Acting
Alfre Woodard
EN cinema · 118 credits
Born
8 November 1952 (age 73)
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as Alfre Ette Woodard · Alfre LaWanda Jeen 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.
Known for
Filmography
2034
2034
Actor
The Inquisitor
as Narration
Summer Camp
as Mary
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
Weathering
as Mum
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
Fatherhood
as Marian
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams, Executive Producer
Juanita
as Juanita
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
So B. It
as Bernadette
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Knucklehead
as Sheila
Annabelle
as Evelyn
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
Something New
as Joyce McQueen
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
The Core
as Stickley
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
Radio
as Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
Mumford
as Lily
Funny Valentines
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
as Clara
Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair
Follow Me Home
as Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
as Narrator
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
Primal Fear
as Shoat
A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil
How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
Passion Fish
as Chantelle
Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
Grand Canyon
as Jane
Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
Extremities
as Patricia
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
The Killing Floor
as Mattie
Cross Creek
as Geechee
The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff
Precious Blood
as Narrator
HealtH
as Sally Benbow
Freedom Road
as Katie
Remember My Name
as Rita
The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith