Alfre Woodard
Acting
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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tvThe Boroughs
2026
Judy Daniels
tvThe Last Frontier
2025
Jacqueline Bradford
movieThe Inquisitor
2025
Narration
movieSalem's Lot
2024
Dr. Cody
tvMonsieur Spade
2024
Virginia Dell
movieThe Book of Clarence
2024
Mother Mary
movieSpace Oddity
2023
Dr. Olsen
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Mimi (voice)
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self - Guest
movieThe Gray Man
2022
Margaret Cahill
movieMiss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
Alma Thomas (voice)
movieFatherhood
2021
Marian
movieDreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
Mary Parrish (voice)
tvStar Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Lilly Sloane (voice)
movieClemency
2019
Warden Bernadine Williams
tvSee
2019
Paris
movieThe Lion King
2019
Sarabi (voice)
movieNo Small Matter
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieJuanita
2019
Juanita
movieSaint Judy
2018
Judge Benton
movieBurning Sands
2017
Professor Hughes
tvA Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
Aunt Josephine
tvMarvel's Luke Cage
2016
Mariah Dillard
movieSo B. It
2016
Bernadette
movieMary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
movieKnucklehead
2015
Sheila
tvEmpire
2015
Renee
tvState of Affairs
2014
President Constance Payton
movieAnnabelle
2014
Evelyn
tvThe Last Ship
2014
Amy Granderson
movie12 Years a Slave
2013
Mistress Shaw
movieSteel Magnolias
2012
Ouiser
tvWomen, War & Peace
2011
Narrator (voice)
tvMemphis Beat
2010
Lieutenant Tanya Rice
movieBlack Panther
2010
Dondi Reece
tvBlack Panther
2010
Dondi Reece (voice)
tvThree Rivers
2009
Dr. Sophia Jordan
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieMedal of Honor
2008
Narrator
tvMy Own Worst Enemy
2008
Mavis Heller
movieReach for Me
2008
Evelyn
movieTyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Alice Pratt
tvTrue Blood
2008
Ruby Jean Reynolds
movieAmerican Violet
2008
Alma Roberts
moviePictures of Hollis Woods
2007
Edna Reilly
tvPrivate Practice
2007
Dee Bennett
movieNefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
Self - Narrator
tvRachael Ray
2006
Self - Guest
tvThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieKing Leopold's Ghost
2006
Ilanga (voice)
movieTake the Lead
2006
Augustine James
movieThe Water Is Wide
2006
Mrs. Brown
movieSomething New
2006
Joyce McQueen
movieBeauty Shop
2005
Ms. Josephine
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Justine Campbell
tvDesperate Housewives
2004
Betty Applewhite
movieThe Forgotten
2004
Det. Anne Pope
movieRadio
2003
Principal Daniels
movieThe Singing Detective
2003
Chief of Staff
movieA Wrinkle in Time
2003
Mrs. Whatsit
movieThe Core
2003
Stickley
movieThe Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
movieK-PAX
2001
Claudia Villars
movieThe Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Medicine Woman (voice)
movieHoliday Heart
2000
Wanda Dean
movieLost Souls
2000
Dr. Allen
tvStatic Shock
2000
Jean Hawkins (voice)
movieThe Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Mary Parrish (voice)
movieJohn Henry
2000
Polly / Narrator (voice)
movieDinosaur
2000
Plio (voice)
movieLove & Basketball
2000
Camille Wright
movieWhat's Cooking?
2000
Audrey Williams
movieEleanor Roosevelt
2000
Narrator (voice)
movieMumford
1999
Lily
movieFunny Valentines
1999
Joyce May
movieDown in the Delta
1998
Loretta Sinclair
tvThe Wild Thornberrys
1998
Medicine Woman (voice)
movieThe Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
Maisie (voice)
tvCadillac Desert
1997
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Practice
1997
Denise Freeman
movieMiss Evers' Boys
1997
Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
1997
Berenice Sadie Brown
movieStar Trek: First Contact
1996
Lily Sloane
movieA Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
Dr. Sadlin
moviePrimal Fear
1996
Shoat
movieSpecial Report: Journey to Mars
1996
Tamara O'Neil
tvGulliver's Travels
1996
Queen of Brobdingnag
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Winsome (voice)
movieThe Piano Lesson
1995
Berniece Charles
movieCrooklyn
1994
Carolyn Carmichael
movieAliens for Breakfast
1994
Mrs. Marks
movieBlue Chips
1994
Lavada McRae
movieBopha!
1993
Rosie Mangena
tvFrasier
1993
Edna (voice)
movieHeart and Souls
1993
Penny Washington
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
Dr. Roxanne Turner
moviePassion Fish
1992
Chantelle
movieRich in Love
1992
Rhody Poole
movieBlue Bayou
1990
Jessica Filley
movieMiss Firecracker
1989
Popeye Jackson
movieScrooged
1988
Grace Cooley
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Child Saver
1988
Andrea Crawford
movieMandela
1987
Winnie Mandela
movieUnnatural Causes
1986
Maude DeVictor
movieL.A. Law: Pilot
1986
Adrianne Moore
tvL.A. Law
1986
Adrianne Moore
movieExtremities
1986
Patricia
moviePuss in Boots
1985
Princess Lovinia
tvSara
1985
Rozalyn Dupree
movieWords by Heart
1985
Claudie Sills
movieSweet Revenge
1984
Vicki Teague
WonderWorks
1984
Claudie Sills
movieCross Creek
1983
Geechee
tvReading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Roxanne Turner
tvTucker's Witch
1982
Marcia Fulbright
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
Self - Guest / Princess Lovinia
moviePrecious Blood
1982
Narrator
movieFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
Woman who lost her stuff
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Woman who lost her stuff / Mattie / Esther
movieThe Ambush Murders
1982
Karisha Ellsworth
tvThe Sophisticated Gents
1981
Evelyn Evers
movieHealtH
1980
Sally Benbow
tvThe White Shadow
1978
Sandra Wilcox
movieThe Trial of the Moke
1978
Lucy Smith
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Mrs. Brown
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tvThe Porter
2022
Executive Producer
movieClemency
2019
Executive Producer
movieNo Small Matter
2019
Executive Producer