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Alfre Woodard

Born 8 November 1952 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026The Boroughs1 seasonJudy Daniels
  2. 2025The Inquisitor1h 35mNarration
  3. 2025The Last Frontier1 seasonJacqueline Bradford
  4. 2024Summer Camp1h 36mMary
  5. 2024Salem's Lot1h 53mDr. Cody
  6. 2024The Book of Clarence2h 9mMother Mary
  7. 2023Weathering20mMum
  8. 2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2 seasonsMimi (voice)
  9. 2023Space Oddity1h 34mDr. Olsen
  10. 2022The Gray Man2h 8mMargaret Cahill
  11. 2021Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color20mAlma Thomas (voice)
  12. 2021Fatherhood1h 49mMarian
  13. 2021Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street1h 38mMary Parrish (voice)
  14. 2020The Making of Clemency12mHerself
  15. 2019Juanita1h 30mJuanita
  16. 2019Clemency1h 52mWarden Bernadine Williams
  17. 2019No Small Matter1h 14mNarrator (voice)
  18. 2019The Lion King1h 58mSarabi (voice)
  19. 2019The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts1h
  20. 2018Saint Judy1h 46mJudge Benton
  21. 2017Burning Sands1h 45mProfessor Hughes
  22. 2016Marvel's Luke Cage2 seasonsMariah Dillard
  23. 2016So B. It1h 38mBernadette
  24. 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise1h 52mSelf
  25. 2015Knucklehead1h 23mSheila
  26. 2015Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band1h 10mMary Lou Williams (voice)
  27. 2015Mississippi Grind1h 48mSam
  28. 2015A Path Appears4h 30mSelf
  29. 2014State of Affairs1 seasonPresident Constance Payton
  30. 2014Annabelle1h 39mEvelyn
  31. 2014Nelson Mandela Redrawn1h 31mSelf
  32. 2013The Door9mE
  33. 201312 Years a Slave2h 14mMistress Shaw
  34. 2012Steel Magnolias1h 30mOuiser
  35. 2010Memphis Beat2 seasonsLieutenant Tanya Rice
  36. 2010Black Panther1 seasonDondi Reece (voice)
  37. 2010Black Panther2hDondi Reece
  38. 2009Three Rivers1 seasonDr. Sophia Jordan
  39. 2008Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys1h 50mAlice Pratt
  40. 2008Medal of Honor1h 26mNarrator
  41. 2008Reach for Me1h 40mEvelyn
  42. 2008My Own Worst Enemy1 seasonMavis Heller
  43. 2008Henry Box Brown24m
  44. 2008American Violet1h 43mAlma Roberts
  45. 2007Pictures of Hollis Woods1h 27mEdna Reilly
  46. 2007Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty50mSelf - Narrator
  47. 2006King Leopold's Ghost1h 42mIlanga (voice)
  48. 2006The Water Is Wide1h 40mMrs. Brown
  49. 2006Take the Lead1h 58mAugustine James
  50. 2006Something New1h 39mJoyce McQueen
  51. 2005Beauty Shop1h 45mMs. Josephine
  52. 2004The Forgotten1h 31mDet. Anne Pope
  53. 2003Radio1h 49mPrincipal Daniels
  54. 2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property58mNarrator
  55. 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives1h 15m
  56. 2003A Wrinkle in Time2h 8mMrs. Whatsit
  57. 2003The Singing Detective1h 49mChief of Staff
  58. 2003The Core2h 16mStickley
  59. 2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie1h 25mAkela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
  60. 2001K-PAX2hClaudia Villars
  61. 2001Disney's American Legends58m
  62. 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie1h 30mMedicine Woman (voice)
  63. 2000Eleanor Roosevelt2h 30mNarrator (voice)
  64. 2000John Henry10mPolly / Narrator (voice)
  65. 2000Dinosaur1h 22mPlio (voice)
  66. 2000Holiday Heart1h 36mWanda Dean
  67. 2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks1h 31mNarrator
  68. 2000What's Cooking?1h 50mAudrey Williams
  69. 2000Love & Basketball2h 5mCamille Wright
  70. 2000Lost Souls1h 37mDr. Allen
  71. 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story1h 20mMary Parrish (voice)
  72. 1999Funny Valentines1h 48mJoyce May
  73. 1999The Wishing Tree1h 27mClara
  74. 1999Mumford1h 52mLily
  75. 1999The Underground Railroad1h 35m
  76. 1998Down in the Delta1h 52mLoretta Sinclair
  77. 1997Follow Me Home1h 30mEvey
  78. 1997The Member of the Wedding1h 32mBerenice Sadie Brown
  79. 1997Miss Evers' Boys1h 58mEunice Evers, R.N.
  80. 1997Cadillac Desert1 seasonNarrator (voice)
  81. 1997Seven Candles For Kwanzaa9mNarrator
  82. 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue1h 14mMaisie (voice)
  83. 1996Special Report: Journey to Mars2hTamara O'Neil
  84. 1996A Step Toward Tomorrow1h 33mDr. Sadlin
  85. 1996Primal Fear2h 10mShoat
  86. 1996Gulliver's Travels1 seasonQueen of Brobdingnag
  87. 1996Star Trek: First Contact1h 51mLily Sloane
  88. 1995The Piano Lesson1h 35mBerniece Charles
  89. 1995How to Make an American Quilt1h 56mMarianna
  90. 1994Crooklyn1h 54mCarolyn Carmichael
  91. 1994Malcolm X: Make It Plain2h 30mNarrator
  92. 1994Blue Chips1h 48mLavada McRae
  93. 1994Aliens for Breakfast45mMrs. Marks
  94. 1993Bopha!2hRosie Mangena
  95. 1993Heart and Souls1h 44mPenny Washington
  96. 1992Passion Fish2h 15mChantelle
  97. 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag1h 29mAnn
  98. 1992Rich in Love1h 45mRhody Poole
  99. 1991Grand Canyon2h 14mJane
  100. 1990Blue Bayou1h 31mJessica Filley
  101. 1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story1h 40mMary Thomas
  102. 1989Miss Firecracker1h 42mPopeye Jackson
  103. 1988The Child Saver1h 45mAndrea Crawford
  104. 1988Scrooged1h 41mGrace Cooley
  105. 1987Mandela2h 15mWinnie Mandela
  106. 1986Unnatural Causes1h 31mMaude DeVictor
  107. 1986Extremities1h 29mPatricia
  108. 1986L.A. Law: Pilot1h 37mAdrianne Moore
  109. 1985Sara1 seasonRozalyn Dupree
  110. 1985Puss in Boots1hPrincess Lovinia
  111. 1985Words by Heart1h 47mClaudie Sills
  112. 1984The Killing Floor1h 58mMattie
  113. 1984Sweet Revenge1h 43mVicki Teague
  114. 1984Black Hollywood1h 25mSelf
  115. 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain1h 36mEsther
  116. 1983Cross Creek2h 7mGeechee
  117. 1982The Ambush Murders1h 40mKarisha Ellsworth
  118. 1982Precious Blood1hNarrator
  119. 1982Tucker's Witch1 seasonMarcia Fulbright
  120. 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf1h 18mWoman who lost her stuff
  121. 1981The Sophisticated Gents1 seasonEvelyn Evers
  122. 1980HealtH1h 45mSally Benbow
  123. 1979Freedom Road3h 6mKatie
  124. 1978The Trial of the Moke1h 30mLucy Smith
  125. 1978Remember My Name1h 35mRita
  126. 2034
  127. Hate to See You Go
  128. Pockets of Heaven
  129. The Thing That Hurts
  130. Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”38mSelf
  131. Baby of the Family1h 41mRachel