Alfre Woodard
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-11-08 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Alfre Woodard
Biography
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.
Acting
(2025)
The Inquisitor
as Self
(2024)
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
(2024)
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
(2024)
Summer Camp
as Mary
(2023)
Weathering
as Mum
(2023)
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
(2022)
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
(2021)
Fatherhood
as Marian
(2021)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
(2021)
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
(2020)
The Making of Clemency
as Herself
(2019)
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
(2019)
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Juanita
as Juanita
(2019)
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
(2019)
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
(2019)
(2017)
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
(2016)
Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam
(2016)
(2016)
So B. It
as Bernadette
(2015)
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
(2015)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
(2015)
A Path Appears
as Self
(2015)
Knucklehead
as Sheila
(2014)
Annabelle
as Evelyn
(2014)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
(2013)
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
(2013)
The Door
as E
(2012)
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
(2010)
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece
(2008)
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
(2008)
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
(2008)
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
(2008)
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
(2008)
(2007)
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
(2007)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
(2006)
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
(2006)
Something New
as Joyce McQueen
(2006)
The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
(2006)
King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
(2005)
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
(2004)
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
(2003)
The Core
as Stickley
(2003)
Radio
as Principal Daniels
(2003)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator
(2003)
The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
(2003)
(2003)
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
(2002)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
(2001)
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
(2001)
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)
(2001)
(2000)
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
(2000)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
(2000)
John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
(2000)
What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
(2000)
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
(2000)
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
(2000)
(2000)
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
Mumford
as Lily
(1999)
Funny Valentines
as Joyce May
(1999)
The Wishing Tree
as Clara
(1999)
(1998)
Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair
(1997)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
(1997)
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
(1997)
Follow Me Home
as Evey
(1997)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Primal Fear
as Shoat
(1996)
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
(1996)
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil
(1996)
A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
(1995)
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
(1994)
Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
(1994)
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
(1994)
Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
(1994)
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
(1993)
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
(1993)
Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
(1992)
(1992)
Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
(1992)
Passion Fish
as Chantelle
(1991)
Grand Canyon
as Jane
(1990)
Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
(1989)
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
(1989)
Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
(1988)
The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
(1988)
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
(1987)
Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
(1986)
Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
(1986)
Extremities
as Patricia
(1986)
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
(1985)
Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
(1985)
Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
(1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther
(1984)
The Killing Floor
as Mattie
(1984)
Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
(1984)
Black Hollywood
as Self
(1983)
Cross Creek
as Geechee
(1982)
The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth
(1982)
Precious Blood
as Narrator
(1982)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff
(1980)
HealtH
as Sally Benbow
(1979)
Freedom Road
as Katie
(1978)
Remember My Name
as Rita
(1978)
The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith
Crew
(2019)
Clemency
Executive Producer
(2019)
No Small Matter
Executive Producer