. Marks
Bopha!
1993
as Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls
1993
as Penny Washington
Frasier
1993
as Edna (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Dr. Roxanne Turner
Passion Fish
1992
as Chantelle
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Ann
Rich in Love
1992
as Rhody Poole
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Grand Canyon
1991
as Jane
Blue Bayou
1990
as Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
as Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
1988
as Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
1988
as Andrea Crawford
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Mandela
1987
as Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Maude DeVictor
Extremities
1986
as Patricia
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law
1986
as Adrianne Moore
Words by Heart
1985
as Claudie Sills
Puss in Boots
1985
as Princess Lovinia
Sara
1985
as Rozalyn Dupree
Sweet Revenge
1984
as Vicki Teague
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Esther
The Killing Floor
1984
as Mattie
Black Hollywood
1984
as Self
WonderWorks
1984
as Claudie Sills
Cross Creek
1983
as Geechee
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Karisha Ellsworth
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
Precious Blood
1982
as Narrator
Tucker's Witch
1982
as Marcia Fulbright
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Princess Lovinia
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Roxanne Turner
American Playhouse
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
American Playhouse
1982
as Mattie
American Playhouse
1982
as Esther
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Evelyn Evers
HealtH
1980
as Sally Benbow
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Freedom Road
1979
as Katie
Remember My Name
1978
as Rita
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as Lucy Smith
The White Shadow
1978
as Sandra Wilcox
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Brown