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