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.
Filmography
all 171
Movies 121
TV Shows 50
Voice 22
self 19
Narrator 8
Producer 2
Dr. Cody
Salem's Lot (2024)
Movie
Virginia Dell
Monsieur Spade (2024)
TV
Mother Mary
The Book of Clarence (2024)
Movie
Dr. Olsen
Space Oddity (2023)
Movie
Mimi (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
TV
Margaret Cahill
The Gray Man (2022)
Movie
6
Alma Thomas (voice)
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)
Movie
Mary Parrish (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street (2021)
Movie
Lilly Sloane (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
TV
Warden Bernadine Williams / Executive Producer
Clemency (2019)
Movie
6.5
Paris
See (2019)
TV
7.11
Sarabi (voice)
The Lion King (2019)
Movie
6.31
Narrator (voice) / Executive Producer
No Small Matter (2019)
Movie
Juanita
Juanita (2019)
Movie
Judge Benton
Saint Judy (2019)
Movie
Professor Hughes
Burning Sands (2017)
Movie
6
Aunt Josephine
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
TV
6.7
Mariah Dillard
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
TV
6.75
Bernadette
So B. It (2016)
Movie
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
Movie
Sheila
Knucklehead (2015)
Movie
Renee
Empire (2015)
TV
7.08
President Constance Payton
State of Affairs (2014)
TV
6.4
Amy Granderson
The Last Ship (2014)
TV
5.47
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Mistress Shaw
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Movie
8.2
Self - Narrator
The War We Are Living (2011)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Women, War & Peace (2011)
TV
Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Memphis Beat (2010)
TV
Dondi Reece
Black Panther (2010)
Movie
Dondi Reece (voice)
Black Panther (2010)
TV
Dr. Sophia Jordan
Three Rivers (2009)
TV
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Angela Jensen
AmericanEast (2008)
Movie
Narrator
Medal of Honor (2008)
Movie
Mavis Heller
My Own Worst Enemy (2008)
TV
4
Evelyn
Reach for Me (2008)
Movie
Ruby Jean Reynolds
True Blood (2008)
TV
6.06
Alma Roberts
American Violet (2008)
Movie
2
Edna Reilly
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Movie
Dee Bennett
Private Practice (2007)
TV
6.33
Self - Narrator
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty (2007)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
TV
Ilanga (voice)
King Leopold's Ghost (2006)
Movie
Augustine James
Take the Lead (2006)
Movie
Mrs. Brown
The Water Is Wide (2006)
Movie
Joyce McQueen
Something New (2006)
Movie
6
Dr. Lydia Crawford
Inconceivable (2005)
TV
Ms. Josephine
Beauty Shop (2005)
Movie
6.55
Justine Campbell
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV
7.16
Betty Applewhite
Desperate Housewives (2004)
TV
10
Det. Anne Pope
The Forgotten (2004)
Movie
6.4
Principal Daniels
Radio (2003)
Movie
Chief of Staff
The Singing Detective (2003)
Movie
Mrs. Whatsit
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
Movie
Stickley
The Core (2003)
Movie
5.59
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
Movie
Claudia Villars
K-PAX (2001)
Movie
4.75
Medicine Woman (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001)
Movie
Wanda Dean
Holiday Heart (2000)
Movie
Dr. Allen
Lost Souls (2000)
Movie
Jean Hawkins (voice)
Static Shock (2000)
TV
4
Mary Parrish (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Movie
Polly / Narrator (voice)
John Henry (2000)
Movie
Plio (voice)
Dinosaur (2000)
Movie
6.27
Camille Wright
Love & Basketball (2000)
Movie
6
Audrey Williams
What's Cooking? (2000)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt (2000)
Movie
Joyce May
Funny Valentines (1999)
Movie
Loretta Sinclair
Down in the Delta (1998)
Movie
Medicine Woman (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys (1998)
TV
6.2
Maisie (voice)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
Movie
4.92
Denise Freeman
The Practice (1997)
TV
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Movie
Berenice Sadie Brown
The Member of the Wedding (1997)
Movie
Lily Sloane
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Movie
5.9
Dr. Sadlin
A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996)
Movie
Tamara O'Neil
Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996)
Movie
Queen of Brobdingnag
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
TV
6
Winsome (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV
Berniece Charles
The Piano Lesson (1995)
Movie
Narrator
Blues Highway (1994)
Movie
Carolyn Carmichael
Crooklyn (1994)
Movie
Mrs. Marks
Aliens for Breakfast (1994)
Movie
Lavada McRae
Blue Chips (1994)
Movie
Rosie Mangena
Bopha! (1993)
Movie
Edna (voice)
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Penny Washington
Heart and Souls (1993)
Movie
Chantelle
Passion Fish (1992)
Movie
Rhody Poole
Rich in Love (1992)
Movie
Jessica Filley
Blue Bayou (1990)
Movie
Popeye Jackson
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Movie
Grace Cooley
Scrooged (1988)
Movie
5.97
Narrator (voice)
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Andrea Crawford
The Child Saver (1988)
Movie
Winnie Mandela
Mandela (1987)
Movie
Maude DeVictor
Unnatural Causes (1986)
Movie
Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law: Pilot (1986)
Movie
Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Patricia
Extremities (1986)
Movie
Princess Lovinia
Puss in Boots (1985)
Movie
Rozalyn Dupree
Sara (1985)
TV
Claudie Sills
Words by Heart (1985)
Movie
Vicki Teague
Sweet Revenge (1984)
Movie
Geechee
Cross Creek (1983)
Movie
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Marcia Fulbright
Tucker's Witch (1982)
TV
Self - Guest / Princess Lovinia
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
TV
Narrator
Precious Blood (1982)
Movie
Woman who lost her stuff
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)
Movie
Karisha Ellsworth
The Ambush Murders (1982)
Movie
Evelyn Evers
The Sophisticated Gents (1981)
TV
Sally Benbow
HealtH (1980)
Movie
Sandra Wilcox
The White Shadow (1978)
TV
Lucy Smith
The Trial of the Moke (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Brown
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Bradford
The Last Frontier
TV
Judy
The Boroughs
TV
Dr. Johnetta
Viral
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1952-11-08 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceTulsa, United States
ReligionChristian Science
SpouseRoderick Spencer
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSanta Monica, United States
Also Known AsΆλφρι Γούνταρντ, آلفره وودارد
AwardsCrystal Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Audie Award for Best Female Narrator
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