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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:
84
First Appeared:
In the movie Remember My Name 1978-02-10
Latest Project:
Movie The Book of Clarence 2024-01-11
Known For
Filmography
Movie Summer Camp 2024
Movie Salem's Lot Dr. Cody 2024
Movie The Book of Clarence Mother Mary 2024-01-11
Movie Space Oddity Dr. Olsen 2023-03-31
Movie The Lion King Sarabi (voice) 2019-07-12
Movie Juanita Juanita 2019-03-08
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
Series Marvel's Luke Cage Mariah Dillard 2016-09-30
Movie Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Herself 2016-10-14
Movie A Path Appears Self 2015-01-26
Movie Mississippi Grind Sam 2015-07-04
Movie Knucklehead Sheila 2015-02-01
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 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 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Alice Evans 2008-09-12
Movie Reach for Me Evelyn 2008-10-01
Series My Own Worst Enemy Mavis Heller 2008-10-13
Movie Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty Self - Narrator 2007-07-16
Movie Pictures of Hollis Woods Edna Reilly 2007-12-02
Movie The Water Is Wide Mrs. Brown 2006-01-29
Movie Something New Joyce McQueen 2006-01-29
Movie Beauty Shop Ms. Josephine 2005-04-22
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 Principal 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 Love & Basketball Camille Wright 2000-04-21
Movie Dinosaur Plio (voice) 2000-05-19
Movie What's Cooking? Audrey Williams 2000-01-20
Movie Holiday Heart Wanda Dean 2000-12-10
Movie John Henry Polly / Narrator (voice) 2000-05-27
Movie Lost Souls Dr. Allen 2000-10-13
Movie The Wishing Tree Clara 1999-01-01
Movie Funny Valentines Joyce May 1999-02-14
Movie Mumford Lily 1999-09-24
Movie Down in the Delta Loretta Sinclair 1998-12-25
Movie Miss Evers' Boys Eunice Evers, R.N. 1997-02-22
Movie The Member of the Wedding Berenice Sadie Brown 1997-01-29
Movie The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Maisie (voice) 1997-11-01
Movie Primal Fear Shoat 1996-03-06
Series Gulliver's Travels Queen of Brobdingnag 1996-02-04
Movie Star Trek: First Contact Lily Sloane 1996-11-22
Movie A Step Toward Tomorrow Dr. Sadlin 1996-11-10
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! Rosie Mangena 1993-09-16
Movie Rich in Love Rhody Poole 1992-09-04
Movie The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Ann 1992-08-21
Movie Passion Fish Chantelle 1992-12-11
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 The Child Saver Andrea Crawford 1988-01-18
Movie Extremities Patricia 1986-08-22
Movie L.A. Law: Pilot Adrianne Moore 1986-09-15
Movie Unnatural Causes Maude DeVictor 1986-11-10
Movie Words by Heart Claudie Sills 1985-01-01
Movie Go Tell It on the Mountain Esther 1985-01-14
Series Sara 1985-01-23
Movie The Killing Floor Mattie 1984-04-10
Movie Sweet Revenge Vicki Teague 1984-10-31
Movie Cross Creek Geechee 1983-09-21
Movie The Ambush Murders Karisha Ellsworth 1982-01-05
Series Tucker's Witch 1982-10-06
Movie For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Woman who lost her stuff 1982-02-23
Movie HealtH Sally Benbow 1980-09-12
Movie Freedom Road Katie 1979-10-29
Movie Remember My Name Rita 1978-02-10
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