5.6Acting
Alfre Woodard
- Born
- 1952-11-08
- Birthplace
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
175 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Boroughs
2026 · TV Show
Judy Daniels
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · TV Show
Self
The Inquisitor
2025 · Movie
Narration
The Last Frontier
2025 · TV Show
Jacqueline Bradford
Monsieur Spade
2024 · TV Show
Virginia Dell
Salem's Lot
2024 · Movie
Dr. Cody
Summer Camp
2024 · Movie
Mary
The Book of Clarence
2024 · Movie
Mother Mary
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · TV Show
Mimi (voice)
Space Oddity
2023 · Movie
Dr. Olsen
Weathering
2023 · Movie
Mum
The Gray Man
2022 · Movie
Margaret Cahill
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Porter
2022 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021 · Movie
Mary Parrish (voice)
Fatherhood
2021 · Movie
Marian
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021 · Movie
Alma Thomas (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · TV Show
Lilly Sloane (voice)
The Making of Clemency
2020 · Movie
Herself
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020 · TV Show
Self
Clemency
2019 · Movie
Warden Bernadine Williams · Executive Producer
Juanita
2019 · Movie
Juanita
No Small Matter
2019 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Executive Producer
See
2019 · TV Show
Paris
The Lion King
2019 · Movie
Sarabi (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019 · Movie
Cast
Saint Judy
2018 · Movie
Judge Benton
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017 · TV Show
Aunt Josephine
Burning Sands
2017 · Movie
Professor Hughes
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Movie
Miriam
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · TV Show
Mariah Dillard
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · Movie
Self
So B. It
2016 · Movie
Bernadette
Empire
2015 · TV Show
Renee
Knucklehead
2015 · Movie
Sheila
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 · Movie
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Mississippi Grind
2015 · Movie
Sam
Annabelle
2014 · Movie
Evelyn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Movie
Self
State of Affairs
2014 · TV Show
President Constance Payton
The Last Ship
2014 · TV Show
Amy Granderson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
Self
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Movie
Mistress Shaw
The Door
2013 · Movie
E
Steel Magnolias
2012 · Movie
Ouiser
Women, War & Peace
2011 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Black Panther
2010 · Movie
Dondi Reece
Black Panther
2010 · TV Show
Dondi Reece (voice)
Memphis Beat
2010 · TV Show
Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · TV Show
Self
Three Rivers
2009 · TV Show
Dr. Sophia Jordan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
American Violet
2008 · Movie
Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
2008 · Movie
Cast
Medal of Honor
2008 · Movie
Narrator
My Own Worst Enemy
2008 · TV Show
Mavis Heller
Reach for Me
2008 · Movie
Evelyn
True Blood
2008 · TV Show
Ruby Jean Reynolds
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · Movie
Alice Pratt
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007 · Movie
Edna Reilly
Private Practice
2007 · TV Show
Dee Bennett
Class of 3000
2006 · TV Show
Cast
King Leopold's Ghost
2006 · Movie
Ilanga (voice)
Rachael Ray
2006 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Something New
2006 · Movie
Joyce McQueen
Take the Lead
2006 · Movie
Augustine James
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Water Is Wide
2006 · Movie
Mrs. Brown
Beauty Shop
2005 · Movie
Ms. Josephine
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV Show
Justine Campbell
Inconceivable
2005 · TV Show
Dr. Lydia Crawford
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
Betty Applewhite
The Forgotten
2004 · Movie
Det. Anne Pope
A Wrinkle in Time
2003 · Movie
Mrs. Whatsit
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Movie
Narrator
Radio
2003 · Movie
Principal Daniels
The Core
2003 · Movie
Stickley
The Singing Detective
2003 · Movie
Chief of Staff
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Movie
Cast
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Movie
Self
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002 · Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Disney's American Legends
2001 · Movie
Cast
K-PAX
2001 · Movie
Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001 · Movie
Medicine Woman (voice)
Dinosaur
2000 · Movie
Plio (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 · Movie
Narrator
Holiday Heart
2000 · Movie
Wanda Dean
John Henry
2000 · Movie
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Lost Souls
2000 · Movie
Dr. Allen
Love & Basketball
2000 · Movie
Camille Wright
Static Shock
2000 · TV Show
Jean Hawkins (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · Movie
Mary Parrish (voice)
What's Cooking?
2000 · Movie
Audrey Williams
Funny Valentines
1999 · Movie
Joyce May
Mumford
1999 · Movie
Lily
The Underground Railroad
1999 · Movie
Cast
The Wishing Tree
1999 · Movie
Clara
Down in the Delta
1998 · Movie
Loretta Sinclair
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · TV Show
Medicine Woman (voice)
Cadillac Desert
1997 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Follow Me Home
1997 · Movie
Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
1997 · Movie
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997 · Movie
Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997 · Movie
Maisie (voice)
The Member of the Wedding
1997 · Movie
Berenice Sadie Brown
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
Denise Freeman
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996 · Movie
Dr. Sadlin
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · TV Show
Queen of Brobdingnag
Primal Fear
1996 · Movie
Shoat
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996 · Movie
Tamara O'Neil
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Movie
Lily Sloane
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
Winsome (voice)
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie
Marianna
The Piano Lesson
1995 · Movie
Berniece Charles
Aliens for Breakfast
1994 · Movie
Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips
1994 · Movie
Lavada McRae
Crooklyn
1994 · Movie
Carolyn Carmichael
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · Movie
Narrator
Bopha!
1993 · Movie
Rosie Mangena
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
Edna (voice)
Heart and Souls
1993 · Movie
Penny Washington
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
Dr. Roxanne Turner
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
Self
Passion Fish
1992 · Movie
Chantelle
Rich in Love
1992 · Movie
Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992 · Movie
Ann
Grand Canyon
1991 · Movie
Jane
Blue Bayou
1990 · Movie
Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989 · Movie
Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Movie
Popeye Jackson
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Scrooged
1988 · Movie
Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
1988 · Movie
Andrea Crawford
Mandela
1987 · Movie
Winnie Mandela
Extremities
1986 · Movie
Patricia
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986 · Movie
Adrianne Moore
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Movie
Maude DeVictor
Puss in Boots
1985 · Movie
Princess Lovinia
Sara
1985 · TV Show
Rozalyn Dupree
Words by Heart
1985 · Movie
Claudie Sills
Black Hollywood
1984 · Movie
Self
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Movie
Esther
Sweet Revenge
1984 · Movie
Vicki Teague
The Killing Floor
1984 · Movie
Mattie
WonderWorks
1984 · TV Show
Claudie Sills
Cross Creek
1983 · Movie
Geechee
Reading Rainbow
1983 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Woman who lost her stuff · Mattie · Esther
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
Self - Guest · Princess Lovinia
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Movie
Woman who lost her stuff
Precious Blood
1982 · Movie
Narrator
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV Show
Roxanne Turner
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Movie
Karisha Ellsworth
Tucker's Witch
1982 · TV Show
Marcia Fulbright
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV Show
Cast
The Sophisticated Gents
1981 · TV Show
Evelyn Evers
HealtH
1980 · Movie
Sally Benbow
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980 · TV Show
Cast
Freedom Road
1979 · Movie
Katie
Remember My Name
1978 · Movie
Rita
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · Movie
Lucy Smith
The White Shadow
1978 · TV Show
Sandra Wilcox
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · TV Show
Cast
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Mrs. Brown
2034
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Baby of the Family
Date unknown · Movie
Rachel
Hate to See You Go
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Date unknown · Movie
Self
Pockets of Heaven
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
The Thing That Hurts
Date unknown · Movie
Cast