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Alfre Woodard
Born · November 8, 1952 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Bio
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.
Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
6.2
2024
Summer Camp
Mary
5.0
2024
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
7.0
2022
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
10.0
2021
Fatherhood
Marian
7.5
2021
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
6.3
2021
The Making of Clemency
Herself
0.0
2020
Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
6.3
2019
No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
0.0
2019
Juanita
Juanita
5.3
2019
Saint Judy
Judge Benton
6.9
2019
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
My Own Worst Enemy
Mavis Heller · (9 episodes)
6.4
2008
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self - Narrator
7.0
2007
Class of 3000
(1 episode)
6.4
2006
Something New
Joyce McQueen
6.5
2006
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite · (31 episodes)
7.9
2004
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
6.3
2002
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Narrator
6.0
2000
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Mary Parrish (voice)
0.0
2000
Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrator (voice)
8.0
2000
The Underground Railroad
0.0
1999
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Maisie (voice)
6.0
1997
The Practice
Denise Freeman · (2 episodes)
7.7
1997
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Tamara O'Neil
5.0
1996
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
3.0
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
10.0
1994
Frasier
Edna (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
6.9
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(1 episode)
8.0
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Roxanne Turner · (0 episode)
8.0
1993
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
0.0
1990
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
0.0
1988
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
0.0
1986
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore · (1 episode)
7.0
1986
Black Hollywood
Self
0.0
1984
Precious Blood
Narrator
0.0
1982
Hate to See You Go
0.0
Monsieur Spade
Virginia Dell · (1 episode)
6.6
2024
The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
5.8
2024
Weathering
Mum
5.1
2023
Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
6.0
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mimi Lafayette (voice) · (31 episodes)
7.6
2023
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lilly Sloane (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
2020
See
Paris · (16 episodes)
8.1
2019
The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
7.1
2019
Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
5.8
2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine · (3 episodes)
7.4
2017
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
7.9
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
Mariah Dillard · (26 episodes)
6.9
2016
So B. It
Bernadette
6.6
2016
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
7.4
2016
Mississippi Grind
Sam
6.0
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
8.0
2015
Knucklehead
Sheila
7.5
2015
A Path Appears
Self
8.0
2015
Empire
Renee · (1 episode)
7.2
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
State of Affairs
President Constance Payton · (13 episodes)
5.5
2014
Annabelle
Evelyn
5.8
2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
0.0
2014
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson · (1 episode)
6.8
2014
12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
7.9
2013
The Door
E
4.0
2013
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser
6.9
2012
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
2011
Memphis Beat
Lieutenant Tanya Rice · (20 episodes)
7.0
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2010
Black Panther
Dondi Reece
5.9
2010
Black Panther
Dondi Reece (voice) · (6 episodes)
6.9
2010
Three Rivers
Dr. Sophia Jordan · (13 episodes)
7.5
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.0
2009
Medal of Honor
Narrator
6.5
2008
Reach for Me
Evelyn
2.0
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alice Pratt
6.8
2008
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds · (5 episodes)
7.6
2008
American Violet
Alma Roberts
6.7
2008
Henry Box Brown
0.0
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Edna Reilly
6.7
2007
Private Practice
Dee Bennett · (1 episode)
7.6
2007
Rachael Ray
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.2
2006
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
7.7
2006
Take the Lead
Augustine James
6.9
2006
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
6.0
2006
Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine
6.3
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell · (1 episode)
8.2
2005
The Forgotten
Det. Anne Pope
5.9
2004
Radio
Principal Daniels
7.2
2003
The Singing Detective
Chief of Staff
5.1
2003
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit
6.2
2003
The Core
Stickley
5.8
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Narrator
6.1
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
6.4
2002
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
7.2
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
7.0
2001
Disney's American Legends
7.5
2001
Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean
6.9
2000
Lost Souls
Dr. Allen
5.0
2000
John Henry
Polly / Narrator (voice)
7.3
2000
Dinosaur
Plio (voice)
6.5
2000
Love & Basketball
Camille Wright
7.4
2000
What's Cooking?
Audrey Williams
5.7
2000
Mumford
Lily
6.5
1999
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
7.2
1999
The Wishing Tree
Clara
7.4
1999
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
6.4
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice) · (2 episodes)
6.8
1998
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1997
Follow Me Home
Evey
6.0
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.
6.2
1997
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
6.0
1997
Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane
7.3
1996
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Dr. Sadlin
3.7
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Primal Fear
Shoat
7.7
1996
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag · (2 episodes)
7.1
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
6.4
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
7.3
1995
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
6.8
1994
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
6.1
1994
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
5.1
1993
Passion Fish
Chantelle
6.7
1992
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
6.9
1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
5.1
1992
HBO First Look
Self · (1 episode)
4.9
1992
Grand Canyon
Jane
6.5
1991
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
0.0
1989
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
5.6
1989
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
6.8
1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.5
1988
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
4.3
1987
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
6.8
1986
Extremities
Patricia
6.1
1986
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
5.0
1985
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree · (13 episodes)
7.5
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
5.0
1985
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
0.0
1985
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
6.2
1984
WonderWorks
(14 episodes)
0.0
1984
The Killing Floor
Mattie
8.0
1984
Cross Creek
Geechee
6.5
1983
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1983
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright · (12 episodes)
4.0
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Lovinia · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman who lost her stuff
10.0
1982
The Ambush Murders
Karisha Ellsworth
9.0
1982
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers · (3 episodes)
7.0
1981
Hill Street Blues
(3 episodes)
7.6
1981
HealtH
Sally Benbow
5.3
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
(1 episode)
5.5
1980
Freedom Road
Katie
4.8
1979
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox · (1 episode)
6.8
1978
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
10.0
1978
Remember My Name
Rita
6.2
1978
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
(1 episode)
4.5
1977
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
The Last Frontier
Bradford · (1 episode)
0.0
The Boroughs
Judy · (1 episode)
0.0