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Alfre Woodard

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.

Born

Nov 08, 1952

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

118 acting

2 crew

Popularity

2.0

Known For

Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 • as Miriam
★ 7.5
The Lion King
The Lion King
2019 • as Sarabi (voice)
★ 7.1
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 • as Mistress Shaw
★ 7.9
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
1996 • as Shoat
★ 7.7
Annabelle
Annabelle
2014 • as Evelyn
★ 5.8
The Gray Man
The Gray Man
2022 • as Margaret Cahill
★ 6.9
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
2000 • as Plio (voice)
★ 6.6
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 • as Lily Sloane
★ 7.3
The Core
The Core
2003 • as Stickley
★ 5.8
Radio
Radio
2003 • as Principal Daniels
★ 7.4
Scrooged
Scrooged
1988 • as Grace Cooley
★ 6.8
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot
2024 • as Dr. Cody
★ 5.9
K-PAX
K-PAX
2001 • as Claudia Villars
★ 7.2
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002 • as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
★ 6.5
The Forgotten
The Forgotten
2004 • as Det. Anne Pope
★ 5.9
Heart and Souls
Heart and Souls
1993 • as Penny Washington
★ 7.0
Fatherhood
Fatherhood
2021 • as Marian
★ 7.5
Take the Lead
Take the Lead
2006 • as Augustine James
★ 6.9
The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence
2024 • as Mother Mary
★ 5.8
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 • as Marianna
★ 6.4
Beauty Shop
Beauty Shop
2005 • as Ms. Josephine
★ 6.3
Something New
Something New
2006 • as Joyce McQueen
★ 6.4
movie
Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball
2000 • as Camille Wright
★ 7.3
Extremities
Extremities
1986 • as Patricia
★ 6.2
Blue Chips
Blue Chips
1994 • as Lavada McRae
★ 6.1
Mississippi Grind
Mississippi Grind
2015 • as Sam
★ 6.0
Crooklyn
Crooklyn
1994 • as Carolyn Carmichael
★ 6.8
Summer Camp
Summer Camp
2024 • as Mary
★ 5.4
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
2000 • as Dr. Allen
★ 5.0
Saint Judy
Saint Judy
2018 • as Judge Benton
★ 6.9
So B. It
So B. It
2016 • as Bernadette
★ 6.6
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997 • as Maisie (voice)
★ 6.1
Space Oddity
Space Oddity
2023 • as Dr. Olsen
★ 6.0
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
1991 • as Jane
★ 6.4
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
★ 6.9
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective
2003 • as Chief of Staff
★ 5.1
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007 • as Edna Reilly
★ 6.6
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
2003 • as Mrs. Whatsit
★ 6.3
Clemency
Clemency
2019 • as Warden Bernadine Williams
★ 6.3
Passion Fish
Passion Fish
1992 • as Chantelle
★ 7.0
Words by Heart
Words by Heart
1985 • as Claudie Sills
★ 7.0
A Step Toward Tomorrow
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996 • as Dr. Sadlin
★ 4.5
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
★ 5.1
Weathering
Weathering
2023 • as Mum
★ 4.8
King Leopold's Ghost
King Leopold's Ghost
2006 • as Ilanga (voice)
★ 8.0
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
2012 • as Ouiser
★ 6.9
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor
2025 • as Narration
Miss Evers' Boys
Miss Evers' Boys
1997 • as Eunice Evers, R.N.
★ 6.5
Holiday Heart
Holiday Heart
2000 • as Wanda Dean
★ 7.1
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
★ 8.0
The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide
2006 • as Mrs. Brown
★ 7.0
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 • as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
★ 8.0
Mandela
Mandela
1987 • as Winnie Mandela
★ 4.8
Bopha!
Bopha!
1993 • as Rosie Mangena
★ 5.4
Remember My Name
Remember My Name
1978 • as Rita
★ 6.1
Cross Creek
Cross Creek
1983 • as Geechee
★ 6.6
American Violet
American Violet
2008 • as Alma Roberts
★ 6.7
Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta
1998 • as Loretta Sinclair
★ 6.3
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
1984 • as Vicki Teague
★ 6.7
What's Cooking?
What's Cooking?
2000 • as Audrey Williams
★ 5.5
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding
1997 • as Berenice Sadie Brown
★ 6.0
Freedom Road
Freedom Road
1979 • as Katie
★ 5.2
The Ambush Murders
The Ambush Murders
1982 • as Karisha Ellsworth
★ 8.0
Aliens for Breakfast
Aliens for Breakfast
1994 • as Mrs. Marks
★ 5.7
Mumford
Mumford
1999 • as Lily
★ 6.6
Miss Firecracker
Miss Firecracker
1989 • as Popeye Jackson
★ 5.8
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001 • as Medicine Woman (voice)
★ 7.0
Black Panther
Black Panther
2010 • as Dondi Reece
★ 6.2
HealtH
HealtH
1980 • as Sally Benbow
★ 5.4
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 • as Mary Parrish (voice)
★ 9.0
Burning Sands
Burning Sands
2017 • as Professor Hughes
★ 5.9
Rich in Love
Rich in Love
1992 • as Rhody Poole
★ 6.4
John Henry
John Henry
2000 • as Polly / Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996 • as Tamara O'Neil
★ 5.8
Knucklehead
Knucklehead
2015 • as Sheila
★ 7.0
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 • as Esther
★ 6.3
Follow Me Home
Follow Me Home
1997 • as Evey
★ 5.0
Juanita
Juanita
2019 • as Juanita
★ 5.4
movie
Baby of the Family
• as Rachel
L.A. Law: Pilot
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986 • as Adrianne Moore
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021 • as Mary Parrish (voice)
★ 6.3
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
★ 7.0
Reach for Me
Reach for Me
2008 • as Evelyn
★ 2.8
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
1985 • as Princess Lovinia
★ 5.0
The Killing Floor
The Killing Floor
1984 • as Mattie
★ 8.0
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
1995 • as Berniece Charles
★ 7.6
The Trial of the Moke
The Trial of the Moke
1978 • as Lucy Smith
★ 6.0
Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou
1990 • as Jessica Filley
★ 10.0
movie
The Door
2013 • as E
★ 4.0
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
★ 6.4
Precious Blood
Precious Blood
1982 • as Narrator
★ 8.5
Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines
1999 • as Joyce May
★ 7.7
movie
The Making of Clemency
2020 • as Herself
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 • as Self
★ 10.0
Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood
1984 • as Self
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 • as Narrator
★ 9.0
Searching for Debra Winger
★ 6.4
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021 • as Alma Thomas (voice)
★ 10.0
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007 • as Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes
1986 • as Maude DeVictor
★ 7.4
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree
1999 • as Clara
★ 7.5
The Child Saver
The Child Saver
1988 • as Andrea Crawford
★ 7.5
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
2008 • as Narrator
★ 6.5
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997 • as Narrator
No Small Matter
No Small Matter
2019 • as Narrator (voice)