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