Alfre Woodard
111 movies · 44 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 8, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Alfre Ette Woodard · Alfre LaWanda Jeen Woodard
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
Alfre Woodard: movies and TV shows
Acting (154)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Baby of the Family
as Rachel
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025 The Inquisitor
as Narration
- 2024 Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
- 2024 Summer Camp
as Mary
- 2024
- 2024 The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
- 2023 Weathering
as Mum
- 2023 Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
- 2023
- 2022 The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
- 2021 Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
- 2021 Fatherhood
as Marian
- 2021 Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2020
- 2019 Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
- 2019
- 2019 The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
- 2019 No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
- 2019
- 2019 Juanita
as Juanita
- 2018 Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
- 2017 Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016 So B. It
as Bernadette
- 2016 Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam
- 2015 Mississippi Grind
as Sam
- 2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
- 2015 Knucklehead
as Sheila
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Annabelle
as Evelyn
- 2014
- 2013 12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
- 2013 The Door
as E
- 2012 Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Black Panther
as Dondi Reece
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008 Medal of Honor
as Narrator
- 2008
- 2008 Reach for Me
as Evelyn
- 2008 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
- 2008
- 2008 American Violet
as Alma Roberts
- 2008
- 2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
- 2006 Take the Lead
as Augustine James
- 2006 The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
- 2006 Something New
as Joyce McQueen
- 2005
- 2005 Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
- 2003 Radio
as Principal Daniels
- 2003 The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
- 2003 A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
- 2003 The Core
as Stickley
- 2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator
- 2003
- 2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
- 2001 K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
- 2001 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 2001
- 2000 Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
- 2000
- 2000 Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
- 2000
- 2000 The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2000 John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
- 2000 Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
- 2000 Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
- 2000 What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
- 2000 Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Mumford
as Lily
- 1999 Funny Valentines
as Joyce May
- 1999 The Wishing Tree
as Clara
- 1999
- 1998 Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair
- 1998
- 1997 Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
as Narrator
- 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Follow Me Home
as Evey
- 1997 Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
- 1997 The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
- 1996 Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
- 1996 A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin
- 1996 Primal Fear
as Shoat
- 1996 Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil
- 1996
- 1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
- 1995
- 1995 The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
- 1994 Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
- 1994 Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
- 1994 Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
- 1994 Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
- 1993 Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
- 1993
- 1993 Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
- 1993
- 1992 Passion Fish
as Chantelle
- 1992 Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
- 1992
- 1991 Grand Canyon
as Jane
- 1990 Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
- 1989 A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
- 1989 Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
- 1988 Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
- 1988
- 1988 The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
- 1987 Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
- 1986 Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
- 1986 L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
- 1986
- 1986 Extremities
as Patricia
- 1985 Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
- 1985
- 1985 Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
- 1984 Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
- 1984
- 1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther
- 1984 The Killing Floor
as Mattie
- 1983 Cross Creek
as Geechee
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Precious Blood
as Narrator
- 1982 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff
- 1982
- 1982 The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 HealtH
as Sally Benbow
- 1980
- 1979 Freedom Road
as Katie
- 1978
- 1978 The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith
- 1978 Remember My Name
as Rita
- 1977
- 1951
Behind the camera (3)
- 2022
- 2019 Clemency
Executive Producer
- 2019 No Small Matter
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (20)
- Upcoming
- 2025 Number One on the Call Sheet
1 episode
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2 episodes
- 2020 The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
1 episode
- 2020
- 2016
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2007
- 2006 Rachael Ray
1 episode
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show
1 episode
- 2002
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1992 HBO First Look
1 episode
- 1984
- 1983 Reading Rainbow
1 episode
- 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode