Alfre Woodard
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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
Credits
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
as Miriam
The Lion King (2019)
as Sarabi (voice)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as Mistress Shaw
Annabelle (2014)
as Evelyn
Primal Fear (1996)
as Shoat
The Gray Man (2022)
as Margaret Cahill
Dinosaur (2000)
as Plio (voice)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
as Lily Sloane
K-PAX (2001)
as Claudia Villars
The Core (2003)
as Stickley
Radio (2003)
as Principal Daniels
Take the Lead (2006)
as Augustine James
Scrooged (1988)
as Grace Cooley
Salem's Lot (2024)
as Dr. Cody
The Forgotten (2004)
as Det. Anne Pope
Heart and Souls (1993)
as Penny Washington
Fatherhood (2021)
as Marian
2034 (—)
Actor
Love & Basketball (2000)
as Camille Wright
Beauty Shop (2005)
as Ms. Josephine
Lost Souls (2000)
as Dr. Allen
Something New (2006)
as Joyce McQueen
The Book of Clarence (2024)
as Mother Mary
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Marianna
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
The Singing Detective (2003)
as Chief of Staff
Passion Fish (1992)
as Chantelle
Extremities (1986)
as Patricia
Steel Magnolias (2012)
as Ouiser
The Inquisitor (2025)
as Narration
Disney's American Legends (2001)
Actor
Cross Creek (1983)
as Geechee
The Thing That Hurts (—)
Actor
Space Oddity (2023)
as Dr. Olsen
Mississippi Grind (2015)
as Sam
What's Cooking? (2000)
as Audrey Williams
Crooklyn (1994)
as Carolyn Carmichael
Blue Chips (1994)
as Lavada McRae
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
Saint Judy (2018)
as Judge Benton
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
as Maisie (voice)
Holiday Heart (2000)
as Wanda Dean
Mumford (1999)
as Lily
Grand Canyon (1991)
as Jane
American Violet (2008)
as Alma Roberts
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014)
as Self
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
as Mrs. Whatsit
Words by Heart (1985)
as Claudie Sills
A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996)
as Dr. Sadlin
Remember My Name (1978)
as Rita
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Popeye Jackson
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
as Edna Reilly
Burning Sands (2017)
as Professor Hughes
The Water Is Wide (2006)
as Mrs. Brown
Precious Blood (1982)
as Narrator
Sweet Revenge (1984)
as Vicki Teague
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001)
as Medicine Woman (voice)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
as Ann
Clemency (2019)
as Warden Bernadine Williams
HealtH (1980)
as Sally Benbow
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
as Esther
Summer Camp (2024)
as Mary
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
as Alice Pratt
Eleanor Roosevelt (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Black Panther (2010)
as Dondi Reece
The Door (2013)
as E
The Trial of the Moke (1978)
as Lucy Smith
The Ambush Murders (1982)
as Karisha Ellsworth
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Actor
Mandela (1987)
as Winnie Mandela
King Leopold's Ghost (2006)
as Ilanga (voice)
Freedom Road (1979)
as Katie
The Member of the Wedding (1997)
as Berenice Sadie Brown
Puss in Boots (1985)
as Princess Lovinia
Rich in Love (1992)
as Rhody Poole
Bopha! (1993)
as Rosie Mangena
Reach for Me (2008)
as Evelyn
Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996)
as Tamara O'Neil
Follow Me Home (1997)
as Evey
So B. It (2016)
as Bernadette
Knucklehead (2015)
as Sheila
Pockets of Heaven (—)
Actor
The Making of Clemency (2020)
as Herself
Aliens for Breakfast (1994)
as Mrs. Marks
Down in the Delta (1998)
as Loretta Sinclair
The Piano Lesson (1995)
as Berniece Charles
The Killing Floor (1984)
as Mattie
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
as Mary Parrish (voice)
The Child Saver (1988)
as Andrea Crawford
Weathering (2023)
as Mum
John Henry (2000)
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
Black Hollywood (1984)
as Self
Funny Valentines (1999)
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree (1999)
as Clara
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
as Self
Unnatural Causes (1986)
as Maude DeVictor
Juanita (2019)
as Juanita
Hate to See You Go (—)
Actor
L.A. Law: Pilot (1986)
as Adrianne Moore
Medal of Honor (2008)
as Narrator
A Path Appears (2015)
as Self
Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
as Narrator
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa (1997)
as Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)
as Woman who lost her stuff
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
as Narrator
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989)
as Mary Thomas
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts (2019)
Actor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
as Narrator
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street (2021)
as Mary Parrish (voice)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” (—)
as Self
No Small Matter (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Blue Bayou (1990)
as Jessica Filley
The Underground Railroad (1999)
Actor
Henry Box Brown (2008)
Actor
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty (2007)
as Self - Narrator
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)
as Alma Thomas (voice)