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