Acting
Alfre Woodard
Born 1952-11-08
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Alfre Woodard
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Captain America: Civil War
2016
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
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12 Years a Slave
2013
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The Lion King
2019
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Annabelle
2014
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
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The Gray Man
2022
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Primal Fear
1996
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See
2019
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Desperate Housewives
2004
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (179 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Boroughs | Judy Daniels | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Last Frontier | Jacqueline Bradford | TV Series | 2025 |
 | The Inquisitor | Narration | Movie | 2025 |
 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Salem's Lot | Dr. Cody | Movie | 2024 |
 | Summer Camp | Mary | Movie | 2024 |
 | Monsieur Spade | Virginia Dell | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Book of Clarence | Mother Mary | Movie | 2024 |
 | Weathering | Mum | Movie | 2023 |
 | Space Oddity | Dr. Olsen | Movie | 2023 |
 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Mimi (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Gray Man | Margaret Cahill | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Porter | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color | Alma Thomas (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Fatherhood | Marian | Movie | 2021 |
 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street | Mary Parrish (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Lilly Sloane (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
| The Making of Clemency | Herself | Movie | 2020 | |
 | Clemency | Warden Bernadine Williams | Movie | 2019 |
| Clemency | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | See | Paris | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Lion King | Sarabi (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | No Small Matter | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
| No Small Matter | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | Juanita | Juanita | Movie | 2019 |
 | Saint Judy | Judge Benton | Movie | 2018 |
 | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | Movie | 2017 |
 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Aunt Josephine | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | TV Series | 2016 |
 | So B. It | Bernadette | Movie | 2016 |
 | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam | Movie | 2016 |
 | Mississippi Grind | Sam | Movie | 2015 |
 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Knucklehead | Sheila | Movie | 2015 |
 | Empire | Renee | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Annabelle | Evelyn | Movie | 2014 |
 | Nelson Mandela Redrawn | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Last Ship | Amy Granderson | TV Series | 2014 |
 | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | Movie | 2013 |
| The Door | E | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | Movie | 2012 |
 | Women, War & Peace | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | Movie | 2010 |
 | Black Panther | Dondi Reece (voice) | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Medal of Honor | Narrator | Movie | 2008 |
 | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Reach for Me | Evelyn | Movie | 2008 |
 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Alice Pratt | Movie | 2008 |
 | True Blood | Ruby Jean Reynolds | TV Series | 2008 |
 | American Violet | Alma Roberts | Movie | 2008 |
 | Henry Box Brown | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Edna Reilly | Movie | 2007 |
 | Private Practice | Dee Bennett | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2007 |
 | Class of 3000 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2006 |
 | King Leopold's Ghost | Ilanga (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Take the Lead | Augustine James | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Water Is Wide | Mrs. Brown | Movie | 2006 |
 | Something New | Joyce McQueen | Movie | 2006 |
 | Inconceivable | Dr. Lydia Crawford | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | Movie | 2005 |
 | Grey's Anatomy | Justine Campbell | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Desperate Housewives | Betty Applewhite | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | Movie | 2004 |
 | Radio | Principal Daniels | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | Movie | 2003 |
 | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Core | Stickley | Movie | 2003 |
 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | K-PAX | Claudia Villars | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Medicine Woman (voice) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Disney's American Legends | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | Movie | 2000 |
 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Narrator | Movie | 2000 |
 | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | Movie | 2000 |
 | Static Shock | Jean Hawkins (voice) | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Mary Parrish (voice) | Movie | 2000 |
 | John Henry | Polly / Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | Movie | 2000 |
 | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | Movie | 2000 |
 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Mumford | Lily | Movie | 1999 |
 | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Wishing Tree | Clara | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Underground Railroad | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Down in the Delta | Loretta Sinclair | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Wild Thornberrys | Medicine Woman (voice) | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Seven Candles For Kwanzaa | Narrator | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Maisie (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Cadillac Desert | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Practice | Denise Freeman | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Follow Me Home | Evey | Movie | 1997 |
 | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. | Movie | 1997 |
| The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | Movie | 1997 | |
 | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | Movie | 1996 |
 | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Dr. Sadlin | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Daily Show | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Primal Fear | Shoat | Movie | 1996 |
 | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Tamara O'Neil | Movie | 1996 |
 | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | TV Series | 1996 |
 | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | Movie | 1995 |
 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Winsome (voice) | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | Movie | 1995 |
 | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | Movie | 1994 |
 | Aliens for Breakfast | Mrs. Marks | Movie | 1994 |
 | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | Movie | 1994 |
 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Narrator | Movie | 1994 |
 | Bopha! | Rosie Mangena | Movie | 1993 |
 | Frasier | Edna (voice) | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Heart and Souls | Penny Washington | Movie | 1993 |
 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Dr. Roxanne Turner | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Passion Fish | Chantelle | Movie | 1992 |
 | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Ann | Movie | 1992 |
 | HBO First Look | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Grand Canyon | Jane | Movie | 1991 |
 | Blue Bayou | Jessica Filley | Movie | 1990 |
 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Mary Thomas | Movie | 1989 |
 | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | Movie | 1989 |
 | Scrooged | Grace Cooley | Movie | 1988 |
 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1988 |
 | The Child Saver | Andrea Crawford | Movie | 1988 |
 | Mandela | Winnie Mandela | Movie | 1987 |
 | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | Movie | 1986 |
 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Adrianne Moore | Movie | 1986 |
 | L.A. Law | Adrianne Moore | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Extremities | Patricia | Movie | 1986 |
 | Puss in Boots | Princess Lovinia | Movie | 1985 |
 | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | Movie | 1985 |
 | Black Hollywood | Self | Movie | 1984 |
 | Sweet Revenge | Vicki Teague | Movie | 1984 |
| WonderWorks | Claudie Sills | TV Series | 1984 | |
 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Esther | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Killing Floor | Mattie | Movie | 1984 |
 | Cross Creek | Geechee | Movie | 1983 |
 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1983 |
 | St. Elsewhere | Roxanne Turner | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Tucker's Witch | Marcia Fulbright | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Lovinia | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Precious Blood | Narrator | Movie | 1982 |
 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Woman who lost her stuff | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Mattie | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Esther | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Ambush Murders | Karisha Ellsworth | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Sophisticated Gents | Evelyn Evers | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | HealtH | Sally Benbow | Movie | 1980 |
 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Freedom Road | Katie | Movie | 1979 |
 | The White Shadow | Sandra Wilcox | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Trial of the Moke | Lucy Smith | Movie | 1978 |
 | Remember My Name | Rita | Movie | 1978 |
 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Brown | TV Series | 1951 |
| Hate to See You Go | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” | Self | Movie | — |
| The Thing That Hurts | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Pockets of Heaven | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| 2034 | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |