Alfre Woodard
Known for acting · Born 8 November 1952 · 73 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
176 credits
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.
Known for
Dinosaur
2000
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Lion King
2019
See
2019
Fatherhood
2021
Annabelle
2014
Radio
2003
Primal Fear
1996
K-PAX
2001
Heart and Souls
1993
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Acting (173)
2026The BoroughsJudy Daniels · 8 episodesSeries
2025The Last FrontierJacqueline Bradford · 10 episodesSeries
2025Number One on the Call SheetSelfSeries
2025The InquisitorNarrationFilm
2024Salem's LotDr. CodyFilm
2024The Book of ClarenceMother MaryFilm
2024Monsieur SpadeVirginia DellSeries
2024Summer CampMaryFilm
2023Space OddityDr. OlsenFilm
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMimi (voice) · 40 episodesSeries
2023WeatheringMumFilm
2022The Gray ManMargaret CahillFilm
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2021FatherhoodMarianFilm
2021Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall StreetMary Parrish (voice)Film
2021Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in ColorAlma Thomas (voice)Film
2020Star Trek: Lower DecksLilly Sloane (voice)Series
2020The Making of ClemencyHerselfFilm
2020The Sunday Show with Jonathan CapehartSelfSeries
2019The Lion KingSarabi (voice)Film
2019SeeParis · 16 episodesSeries
2019ClemencyWarden Bernadine WilliamsFilm
2019JuanitaJuanitaFilm
2019The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin RobertsFilm
2019No Small MatterNarrator (voice)Film
2018Saint JudyJudge BentonFilm
2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsAunt Josephine · 3 episodesSeries
2017Burning SandsProfessor HughesFilm
2016Captain America: Civil WarMiriamFilm
2016Marvel's Luke CageMariah Dillard · 26 episodesSeries
2016So B. ItBernadetteFilm
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelfFilm
2015EmpireRenee · 4 episodesSeries
2015Mississippi GrindSamFilm
2015Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the BandMary Lou Williams (voice)Film
2015KnuckleheadSheilaFilm
2014AnnabelleEvelynFilm
2014The Last ShipAmy Granderson · 3 episodesSeries
2014State of AffairsPresident Constance Payton · 13 episodesSeries
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelfSeries
2014Nelson Mandela RedrawnSelfFilm
201312 Years a SlaveMistress ShawFilm
2013The DoorEFilm
2012Steel MagnoliasOuiserFilm
2011Women, War & PeaceNarrator (voice)Series
2010Black PantherDondi ReeceFilm
2010Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2010Black PantherDondi Reece (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2010Memphis BeatLieutenant Tanya Rice · 20 episodesSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2009Three RiversDr. Sophia Jordan · 13 episodesSeries
2008True BloodRuby Jean Reynolds · 5 episodesSeries
2008Tyler Perry's The Family That PreysAlice PrattFilm
2008American VioletAlma RobertsFilm
2008My Own Worst EnemyMavis Heller · 9 episodesSeries
2008Reach for MeEvelynFilm
2008Medal of HonorNarratorFilm
2008Henry Box BrownFilm
2007Private PracticeDee BennettSeries
2007Pictures of Hollis WoodsEdna ReillyFilm
2007Nefertiti and the Lost DynastySelf - NarratorFilm
2006Take the LeadAugustine JamesFilm
2006Something NewJoyce McQueenFilm
2006Rachael RaySelf - GuestSeries
2006Class of 3000Series
2006The Water Is WideMrs. BrownFilm
2006King Leopold's GhostIlanga (voice)Film
2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2005Grey's AnatomyJustine CampbellSeries
2005Beauty ShopMs. JosephineFilm
2005InconceivableDr. Lydia Crawford · 2 episodesSeries
2004Desperate HousewivesBetty Applewhite · 25 episodesSeries
2004The ForgottenDet. Anne PopeFilm
2003The CoreStickleyFilm
2003RadioPrincipal DanielsFilm
2003The Singing DetectiveChief of StaffFilm
2003A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. WhatsitFilm
2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyNarratorFilm
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesFilm
2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieAkela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)Film
