Alfre Woodard
Actor · ProducerAlfre 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.
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The Inquisitor
2025
Narration
Summer Camp
2024
Mary
The Book of Clarence
2024
Mother Mary
Salem's Lot
2024
Dr. Cody
Weathering
2023
Mum
Space Oddity
2023
Dr. Olsen
The Gray Man
2022
Margaret Cahill
Fatherhood
2021
Marian
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
Alma Thomas (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
Mary Parrish (voice)
- The Making of Clemency
The Making of Clemency
2020
Herself
The Lion King
2019
Sarabi (voice)
Clemency
2019
Warden Bernadine Williams
Juanita
2019
Juanita
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
No Small Matter
2019
Narrator (voice)
Saint Judy
2018
Judge Benton
Burning Sands
2017
Professor Hughes
So B. It
2016
Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War
2016
Miriam
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Self
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Mississippi Grind
2015
Sam
Knucklehead
2015
Sheila
A Path Appears
2015
Self
Annabelle
2014
Evelyn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
Self
12 Years a Slave
2013
Mistress Shaw
- The Door
The Door
2013
E
Steel Magnolias
2012
Ouiser
Black Panther
2010
Dondi Reece
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Alice Pratt
Reach for Me
2008
Evelyn
Medal of Honor
2008
Narrator
American Violet
2008
Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
Self - Narrator
Take the Lead
2006
Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
2006
Mrs. Brown
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
Ilanga (voice)
Something New
2006
Joyce McQueen
Beauty Shop
2005
Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten
2004
Det. Anne Pope
The Core
2003
Stickley
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
Mrs. Whatsit
Radio
2003
Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
2003
Chief of Staff
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Self
K-PAX
2001
Claudia Villars
Disney's American Legends
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Medicine Woman (voice)
Dinosaur
2000
Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
2000
Camille Wright
Holiday Heart
2000
Wanda Dean
Lost Souls
2000
Dr. Allen
What's Cooking?
2000
Audrey Williams
John Henry
2000
Polly / Narrator (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Mary Parrish (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
Narrator (voice)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
Narrator
Mumford
1999
Lily
Funny Valentines
1999
Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
1999
Clara
The Underground Railroad
1999
Down in the Delta
1998
Loretta Sinclair
Follow Me Home
1997
Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
Eunice Evers, R.N.
- The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding
1997
Berenice Sadie Brown
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
Maisie (voice)
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
1997
Narrator
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Lily Sloane
Primal Fear
1996
Shoat
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
Dr. Sadlin
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
Tamara O'Neil
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Marianna
The Piano Lesson
1995
Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
1994
Carolyn Carmichael
Blue Chips
1994
Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Narrator
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
Mrs. Marks
Bopha!
1993
Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls
1993
Penny Washington
Passion Fish
1992
Chantelle
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Ann
Rich in Love
1992
Rhody Poole
Grand Canyon
1991
Jane
Blue Bayou
1990
Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
1989
Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
1988
Grace Cooley
The Child Saver
1988
Andrea Crawford
Mandela
1987
Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
1986
Maude DeVictor
Extremities
1986
Patricia
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
Adrianne Moore
Words by Heart
1985
Claudie Sills
Puss in Boots
1985
Princess Lovinia
Sweet Revenge
1984
Vicki Teague
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
Esther
The Killing Floor
1984
Mattie
Black Hollywood
1984
Self
Cross Creek
1983
Geechee
The Ambush Murders
1982
Karisha Ellsworth
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
Woman who lost her stuff
Precious Blood
1982
Narrator
HealtH
1980
Sally Benbow
Freedom Road
1979
Katie
Remember My Name
1978
Rita
The Trial of the Moke
1978
Lucy Smith
- Hate to See You Go
Hate to See You Go
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Self
- The Thing That Hurts
The Thing That Hurts
- Pockets of Heaven
Pockets of Heaven
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2034
