Alfre Woodard

Known for: Acting

Born: 1952-11-08 (age 73)

From: 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.

Filmography (173)

TV★ 7.3
The Boroughs
2026
as Judy Daniels
TV★ 7.2
The Last Frontier
2025
as Jacqueline Bradford
MOVIE
The Inquisitor
2025
as Narration
TV★ 3.6
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
MOVIE★ 5.3
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
TV★ 6.2
Monsieur Spade
2024
as Virginia Dell
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
MOVIE★ 4.9
Weathering
2023
as Mum
MOVIE★ 5.9
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
TV★ 7.5
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Mimi (voice)
TV★ 5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
MOVIE★ 10.0
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
as Alma Thomas (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
as Mary Parrish (voice)
TV
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Lilly Sloane (voice)
MOVIE
The Making of Clemency
2020
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.3
Clemency
2019
as Warden Bernadine Williams
TV★ 8.1
See
2019
as Paris
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
MOVIE
No Small Matter
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
MOVIE★ 5.4
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
MOVIE★ 6.9
Saint Judy
2018
as Judge Benton
MOVIE★ 5.8
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
TV★ 7.4
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Aunt Josephine
MOVIE★ 8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Mariah Dillard
MOVIE★ 6.6
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
MOVIE★ 7.4
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Miriam
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Path Appears
2015
as Self
TV★ 7.1
Empire
2015
as Renee
TV★ 4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
TV★ 5.7
State of Affairs
2014
as President Constance Payton
MOVIE★ 5.8
Annabelle
2014
as Evelyn
MOVIE★ 10.0
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
TV★ 6.9
The Last Ship
2014
as Amy Granderson
MOVIE★ 7.9
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mistress Shaw
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Door
2013
as E
MOVIE★ 6.9
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Ouiser
TV★ 10.0
Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Memphis Beat
2010
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
TV★ 6.9
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece
TV★ 6.9
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Three Rivers
2009
as Dr. Sophia Jordan
TV★ 5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.5
Medal of Honor
2008
as Narrator
TV★ 6.5
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Mavis Heller
MOVIE★ 2.8
Reach for Me
2008
as Evelyn
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Alice Pratt
TV★ 7.6
True Blood
2008
as Ruby Jean Reynolds
MOVIE★ 6.7
American Violet
2008
as Alma Roberts
MOVIE
Henry Box Brown
2008
MOVIE★ 6.6
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Edna Reilly
TV★ 7.5
Private Practice
2007
as Dee Bennett
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
as Self - Narrator
TV★ 6.8
Class of 3000
2006
TV★ 5.1
Rachael Ray
2006
as Self - Guest
TV★ 4.7
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 8.0
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
as Ilanga (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Take the Lead
2006
as Augustine James
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Mrs. Brown
MOVIE★ 6.4
Something New
2006
as Joyce McQueen
MOVIE★ 6.3
Beauty Shop
2005
as Ms. Josephine
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Justine Campbell
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Betty Applewhite
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Forgotten
2004
as Det. Anne Pope
MOVIE★ 7.3
Radio
2003
as Principal Daniels
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Singing Detective
2003
as Chief of Staff
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Mrs. Whatsit
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Core
2003
as Stickley
MOVIE★ 6.3
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
K-PAX
2001
as Claudia Villars
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Medicine Woman (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Disney's American Legends
2001
MOVIE★ 7.0
Holiday Heart
2000
as Wanda Dean
MOVIE★ 7.5
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.1
Lost Souls
2000
as Dr. Allen
TV★ 8.0
Static Shock
2000
as Jean Hawkins (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
as Mary Parrish (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
John Henry
2000
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dinosaur
2000
as Plio (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Love & Basketball
2000
as Camille Wright
MOVIE★ 5.7
What's Cooking?
2000
as Audrey Williams
MOVIE★ 8.0
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mumford
1999
as Lily
MOVIE★ 7.7
Funny Valentines
1999
as Joyce May
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Clara
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Underground Railroad
1999
MOVIE★ 6.3
Down in the Delta
1998
as Loretta Sinclair
TV★ 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Medicine Woman (voice)
MOVIE
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
as Maisie (voice)
TV
Cadillac Desert
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as Denise Freeman
MOVIE★ 5.0
Follow Me Home
1997
as Evey
MOVIE★ 6.5
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Member of the Wedding
1997
as Berenice Sadie Brown
MOVIE★ 7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lily Sloane
MOVIE★ 4.5
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Dr. Sadlin
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Primal Fear
1996
as Shoat
MOVIE★ 5.8
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Tamara O'Neil
TV★ 7.2
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Queen of Brobdingnag
MOVIE★ 6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Marianna
TV★ 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Winsome (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Berniece Charles
MOVIE★ 6.8
Crooklyn
1994
as Carolyn Carmichael
MOVIE★ 5.5
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
as Mrs. Marks
MOVIE★ 6.1
Blue Chips
1994
as Lavada McRae
MOVIE★ 9.0
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bopha!
1993
as Rosie Mangena
TV★ 7.7
Frasier
1993
as Edna (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Heart and Souls
1993
as Penny Washington
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Dr. Roxanne Turner
MOVIE★ 7.0
Passion Fish
1992
as Chantelle
MOVIE★ 6.4
Rich in Love
1992
as Rhody Poole
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Ann
TV★ 5.6
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Grand Canyon
1991
as Jane
MOVIE★ 10.0
Blue Bayou
1990
as Jessica Filley
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
as Mary Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.8
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Popeye Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Scrooged
1988
as Grace Cooley
TV★ 6.5
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Child Saver
1988
as Andrea Crawford
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mandela
1987
as Winnie Mandela
MOVIE★ 7.4
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Maude DeVictor
MOVIE
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Adrianne Moore
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Adrianne Moore
MOVIE★ 6.2
Extremities
1986
as Patricia
MOVIE★ 5.0
Puss in Boots
1985
as Princess Lovinia
TV★ 8.3
Sara
1985
as Rozalyn Dupree
MOVIE★ 7.0
Words by Heart
1985
as Claudie Sills
MOVIE
Black Hollywood
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sweet Revenge
1984
as Vicki Teague
TV
WonderWorks
1984
as Claudie Sills
MOVIE★ 6.3
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Esther
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Killing Floor
1984
as Mattie
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cross Creek
1983
as Geechee
TV★ 8.3
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Roxanne Turner
TV★ 5.2
Tucker's Witch
1982
as Marcia Fulbright
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 8.5
Precious Blood
1982
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.5
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Karisha Ellsworth
TV★ 8.5
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Evelyn Evers
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
MOVIE★ 5.4
HealtH
1980
as Sally Benbow
TV★ 6.3
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
MOVIE★ 5.2
Freedom Road
1979
as Katie
TV★ 7.1
The White Shadow
1978
as Sandra Wilcox
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as Lucy Smith
MOVIE★ 6.1
Remember My Name
1978
as Rita
TV★ 6.0
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Brown
MOVIE
2034
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MOVIE
The Thing That Hurts
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MOVIE
Pockets of Heaven
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MOVIE
Hate to See You Go
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MOVIE
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
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as Self