About
Alfre Woodard
Overview
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
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| 2024 | Salem's Lot | Actor | Dr. Cody | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | Summer Camp | Actor | Mary | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence | Actor | Mother Mary | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Weathering | Actor | Mum | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Space Oddity | Actor | Dr. Olsen | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Actor | Margaret Cahill | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color | Actor | Alma Thomas (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Fatherhood | Actor | Marian | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street | Actor | Mary Parrish (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Making of Clemency | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Clemency | Actor | Warden Bernadine Williams | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Actor | Sarabi (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2019 | No Small Matter | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2019 | Juanita | Actor | Juanita | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Saint Judy | Actor | Judge Benton | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Burning Sands | Actor | Professor Hughes | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage | Actor | Mariah Dillard | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | So B. It | Actor | Bernadette | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Actor | Miriam | 74 Good |
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind | Actor | Sam | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Actor | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Knucklehead | Actor | Sheila | 59 Average |
| 2015 | A Path Appears | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | State of Affairs | Actor | President Constance Payton | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | Annabelle | Actor | Evelyn | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Nelson Mandela Redrawn | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Actor | Mistress Shaw | 78 Good |
| 2013 | The Door | Actor | E | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias | Actor | Ouiser | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat | Actor | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 69 Fair |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Actor | Dondi Reece | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Actor | Dondi Reece (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | Actor | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 70 Good |
| 2008 | Medal of Honor | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Actor | Mavis Heller | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | Reach for Me | Actor | Evelyn | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Actor | Alice Pratt | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | American Violet | Actor | Alma Roberts | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Henry Box Brown | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Actor | Edna Reilly | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Actor | Self - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2006 | King Leopold's Ghost | Actor | Ilanga (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Actor | Augustine James | 64 Fair |
| 2006 | The Water Is Wide | Actor | Mrs. Brown | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Something New | Actor | Joyce McQueen | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop | Actor | Ms. Josephine | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Forgotten | Actor | Det. Anne Pope | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Radio | Actor | Principal Daniels | 66 Fair |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective | Actor | Chief of Staff | 57 Average |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in Time | Actor | Mrs. Whatsit | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Core | Actor | Stickley | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Actor | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Actor | Claudia Villars | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Actor | Medicine Woman (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Disney's American Legends | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2000 | Holiday Heart | Actor | Wanda Dean | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Lost Souls | Actor | Dr. Allen | 56 Average |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Actor | Mary Parrish (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | John Henry | Actor | Polly / Narrator (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Actor | Plio (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Actor | Camille Wright | 65 Fair |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | Actor | Audrey Williams | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Mumford | Actor | Lily | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Actor | Joyce May | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Underground Railroad | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1999 | The Wishing Tree | Actor | Clara | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | Actor | Loretta Sinclair | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Actor | Maisie (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Follow Me Home | Actor | Evey | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | Actor | Eunice Evers, R.N. | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Member of the Wedding | Actor | Berenice Sadie Brown | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Actor | Lily Sloane | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Actor | Dr. Sadlin | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Actor | Tamara O'Neil | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Actor | Shoat | 74 Good |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Actor | Queen of Brobdingnag | 70 Good |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Actor | Marianna | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson | Actor | Berniece Charles | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Crooklyn | Actor | Carolyn Carmichael | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Aliens for Breakfast | Actor | Mrs. Marks | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Actor | Lavada McRae | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Bopha! | Actor | Rosie Mangena | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls | Actor | Penny Washington | 63 Fair |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | Actor | Chantelle | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Rich in Love | Actor | Rhody Poole | 59 Average |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Actor | Ann | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Actor | Jane | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Actor | Jessica Filley | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Actor | Mary Thomas | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Actor | Popeye Jackson | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Actor | Grace Cooley | 65 Fair |
| 1988 | The Child Saver | Actor | Andrea Crawford | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Mandela | Actor | Winnie Mandela | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Actor | Maude DeVictor | 59 Average |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Actor | Adrianne Moore | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Extremities | Actor | Patricia | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Puss in Boots | Actor | Princess Lovinia | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Sara | Actor | Rozalyn Dupree | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Actor | Esther | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Words by Heart | Actor | Claudie Sills | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | Black Hollywood | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge | Actor | Vicki Teague | 59 Average |
| 1984 | WonderWorks | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1984 | The Killing Floor | Actor | Mattie | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Actor | Geechee | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Actor | Marcia Fulbright | 68 Fair |
| 1982 | Precious Blood | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Actor | Woman who lost her stuff | 59 Average |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Actor | Karisha Ellsworth | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Actor | Evelyn Evers | 70 Good |
| 1980 | HealtH | Actor | Sally Benbow | 58 Average |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Actor | Katie | 58 Average |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke | Actor | Lucy Smith | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Remember My Name | Actor | Rita | 59 Average |
| Marvel's Luke Cage | Actor | Mariah Dillard | N/A N/A |
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| Hate to See You Go | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Last Frontier | Actor | Bradford | N/A N/A |
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| The Boroughs | Actor | Judy | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2019 | Clemency | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | No Small Matter | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |