Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 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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- Born:
- Nov 8, 1952 In Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 74
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Remember My Name 1978-02-10
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Lion King 2019-07-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Lion King | Sarabi (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
| Movie | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | 2017-01-24 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam Sharpe | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | So B. It | Bernadette | 2016-06-07 |
| Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Herself | 2016-10-14 |
| Series | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | 2016-09-30 |
| Movie | A Path Appears | Herself | 2015-01-26 |
| Movie | Mississippi Grind | Bookmaker | 2015-07-04 |
| Movie | Knucklehead | Sheila | 2015-02-01 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
| Series | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | 2014-11-17 |
| Movie | Annabelle | Evelyn | 2014-10-02 |
| Movie | The Door | E | 2013-07-02 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | 2012-10-07 |
| Series | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | 2010-01-16 |
| Series | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 2010-06-22 |
| Series | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 2009-10-04 |
| Movie | American Violet | Alma Roberts | 2008-08-28 |
| Movie | The Family That Preys | Alice Pratt | 2008-09-12 |
| Series | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller | 2008-10-13 |
| Movie | Reach for Me | Evelyn | 2008-10-01 |
| Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Edna Reilly | 2007-12-02 |
| Movie | The Water Is Wide | Mrs. Brown | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | 2005-06-02 |
| Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | 2003-02-16 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | The Core | Stickley | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Radio | Principle Daniels | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 2002-12-20 |
| Movie | Disney's American Legends | 2001-02-12 | |
| Movie | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
| Movie | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | 2000-01-20 |
| Movie | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | 2000-04-21 |
| Series | Static Shock | Jeanie Hawkins (voice) | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | John Henry | Polly / Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-27 |
| Movie | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | 2000-12-10 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | The Wishing Tree | Clara | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Mumford | Lily | 1999-09-24 |
| Movie | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | 1999-02-14 |
| Movie | Down in the Delta | Loretta Sinclair | 1998-12-25 |
| Movie | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | 1997-01-29 |
| Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. | 1997-02-22 |
| Movie | A Step toward Tomorrow | Dr. Sadlin | 1997-11-10 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Primal Fear | Judge Miriam Shoat | 1996-03-06 |
| Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | 1996-11-22 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | 1995-02-05 |
| Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | Bopha! | 1993-09-16 | |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Attorney Ann Orkin | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Chantelle | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Grand Canyon | Jane | 1991-12-25 |
| Movie | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Mary Thomas | 1989-12-03 |
| Movie | Extremities | Patricia | 1986-08-22 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | 1986-11-10 |
| Series | Sara | 1985-01-23 | |
| Movie | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Go Tell It On The Mountain | Esther | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Killing Floor | Mattie | 1984-04-10 |
| Movie | Cross Creek | Geechee | 1983-09-21 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Kariha Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Series | Tucker's Witch | 1982-10-06 | |
| Movie | Health | Sally Benbow | 1980-09-12 |
| Movie | Freedom Road | Katie | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | Remember My Name | Rita | 1978-02-10 |