Alfre Woodard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1952-11-08 (Age: 74)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Alfre 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.

Filmography (114)

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The Inquisitor

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Cody

Salem's Lot

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mary

Summer Camp

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mother Mary

The Book of Clarence

⭐ 5.0 Role: Mum

Weathering

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Olsen

Space Oddity

⭐ 6.9 Role: Margaret Cahill

The Gray Man

⭐ 10.0 Role: Alma Thomas (voice)

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

⭐ 7.5 Role: Marian

Fatherhood

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mary Parrish (voice)

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

⭐ 0 Role: Herself

The Making of Clemency

⭐ 6.3 Role: Warden Bernadine Williams

Clemency

⭐ 7.1 Role: Sarabi (voice)

The Lion King

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator (voice)

No Small Matter

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

⭐ 5.4 Role: Juanita

Juanita

⭐ 6.8 Role: Judge Benton

Saint Judy

⭐ 5.8 Role: Professor Hughes

Burning Sands

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

⭐ 6.6 Role: Bernadette

So B. It

⭐ 7.4 Role: Miriam

Captain America: Civil War

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sam

Mississippi Grind

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sheila

Knucklehead

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

A Path Appears

⭐ 5.8 Role: Evelyn

Annabelle

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

⭐ 7.9 Role: Mistress Shaw

12 Years a Slave

⭐ 4.0 Role: E

The Door

⭐ 6.9 Role: Ouiser

Steel Magnolias

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dondi Reece

Black Panther

⭐ 6.5 Role: Narrator

Medal of Honor

⭐ 2.8 Role: Evelyn

Reach for Me

⭐ 6.8 Role: Alice Pratt

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

⭐ 6.7 Role: Alma Roberts

American Violet

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Henry Box Brown

⭐ 6.6 Role: Edna Reilly

Pictures of Hollis Woods

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self - Narrator

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ilanga (voice)

King Leopold's Ghost

⭐ 6.9 Role: Augustine James

Take the Lead

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Brown

The Water Is Wide

⭐ 6.4 Role: Joyce McQueen

Something New

⭐ 6.3 Role: Ms. Josephine

Beauty Shop

⭐ 5.9 Role: Det. Anne Pope

The Forgotten

⭐ 7.3 Role: Principal Daniels

Radio

⭐ 5.1 Role: Chief of Staff

The Singing Detective

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs. Whatsit

A Wrinkle in Time

⭐ 5.8 Role: Stickley

The Core

⭐ 6.3 Role: Narrator

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

⭐ 5.2 Role: Unknown

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

⭐ 6.4 Role: Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

⭐ 6.4 Role: Self

Searching for Debra Winger

⭐ 7.2 Role: Claudia Villars

K-PAX

⭐ 7.0 Role: Medicine Woman (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

⭐ 7.4 Role: Unknown

Disney's American Legends

⭐ 6.9 Role: Wanda Dean

Holiday Heart

⭐ 7.5 Role: Narrator

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

⭐ 5.0 Role: Dr. Allen

Lost Souls

⭐ 9.0 Role: Mary Parrish (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

⭐ 7.1 Role: Polly / Narrator (voice)

John Henry

⭐ 6.6 Role: Plio (voice)

Dinosaur

⭐ 7.3 Role: Camille Wright

Love & Basketball

⭐ 5.7 Role: Audrey Williams

What's Cooking?

⭐ 8.0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Eleanor Roosevelt

⭐ 6.5 Role: Lily

Mumford

⭐ 7.6 Role: Joyce May

Funny Valentines

⭐ 7.5 Role: Clara

The Wishing Tree

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The Underground Railroad

⭐ 6.3 Role: Loretta Sinclair

Down in the Delta

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

⭐ 6.1 Role: Maisie (voice)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

⭐ 10.0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

⭐ 5.0 Role: Evey

Follow Me Home

⭐ 6.5 Role: Eunice Evers, R.N.

Miss Evers' Boys

⭐ 6.0 Role: Berenice Sadie Brown

The Member of the Wedding

⭐ 7.3 Role: Lily Sloane

Star Trek: First Contact

⭐ 4.5 Role: Dr. Sadlin

A Step Toward Tomorrow

⭐ 7.7 Role: Shoat

Primal Fear

⭐ 5.8 Role: Tamara O'Neil

Special Report: Journey to Mars

⭐ 6.4 Role: Marianna

How to Make an American Quilt

⭐ 7.6 Role: Berniece Charles

The Piano Lesson

⭐ 6.8 Role: Carolyn Carmichael

Crooklyn

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mrs. Marks

Aliens for Breakfast

⭐ 6.1 Role: Lavada McRae

Blue Chips

⭐ 9.0 Role: Narrator

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

⭐ 5.6 Role: Rosie Mangena

Bopha!

⭐ 6.9 Role: Penny Washington

Heart and Souls

⭐ 6.9 Role: Chantelle

Passion Fish

⭐ 6.4 Role: Rhody Poole

Rich in Love

⭐ 5.1 Role: Ann

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

⭐ 6.4 Role: Jane

Grand Canyon

⭐ 10.0 Role: Jessica Filley

Blue Bayou

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mary Thomas

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

⭐ 5.8 Role: Popeye Jackson

Miss Firecracker

⭐ 6.8 Role: Grace Cooley

Scrooged

⭐ 7.5 Role: Andrea Crawford

The Child Saver

⭐ 4.8 Role: Winnie Mandela

Mandela

⭐ 7.4 Role: Maude DeVictor

Unnatural Causes

⭐ 0 Role: Adrianne Moore

L.A. Law: Pilot

⭐ 6.1 Role: Patricia

Extremities

⭐ 5.0 Role: Princess Lovinia

Puss in Boots

⭐ 7.0 Role: Claudie Sills

Words by Heart

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Black Hollywood

⭐ 6.7 Role: Vicki Teague

Sweet Revenge

⭐ 6.3 Role: Esther

Go Tell It on the Mountain

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mattie

The Killing Floor

⭐ 6.6 Role: Geechee

Cross Creek

⭐ 8.5 Role: Narrator

Precious Blood

⭐ 8.5 Role: Woman who lost her stuff

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

⭐ 8.0 Role: Karisha Ellsworth

The Ambush Murders

⭐ 5.4 Role: Sally Benbow

HealtH

⭐ 5.2 Role: Katie

Freedom Road

⭐ 6.0 Role: Lucy Smith

The Trial of the Moke

⭐ 6.1 Role: Rita

Remember My Name