Alfre Woodard
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.
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Movies (118)
The Inquisitor
2025 · Narration
El misterio de Salem's Lot
2024 · Dr. Cody
Campamento de Verano
2024 · Mary
La biblia de Clarence
2024 · Mother Mary
A la intemperie
2023 · Mum
Amarte hasta Marte
2023 · Dr. Olsen
El Hombre Gris
2022 · Margaret Cahill
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021 · Alma Thomas (voice)
Paternidad
2021 · Marian
Dreamland: La masacre de la Wall Street negra
2021 · Mary Parrish (voice)
The Making of Clemency
2020 · Herself
Clemencia
2019 · Warden Bernadine Williams, Executive Producer
El rey león
2019 · Sarabi (voice)
No Small Matter
2019 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Juanita
2019 · Juanita
Saint Judy
2018 · Judge Benton
Código de silencio
2017 · Professor Hughes
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · Self
So B. It
2016 · Bernadette
Capitán América: Civil War
2016 · Miriam
Mississippi Grind
2015 · Sam
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 · Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Knucklehead
2015 · Sheila
Annabelle
2014 · Evelyn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Self
12 Años de Esclavitud
2013 · Mistress Shaw
The Door
2013 · E
Steel Magnolias
2012 · Ouiser
Black Panther
2010 · Dondi Reece
Medal of Honor
2008 · Narrator
Reach for Me
2008 · Evelyn
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · Alice Pratt
American Violet
2008 · Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007 · Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007 · Self - Narrator
King Leopold's Ghost
2006 · Ilanga (voice)
Ritmo y seducción
2006 · Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
2006 · Mrs. Brown
Encuentro inesperado
2006 · Joyce McQueen
Salón de belleza
2005 · Ms. Josephine
Misteriosa Obsesión
2004 · Det. Anne Pope
Me Llaman Radio
2003 · Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
2003 · Chief of Staff
A Wrinkle in Time
2003 · Mrs. Whatsit
El núcleo
2003 · Stickley
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Los Thornberrys: la película
2002 · Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
K-PAX
2001 · Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001 · Medicine Woman (voice)
Disney's American Legends
2001
Holiday Heart
2000 · Wanda Dean
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 · Narrator
Almas perdidas
2000 · Dr. Allen
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · Mary Parrish (voice)
John Henry
2000 · Polly / Narrator (voice)
Dinosaurio
2000 · Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
2000 · Camille Wright
What's Cooking?
2000 · Audrey Williams
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000 · Narrator (voice)
Mumford
1999 · Lily
Funny Valentines
1999 · Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
1999 · Clara
The Underground Railroad
1999
Down in the Delta
1998 · Loretta Sinclair
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997 · Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997 · Maisie (voice)
Follow Me Home
1997 · Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
1997 · Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
1997 · Berenice Sadie Brown
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Lily Sloane
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996 · Dr. Sadlin
Primal Fear
1996 · Shoat
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996 · Tamara O'Neil
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Marianna
The Piano Lesson
1995 · Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
1994 · Carolyn Carmichael
Aliens for Breakfast
1994 · Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips
1994 · Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · Narrator
Bopha!
1993 · Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls
1993 · Penny Washington
Passion Fish
1992 · Chantelle
Rich in Love
1992 · Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992 · Ann
Grand Canyon
1991 · Jane
Blue Bayou
1990 · Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989 · Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
1988 · Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
1988 · Andrea Crawford
Mandela
1987 · Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Maude DeVictor
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986 · Adrianne Moore
Extremities
1986 · Patricia
Puss in Boots
1985 · Princess Lovinia
Words by Heart
1985 · Claudie Sills
Black Hollywood
1984 · Self
Sweet Revenge
1984 · Vicki Teague
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Esther
The Killing Floor
1984 · Mattie
Cross Creek
1983 · Geechee
Precious Blood
1982 · Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Woman who lost her stuff
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Karisha Ellsworth
HealtH
1980 · Sally Benbow
Freedom Road
1979 · Katie
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · Lucy Smith
Remember My Name
1978 · Rita
Hate to See You Go
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
· Self
The Thing That Hurts
Pockets of Heaven
2034
Baby of the Family
· Rachel
TV shows (57)
The Boroughs
2026 · Judy Daniels
The Last Frontier
2025 · Jacqueline Bradford
Las estrellas afrodescendientes más influyentes de Hollywood
2025 · Self
Monsieur Spade
2024 · Virginia Dell
Moon Girl y Devil, el dinosaurio
2023 · Mimi (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
The Porter
2022 · Executive Producer
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020 · Self
Viaje a las Estrellas: Rangos Inferiores
2020 · Lilly Sloane (voice)
See
2019 · Paris
Una Serie de Eventos Desafortunados
2017 · Aunt Josephine
Marvel - Luke Cage
2016 · Mariah Dillard
Empire
2015 · Renee
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
State of Affairs
2014 · President Constance Payton
The Last Ship
2014 · Amy Granderson
Women, War & Peace
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Memphis Beat
2010 · Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
Pantera Negra
2010 · Dondi Reece (voice)
Three Rivers
2009 · Dr. Sophia Jordan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
My Own Worst Enemy
2008 · Mavis Heller
True Blood
2008 · Ruby Jean Reynolds
Private Practice
2007 · Dee Bennett
Class of 3000
2006
Rachael Ray
2006 · Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Inconceivable
2005 · Dr. Lydia Crawford
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Justine Campbell
Esposas Desesperadas
2004 · Betty Applewhite
Static Shock
2000 · Jean Hawkins (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Medicine Woman (voice)
Cadillac Desert
1997 · Narrator (voice)
The Practice
1997 · Denise Freeman
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · Queen of Brobdingnag
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Winsome (voice)
Frasier
1993 · Edna (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Dr. Roxanne Turner
HBO First Look
1992 · Self
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
L.A. Law
1986 · Adrianne Moore
Sara
1985 · Rozalyn Dupree
WonderWorks
1984 · Claudie Sills
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Roxanne Turner
Tucker's Witch
1982 · Marcia Fulbright
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Self - Guest, Princess Lovinia
American Playhouse
1982 · Woman who lost her stuff, Mattie, Esther
The Sophisticated Gents
1981 · Evelyn Evers
Hill Street Blues
1981
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
The White Shadow
1978 · Sandra Wilcox
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Mrs. Brown