2002Searching for Debra WingerSelfFilm
2001K-PAXClaudia VillarsFilm
2001Disney's American LegendsFilm
2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieMedicine Woman (voice)Film
2000DinosaurPlio (voice)Film
2000Love & BasketballCamille WrightFilm
2000Static ShockJean Hawkins (voice)Series
2000Lost SoulsDr. AllenFilm
2000John HenryPolly / Narrator (voice)Film
2000What's Cooking?Audrey WilliamsFilm
2000Holiday HeartWanda DeanFilm
2000Eleanor RooseveltNarrator (voice)Film
2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon ParksNarratorFilm
2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryMary Parrish (voice)Film
1999MumfordLilyFilm
1999Funny ValentinesJoyce MayFilm
1999The Wishing TreeClaraFilm
1999The Underground RailroadFilm
1998The Wild ThornberrysMedicine Woman (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1998Down in the DeltaLoretta SinclairFilm
1997The PracticeDenise Freeman · 2 episodesSeries
1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueMaisie (voice)Film
1997Miss Evers' BoysEunice Evers, R.N.Film
1997Follow Me HomeEveyFilm
1997The Member of the WeddingBerenice Sadie BrownFilm
1997Seven Candles For KwanzaaNarratorFilm
1997Cadillac DesertNarrator (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
1996Primal FearShoatFilm
1996Star Trek: First ContactLily SloaneFilm
1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
1996Gulliver's TravelsQueen of Brobdingnag · 2 episodesSeries
1996A Step Toward TomorrowDr. SadlinFilm
1996Special Report: Journey to MarsTamara O'NeilFilm
1995How to Make an American QuiltMariannaFilm
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildWinsome (voice)Series
1995The Piano LessonBerniece CharlesFilm
1994Blue ChipsLavada McRaeFilm
1994CrooklynCarolyn CarmichaelFilm
1994Aliens for BreakfastMrs. MarksFilm
1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainNarratorFilm
1993FrasierEdna (voice)Series
1993Heart and SoulsPenny WashingtonFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDr. Roxanne TurnerSeries
1993Bopha!Rosie MangenaFilm
1992Passion FishChantelleFilm
1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagAnnFilm
1992Rich in LoveRhody PooleFilm
1992HBO First LookSelfSeries
1991Grand CanyonJaneFilm
1990Blue BayouJessica FilleyFilm
1989Miss FirecrackerPopeye JacksonFilm
1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryMary ThomasFilm
1988ScroogedGrace CooleyFilm
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1988The Child SaverAndrea CrawfordFilm
1987MandelaWinnie MandelaFilm
1986ExtremitiesPatriciaFilm
1986L.A. LawAdrianne MooreSeries
1986Unnatural CausesMaude DeVictorFilm
1986L.A. Law: PilotAdrianne MooreFilm
1985SaraRozalyn Dupree · 13 episodesSeries
1985Words by HeartClaudie SillsFilm
1985Puss in BootsPrincess LoviniaFilm
1984Go Tell It on the MountainEstherFilm
1984Sweet RevengeVicki TeagueFilm
1984The Killing FloorMattieFilm
1984Black HollywoodSelfFilm
1984WonderWorksClaudie Sills · 2 episodesSeries
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1983Cross CreekGeecheeFilm
1982St. ElsewhereRoxanne Turner · 17 episodesSeries
1982Faerie Tale TheatreSelf - Guest, Princess LoviniaSeries
1982American PlayhouseWoman who lost her stuff, Mattie, EstherSeries
1982Tucker's WitchMarcia Fulbright · 12 episodesSeries
1982The Ambush MurdersKarisha EllsworthFilm
1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman who lost her stuffFilm
1982Precious BloodNarratorFilm
1981Hill Street Blues · 3 episodesSeries
1981The Sophisticated GentsEvelyn Evers · 3 episodesSeries
1980HealtHSally BenbowFilm
1980Palmerstown, U.S.A.Series
1979Freedom RoadKatieFilm
1978Remember My NameRitaFilm
1978The White ShadowSandra WilcoxSeries
1978The Trial of the MokeLucy SmithFilm
1977What Really Happened to the Class of '65?Series
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMrs. BrownSeries
—Hate to See You GoFilm
—Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”SelfFilm
—The Thing That HurtsFilm
—Pockets of HeavenFilm
—2034Film
Production (3)
2022The PorterExecutive ProducerSeries
2019ClemencyExecutive ProducerFilm
2019No Small MatterExecutive ProducerFilm