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Alfre Woodard

Acting · Born 1952-11-08 · 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.

Credits · 161

2026 · Judy Daniels

The Last Frontier

2025 · Jacqueline Bradford

Number One on the Call Sheet

2024 · Dr. Cody

2024 · Virginia Dell

The Book of Clarence

2024 · Mother Mary

2023 · Dr. Olsen

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023 · Mimi (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 · Self - Guest

2022 · Margaret Cahill

2022 · Executive Producer

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

2021 · Alma Thomas (voice)

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

2021 · Mary Parrish (voice)

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020 · Lilly Sloane (voice)

2019 · Warden Bernadine Williams

2019 · Sarabi (voice)

2019 · Juanita

2018 · Judge Benton

2017 · Professor Hughes

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017 · Aunt Josephine

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Marvel's Luke Cage

2016 · Mariah Dillard

2016 · Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War

Mississippi Grind

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

2015 · Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

State of Affairs

2014 · President Constance Payton

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

2014 · Amy Granderson

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Mistress Shaw

Steel Magnolias

Women, War & Peace

2011 · Narrator (voice)

2010 · Lieutenant Tanya Rice

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010 · Dondi Reece

2010 · Dondi Reece (voice)

2009 · Dr. Sophia Jordan

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

2008 · Narrator

My Own Worst Enemy

2008 · Mavis Heller

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

2008 · Alice Pratt

2008 · Ruby Jean Reynolds

American Violet

2008 · Alma Roberts

Pictures of Hollis Woods

2007 · Edna Reilly

Private Practice

2007 · Dee Bennett

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

2007 · Self - Narrator

2006 · Self - Guest

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · Self - Guest

King Leopold's Ghost

2006 · Ilanga (voice)

2006 · Augustine James

The Water Is Wide

2006 · Mrs. Brown

2006 · Joyce McQueen

2005 · Dr. Lydia Crawford

2005 · Ms. Josephine

2005 · Justine Campbell

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Betty Applewhite

2004 · Det. Anne Pope

2003 · Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

2003 · Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

2003 · Mrs. Whatsit

2003 · Stickley

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003 · Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002 · Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

2001 · Claudia Villars

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

2001 · Medicine Woman (voice)

Disney's American Legends

2000 · Wanda Dean

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

2000 · Narrator

2000 · Dr. Allen

2000 · Jean Hawkins (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000 · Mary Parrish (voice)

2000 · Polly / Narrator (voice)

2000 · Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball

2000 · Camille Wright

What's Cooking?

2000 · Audrey Williams

Eleanor Roosevelt

2000 · Narrator (voice)

Funny Valentines

1999 · Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

The Underground Railroad

Down in the Delta

1998 · Loretta Sinclair

The Wild Thornberrys

1998 · Medicine Woman (voice)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

1997 · Maisie (voice)

Cadillac Desert

1997 · Narrator (voice)

1997 · Denise Freeman

Miss Evers' Boys

1997 · Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding

1997 · Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact

1996 · Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996 · Dr. Sadlin

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996 · Tamara O'Neil

Gulliver's Travels

1996 · Queen of Brobdingnag

How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · Marianna

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995 · Winsome (voice)

The Piano Lesson

1995 · Berniece Charles

1994 · Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

1994 · Mrs. Marks

1994 · Lavada McRae

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

1994 · Narrator

1993 · Rosie Mangena

1993 · Edna (voice)

Heart and Souls

1993 · Penny Washington

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · Dr. Roxanne Turner

1992 · Chantelle

1992 · Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1990 · Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

1989 · Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker

1989 · Popeye Jackson

1988 · Grace Cooley

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

The Child Saver

1988 · Andrea Crawford

1987 · Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes

1986 · Maude DeVictor

1986 · Adrianne Moore

1986 · Patricia

1985 · Princess Lovinia

1985 · Rozalyn Dupree

1985 · Claudie Sills

1984 · Vicki Teague

1984 · Claudie Sills

Go Tell It on the Mountain

The Killing Floor

1983 · Geechee

Reading Rainbow

1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)

1982 · Roxanne Turner

1982 · Marcia Fulbright

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 · Self - Guest

1982 · Narrator

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

American Playhouse

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

The Ambush Murders

1982 · Karisha Ellsworth

The Sophisticated Gents

1981 · Evelyn Evers

Hill Street Blues

1980 · Sally Benbow

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

The White Shadow

1978 · Sandra Wilcox

The Trial of the Moke

1978 · Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Mrs. Brown

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