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)
Summer Camp
as Mary
(2024)
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
(2023)
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
(2023)
Weathering
as Mum
(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)
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
(2019)
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
(2019)
Juanita
as Juanita
(2019)
(2019)
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
(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)
A Path Appears
as Self
(2015)
Knucklehead
as Sheila
(2015)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
(2014)
Annabelle
as Evelyn
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
(2008)
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
(2008)
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
(2008)
(2007)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
(2007)
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
(2006)
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
(2006)
Something New
as Joyce McQueen
(2006)
King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
(2006)
The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
(2005)
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
(2004)
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
(2003)
The Core
as Stickley
(2003)
Radio
as Principal Daniels
(2003)
The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
(2003)
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
(2003)
(2003)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator
(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)
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
(2000)
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
(2000)
Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
(2000)
John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
(2000)
What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
(2000)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
(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)
Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
(1997)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
(1997)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Follow Me Home
as Evey
(1997)
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
(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)
Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
(1994)
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
(1994)
Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
(1994)
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
(1993)
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
(1993)
Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
(1992)
(1992)
Passion Fish
as Chantelle
(1992)
Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
(1991)
Grand Canyon
as Jane
(1990)
Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
(1989)
Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
(1989)
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
(1988)
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
(1988)
The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
(1987)
Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
(1986)
Extremities
as Patricia
(1986)
Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
(1986)
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
(1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther
(1985)
Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
(1985)
Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
(1984)
Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
(1984)
The Killing Floor
as Mattie
(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