Alfre Woodard
November 8, 1952 (73 years old) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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
- 2025 · The Last Frontier as Jacqueline Bradford
- 2025 · The Inquisitor as Self
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Dr. Cody
- 2024 · Summer Camp as Mary
- 2024 · Monsieur Spade as Virginia Dell
- 2024 · The Book of Clarence as Mother Mary
- 2023 · Weathering as Mum
- 2023 · Space Oddity as Dr. Olsen
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Mimi (voice)
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · The Gray Man as Margaret Cahill
- 2021 · Fatherhood as Marian
- 2020 · The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart as Self
- 2020 · The Making of Clemency as Herself
- 2016 · Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
- 2016 · So B. It as Bernadette
- 2015 · Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
- 2014 · Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
- 2009 · Three Rivers as Dr. Sophia Jordan
- 2008 · My Own Worst Enemy as Mavis Heller
- 2008 · Reach for Me as Evelyn
- 2007 · Pictures of Hollis Woods as Edna Reilly
- 2007 · Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Class of 3000 as
- 2006 · Something New as Joyce McQueen
- 2006 · The Water Is Wide as Mrs. Brown
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Chief of Staff
- 2003 · A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
- 2002 · The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
- 2001 · The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Medicine Woman (voice)
- 2000 · Lost Souls as Dr. Allen
- 2000 · What's Cooking? as Audrey Williams
- 2000 · Eleanor Roosevelt as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Maisie (voice)
- 1996 · Special Report: Journey to Mars as Tamara O'Neil
- 1995 · The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
- 1994 · Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Marks
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Chantelle
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Ann
- 1989 · A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story as Mary Thomas
- 1988 · The Child Saver as Andrea Crawford
- 1987 · Mandela as Winnie Mandela
- 1986 · Extremities as Patricia
- 1985 · Puss in Boots as Princess Lovinia
- 1985 · Words by Heart as Claudie Sills
- 1984 · The Killing Floor as Mattie
- 1982 · The Ambush Murders as Karisha Ellsworth
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Katie
- 1978 · The Trial of the Moke as Lucy Smith
- 1977 · What Really Happened to the Class of '65? as
- Future · Hate to See You Go as
- 2021 · Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color as Alma Thomas (voice)
- 2021 · Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street as Mary Parrish (voice)
- 2020 · Star Trek: Lower Decks as Lilly Sloane (voice)
- 2019 · Clemency as Warden Bernadine Williams
- 2019 · See as Paris
- 2019 · The Lion King as Sarabi (voice)
- 2019 · No Small Matter as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts as
- 2019 · Juanita as Juanita
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Judge Benton
- 2017 · Burning Sands as Professor Hughes
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Aunt Josephine
- 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Mariah Dillard
- 2016 · Captain America: Civil War as Miriam
- 2015 · Mississippi Grind as Sam
- 2015 · Knucklehead as Sheila
- 2015 · A Path Appears as