Person
Alfre Woodard
Acting · Born 1952-11-08 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
Frasier
Edna (voice)
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds
See
Paris
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
Filmography
- 2026The BoroughsJudy Daniels
- 2025The Last FrontierJacqueline Bradford
- 2025The InquisitorNarration
- 2025Number One on the Call SheetSelf
- 2024Salem's LotDr. Cody
- 2024Summer CampMary
- 2024Monsieur SpadeVirginia Dell
- 2024The Book of ClarenceMother Mary
- 2023WeatheringMum
- 2023Space OddityDr. Olsen
- 2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMimi (voice)
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - Guest
- 2022The Gray ManMargaret Cahill
- 2022The PorterExecutive Producer
- 2021Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in ColorAlma Thomas (voice)
- 2021FatherhoodMarian
- 2021Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall StreetMary Parrish (voice)
- 2020The Sunday Show with Jonathan CapehartSelf
- 2020Star Trek: Lower DecksLilly Sloane (voice)
- 2020The Making of ClemencyHerself
- 2019ClemencyWarden Bernadine Williams
- 2019SeeParis
- 2019The Lion KingSarabi (voice)
- 2019No Small MatterNarrator (voice)
- 2019The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
- 2019JuanitaJuanita
- 2018Saint JudyJudge Benton
- 2017Burning SandsProfessor Hughes
- 2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsAunt Josephine
- 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf
- 2016Marvel's Luke CageMariah Dillard
- 2016So B. ItBernadette
- 2016Captain America: Civil WarMiriam
- 2015Mississippi GrindSam
- 2015Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the BandMary Lou Williams (voice)
- 2015KnuckleheadSheila
- 2015A Path AppearsSelf
- 2015EmpireRenee
- 2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
- 2014State of AffairsPresident Constance Payton
- 2014AnnabelleEvelyn
- 2014Nelson Mandela RedrawnSelf
- 2014The Last ShipAmy Granderson
- 201312 Years a SlaveMistress Shaw
- 2013The DoorE
- 2012Steel MagnoliasOuiser
- 2011Women, War & PeaceNarrator (voice)
- 2010Memphis BeatLieutenant Tanya Rice
- 2010Who Do You Think You Are?Self
- 2010Black PantherDondi Reece
- 2010Black PantherDondi Reece (voice)
- 2009Three RiversDr. Sophia Jordan
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2008Medal of HonorNarrator
- 2008My Own Worst EnemyMavis Heller
- 2008Reach for MeEvelyn
- 2008Tyler Perry's The Family That PreysAlice Pratt
- 2008True BloodRuby Jean Reynolds
- 2008American VioletAlma Roberts
- 2008Henry Box Brown
- 2007Pictures of Hollis WoodsEdna Reilly
- 2007Private PracticeDee Bennett
- 2007Nefertiti and the Lost DynastySelf - Narrator
- 2006Class of 3000
- 2006Rachael RaySelf - Guest
- 2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest
- 2006King Leopold's GhostIlanga (voice)
- 2006Take the LeadAugustine James
- 2006The Water Is WideMrs. Brown
- 2006Something NewJoyce McQueen
- 2005Beauty ShopMs. Josephine
- 2005Grey's AnatomyJustine Campbell
- 2004Desperate HousewivesBetty Applewhite
- 2004The ForgottenDet. Anne Pope
- 2003RadioPrincipal Daniels
- 2003The Singing DetectiveChief of Staff
- 2003A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Whatsit
- 2003The CoreStickley
- 2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyNarrator
- 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieAkela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
- 2002Searching for Debra WingerSelf
- 2001K-PAXClaudia Villars
- 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieMedicine Woman (voice)
- 2001Disney's American Legends
- 2000Holiday HeartWanda Dean
- 2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon ParksNarrator
- 2000Lost SoulsDr. Allen
- 2000Static ShockJean Hawkins (voice)
- 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryMary Parrish (voice)
- 2000John HenryPolly / Narrator (voice)
- 2000DinosaurPlio (voice)
- 2000Love & BasketballCamille Wright
- 2000What's Cooking?Audrey Williams
- 2000Eleanor RooseveltNarrator (voice)
- 1999MumfordLily
- 1999Funny ValentinesJoyce May
- 1999The Wishing TreeClara
- 1999The Underground Railroad
- 1998Down in the DeltaLoretta Sinclair
- 1998The Wild ThornberrysMedicine Woman (voice)
- 1997Seven Candles For KwanzaaNarrator
- 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueMaisie (voice)
- 1997Cadillac DesertNarrator (voice)
- 1997The PracticeDenise Freeman
- 1997Follow Me HomeEvey
- 1997Miss Evers' BoysEunice Evers, R.N.
- 1997The Member of the WeddingBerenice Sadie Brown
- 1996Star Trek: First ContactLily Sloane
- 1996A Step Toward TomorrowDr. Sadlin
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1996Primal FearShoat
- 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsTamara O'Neil
- 1996Gulliver's TravelsQueen of Brobdingnag
- 1995How to Make an American QuiltMarianna
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildWinsome (voice)
- 1995The Piano LessonBerniece Charles
- 1994CrooklynCarolyn Carmichael
- 1994Aliens for BreakfastMrs. Marks
- 1994Blue ChipsLavada McRae
- 1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainNarrator
- 1993Bopha!Rosie Mangena
- 1993FrasierEdna (voice)
- 1993Heart and SoulsPenny Washington
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDr. Roxanne Turner
- 1992Passion FishChantelle
- 1992Rich in LoveRhody Poole
- 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagAnn
- 1992HBO First LookSelf
- 1991Grand CanyonJane
- 1990Blue BayouJessica Filley
- 1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryMary Thomas
- 1989Miss FirecrackerPopeye Jackson
- 1988ScroogedGrace Cooley
- 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
- 1988The Child SaverAndrea Crawford
- 1987MandelaWinnie Mandela
- 1986Unnatural CausesMaude DeVictor
- 1986L.A. Law: PilotAdrianne Moore
- 1986L.A. LawAdrianne Moore
- 1986ExtremitiesPatricia
- 1985Puss in BootsPrincess Lovinia
- 1985SaraRozalyn Dupree
- 1985Words by HeartClaudie Sills
- 1984Black HollywoodSelf
- 1984Sweet RevengeVicki Teague
- 1984WonderWorksClaudie Sills
- 1984Go Tell It on the MountainEsther
- 1984The Killing FloorMattie
- 1983Cross CreekGeechee
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1982St. ElsewhereRoxanne Turner
- 1982Tucker's WitchMarcia Fulbright
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreSelf - Guest
- 1982Precious BloodNarrator
- 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman who lost her stuff
- 1982American PlayhouseWoman who lost her stuff
- 1982The Ambush MurdersKarisha Ellsworth
- 1981The Sophisticated GentsEvelyn Evers
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1980HealtHSally Benbow
- 1980Palmerstown, U.S.A.
- 1979Freedom RoadKatie
- 1978The White ShadowSandra Wilcox
- 1978The Trial of the MokeLucy Smith
- 1978Remember My NameRita
- 1977What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMrs. Brown
- —Hate to See You Go
- —Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”Self
- —The Thing That Hurts
- —Pockets of Heaven
- —2034
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