Alfre Woodard
Known for Acting · 171 credits
- Born
- 1952-11-08 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- آلفره وودارد · Alfre Ette Woodard
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
TV Shows (53)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Justine Campbell
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Boroughs
2026
as Judy Daniels
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Betty Applewhite
Frasier
1993
as Edna (voice)
Private Practice
2007
as Dee Bennett
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
True Blood
2008
as Ruby Jean Reynolds
The Practice
1997
as Denise Freeman
Hill Street Blues
1981
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Empire
2015
as Renee
L.A. Law
1986
as Adrianne Moore
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Roxanne Turner
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Dr. Roxanne Turner
See
2019
as Paris
The Last Ship
2014
as Amy Granderson
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Lilly Sloane (voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Aunt Josephine
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Last Frontier
2025
as Jacqueline Bradford
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Mariah Dillard
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Self - Guest / Princess Lovinia
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Mimi (voice)
Static Shock
2000
as Jean Hawkins (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Winsome (voice)
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The White Shadow
1978
as Sandra Wilcox
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Rachael Ray
2006
as Self - Guest
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Three Rivers
2009
as Dr. Sophia Jordan
Monsieur Spade
2024
as Virginia Dell
Memphis Beat
2010
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Class of 3000
2006
Tucker's Witch
1982
as Marcia Fulbright
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Brown
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Mavis Heller
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Queen of Brobdingnag
WonderWorks
1984
as Claudie Sills
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece (voice)
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020
as Self
Sara
1985
as Rozalyn Dupree
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Evelyn Evers
Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)
State of Affairs
2014
as President Constance Payton
Movies (118)
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Miriam
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
Heart and Souls
1993
as Penny Washington
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
Primal Fear
1996
as Shoat
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mistress Shaw
Dinosaur
2000
as Plio (voice)
Annabelle
2014
as Evelyn
The Core
2003
as Stickley
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
K-PAX
2001
as Claudia Villars
Radio
2003
as Principal Daniels
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lily Sloane
The Forgotten
2004
as Det. Anne Pope
Scrooged
1988
as Grace Cooley
Beauty Shop
2005
as Ms. Josephine
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Take the Lead
2006
as Augustine James
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
Crooklyn
1994
as Carolyn Carmichael
Lost Souls
2000
as Dr. Allen
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Alice Pratt
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
Love & Basketball
2000
as Camille Wright
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Marianna
Blue Chips
1994
as Lavada McRae
Mumford
1999
as Lily
Something New
2006
as Joyce McQueen
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
Grand Canyon
1991
as Jane
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
Saint Judy
2018
as Judge Benton
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
Clemency
2019
as Warden Bernadine Williams
Extremities
1986
as Patricia
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
as Maisie (voice)
American Violet
2008
as Alma Roberts
Bopha!
1993
as Rosie Mangena
The Singing Detective
2003
as Chief of Staff
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Holiday Heart
2000
as Wanda Dean
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Ouiser
Passion Fish
1992
as Chantelle
What's Cooking?
2000
as Audrey Williams
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Medicine Woman (voice)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Ann
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
The Door
2013
as E
Weathering
2023
as Mum
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Mrs. Whatsit
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Popeye Jackson
HealtH
1980
as Sally Benbow
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
as Ilanga (voice)
Sweet Revenge
1984
as Vicki Teague
Remember My Name
1978
as Rita
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Tamara O'Neil
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
John Henry
2000
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
Cross Creek
1983
as Geechee
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
as Narrator
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as Lucy Smith
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
as Mary Thomas
Blue Bayou
1990
as Jessica Filley
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Karisha Ellsworth
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Edna Reilly
Disney's American Legends
2001
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
as Mary Parrish (voice)
Freedom Road
1979
as Katie
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Esther
Rich in Love
1992
as Rhody Poole
Down in the Delta
1998
as Loretta Sinclair
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
as Self
Mandela
1987
as Winnie Mandela
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
as Mrs. Marks
Hate to See You Go
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
as Self - Narrator
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Reach for Me
2008
as Evelyn
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
as Mary Parrish (voice)
The Killing Floor
1984
as Mattie
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Maude DeVictor
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Mrs. Brown
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Adrianne Moore
The Member of the Wedding
1997
as Berenice Sadie Brown
Puss in Boots
1985
as Princess Lovinia
A Path Appears
2015
as Self
The Child Saver
1988
as Andrea Crawford
The Thing That Hurts
Follow Me Home
1997
as Evey
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
as Narrator
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Clara
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Dr. Sadlin
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Berniece Charles
Black Hollywood
1984
as Self
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila
Words by Heart
1985
as Claudie Sills
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
as Narrator
Medal of Honor
2008
as Narrator
Funny Valentines
1999
as Joyce May
No Small Matter
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Inquisitor
2025
as Narration
The Making of Clemency
2020
as Herself
Precious Blood
1982
as Narrator
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
as Narrator (voice)
The Underground Railroad
1999
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997
as Narrator
Henry Box Brown
2008
Pockets of Heaven
About Alfre Woodard
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. With 171 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Alfre Woodard has appeared in 118 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alfre Woodard Movies
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) — as Miriam
- The Lion King (2019) — as Sarabi (voice)
- Heart and Souls (1993) — as Penny Washington
- The Gray Man (2022) — as Margaret Cahill
- Primal Fear (1996) — as Shoat
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