Alfre Woodard
Acting
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.
Born: November 8, 1952 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Filmography (117)
TV
The Last Frontier
2025
Actor: Jacqueline Bradfor…
TV
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Actor
Salem's Lot
2024
Actor: Dr. Cody
Summer Camp
2024
Actor: Mary
TV
Monsieur Spade
2024
Actor: Virginia Dell
The Book of Clarence
2024
Actor: Mother Mary
Weathering
2023
Actor: Mum
Space Oddity
2023
Actor: Dr. Olsen
TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Actor: Mimi (voice)
TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Actor
The Gray Man
2022
Actor: Margaret Cahill
Fatherhood
2021
Actor: Marian
TV
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020
Actor
TV
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Actor: Lilly Sloane (voic…
Clemency
2019
Actor: Warden Bernadine W…Executive Producer
TV
See
2019
Actor: Paris
The Lion King
2019
Actor: Sarabi (voice)
Juanita
2019
Actor: Juanita
Saint Judy
2018
Actor: Judge Benton
Burning Sands
2017
Actor: Professor Hughes
TV
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
Actor: Aunt Josephine
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Actor
TV
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Actor: Mariah Dillard
So B. It
2016
Actor: Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War
2016
Actor: Miriam
Mississippi Grind
2015
Actor: Sam
TV
Empire
2015
Actor: Renee
TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Actor
TV
State of Affairs
2014
Actor: President Constanc…
Annabelle
2014
Actor: Evelyn
TV
The Last Ship
2014
Actor: Amy Granderson
12 Years a Slave
2013
Actor: Mistress Shaw
Steel Magnolias
2012
Actor: Ouiser
TV
Memphis Beat
2010
Actor: Lieutenant Tanya R…
TV
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Actor
Black Panther
2010
Actor: Dondi Reece
TV
Black Panther
2010
Actor: Dondi Reece (voice…
TV
Three Rivers
2009
Actor: Dr. Sophia Jordan
TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Actor: Self - Guest
TV
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
Actor: Mavis Heller
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Actor: Alice Pratt
TV
True Blood
2008
Actor: Ruby Jean Reynolds
American Violet
2008
Actor: Alma Roberts
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
Actor: Edna Reilly
TV
Private Practice
2007
Actor: Dee Bennett
TV
Class of 3000
2006
Actor
TV
Rachael Ray
2006
Actor: Self - Guest
TV
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Actor: Self - Guest
Take the Lead
2006
Actor: Augustine James
Something New
2006
Actor: Joyce McQueen
Beauty Shop
2005
Actor: Ms. Josephine
TV
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Actor: Justine Campbell
TV
Desperate Housewives
2004
Actor: Betty Applewhite
The Forgotten
2004
Actor: Det. Anne Pope
Radio
2003
Actor: Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
2003
Actor: Chief of Staff
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
Actor: Mrs. Whatsit
The Core
2003
Actor: Stickley
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Actor: Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Actor
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Actor: Akela (Cheetah Mot…
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Actor
K-PAX
2001
Actor: Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Actor: Medicine Woman (vo…
Disney's American Legends
2001
Actor
Holiday Heart
2000
Actor: Wanda Dean
Lost Souls
2000
Actor: Dr. Allen
TV
Static Shock
2000
Actor: Jean Hawkins (voic…
John Henry
2000
Actor: Polly / Narrator (…
Dinosaur
2000
Actor: Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
2000
Actor: Camille Wright
What's Cooking?
2000
Actor: Audrey Williams
Mumford
1999
Actor: Lily
Funny Valentines
1999
Actor: Joyce May
Down in the Delta
1998
Actor: Loretta Sinclair
TV
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Actor: Medicine Woman (vo…
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
Actor: Maisie (voice)
TV
The Practice
1997
Actor: Denise Freeman
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
Actor: Eunice Evers, R.N.
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Actor: Lily Sloane
TV
The Daily Show
1996
Actor
Primal Fear
1996
Actor: Shoat
TV
Gulliver's Travels
1996
Actor: Queen of Brobdingn…
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Actor: Marianna
TV
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Actor: Winsome (voice)
The Piano Lesson
1995
Actor: Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
1994
Actor: Carolyn Carmichael
Blue Chips
1994
Actor: Lavada McRae
Bopha!
1993
Actor: Rosie Mangena
TV
Frasier
1993
Actor: Edna (voice)
Heart and Souls
1993
Actor: Penny Washington
TV
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Actor: Dr. Roxanne Turner
Passion Fish
1992
Actor: Chantelle
Rich in Love
1992
Actor: Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Actor: Ann
TV
HBO First Look
1992
Actor
Grand Canyon
1991
Actor: Jane
Miss Firecracker
1989
Actor: Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
1988
Actor: Grace Cooley
TV
American Experience
1988
Actor: Narrator (voice)
Mandela
1987
Actor: Winnie Mandela
TV
L.A. Law
1986
Actor: Adrianne Moore
Extremities
1986
Actor: Patricia
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
Actor: Esther
Cross Creek
1983
Actor: Geechee
TV
Reading Rainbow
1983
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…
TV
St. Elsewhere
1982
Actor: Roxanne Turner
TV
Tucker's Witch
1982
Actor: Marcia Fulbright
TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Actor: Self - GuestActor: Princess Lovinia
TV
Hill Street Blues
1981
Actor
HealtH
1980
Actor: Sally Benbow
Freedom Road
1979
Actor: Katie
TV
The White Shadow
1978
Actor: Sandra Wilcox
Remember My Name
1978
Actor: Rita
TV
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Actor
TV
The Oscars
1953
Actor
TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Actor: Mrs. Brown