Alfre Woodard
Born 1952
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…
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The Inquisitor(2025)
as Narration
Salem's Lot(2024)
as Dr. Cody
Summer Camp(2024)
as Mary
The Book of Clarence(2024)
as Mother Mary
Weathering(2023)
as Mum
Space Oddity(2023)
as Dr. Olsen
The Gray Man(2022)
as Margaret Cahill
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color(2021)
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Fatherhood(2021)
as Marian
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street(2021)
as Mary Parrish (voice)
- Film
The Making of Clemency(2020)
as Herself
Clemency(2019)
as Warden Bernadine Williams
The Lion King(2019)
as Sarabi (voice)
No Small Matter(2019)
as Narrator (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts(2019)
Juanita(2019)
as Juanita
Saint Judy(2018)
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands(2017)
as Professor Hughes
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise(2016)
as Self
So B. It(2016)
as Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War(2016)
as Miriam
Mississippi Grind(2015)
as Sam
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band(2015)
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Knucklehead(2015)
as Sheila
Annabelle(2014)In catalog
as Evelyn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn(2014)
as Self
12 Years a Slave(2013)
as Mistress Shaw
- Film
The Door(2013)
as E
Steel Magnolias(2012)
as Ouiser
Black Panther(2010)
as Dondi Reece
Medal of Honor(2008)
as Narrator
Reach for Me(2008)
as Evelyn
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys(2008)
as Alice Pratt
American Violet(2008)
as Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown(2008)
Pictures of Hollis Woods(2007)
as Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty(2007)
as Self - Narrator
King Leopold's Ghost(2006)
as Ilanga (voice)
Take the Lead(2006)
as Augustine James
Something New(2006)
as Joyce McQueen
The Water Is Wide(2006)
as Mrs. Brown
Beauty Shop(2005)
as Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten(2004)
as Det. Anne Pope
Radio(2003)
as Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective(2003)
as Chief of Staff
A Wrinkle in Time(2003)
as Mrs. Whatsit
The Core(2003)
as Stickley
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property(2003)
as Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives(2003)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie(2002)
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger(2002)
as Self
K-PAX(2001)
as Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie(2001)
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Disney's American Legends(2001)
Holiday Heart(2000)
as Wanda Dean
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks(2000)
as Narrator
Lost Souls(2000)
as Dr. Allen
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story(2000)
as Mary Parrish (voice)
John Henry(2000)
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
Dinosaur(2000)
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball(2000)
as Camille Wright
What's Cooking?(2000)
as Audrey Williams
Eleanor Roosevelt(2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Mumford(1999)
as Lily
Funny Valentines(1999)
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree(1999)
as Clara
The Underground Railroad(1999)
Down in the Delta(1998)
as Loretta Sinclair
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa(1997)
as Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue(1997)
as Maisie (voice)
Follow Me Home(1997)
as Evey
Miss Evers' Boys(1997)
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
- Film
The Member of the Wedding(1997)
as Berenice Sadie Brown
Star Trek: First Contact(1996)
as Lily Sloane
A Step Toward Tomorrow(1996)
as Dr. Sadlin
Primal Fear(1996)
as Shoat
Special Report: Journey to Mars(1996)
as Tamara O'Neil
How to Make an American Quilt(1995)
as Marianna
The Piano Lesson(1995)
as Berniece Charles
Crooklyn(1994)
as Carolyn Carmichael
Aliens for Breakfast(1994)
as Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips(1994)
as Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain(1994)
as Narrator
Bopha!(1993)
as Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls(1993)
as Penny Washington
Passion Fish(1992)
as Chantelle
Rich in Love(1992)
as Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag(1992)
as Ann
Grand Canyon(1991)
as Jane
Blue Bayou(1990)
as Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story(1989)
as Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker(1989)
as Popeye Jackson
Scrooged(1988)
as Grace Cooley
The Child Saver(1988)
as Andrea Crawford
Mandela(1987)
as Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes(1986)
as Maude DeVictor
L.A. Law: Pilot(1986)
as Adrianne Moore
Extremities(1986)
as Patricia
Puss in Boots(1985)
as Princess Lovinia
Words by Heart(1985)
as Claudie Sills
Black Hollywood(1984)
as Self
Sweet Revenge(1984)
as Vicki Teague
Go Tell It on the Mountain(1984)
as Esther
The Killing Floor(1984)
as Mattie
Cross Creek(1983)
as Geechee
Precious Blood(1982)
as Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf(1982)
as Woman who lost her stuff
The Ambush Murders(1982)
as Karisha Ellsworth
HealtH(1980)
as Sally Benbow
Freedom Road(1979)
as Katie
The Trial of the Moke(1978)
as Lucy Smith
Remember My Name(1978)
as Rita
- Film
2034
- Film
The Thing That Hurts
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
as Self
- Film
Pockets of Heaven
- Film
Hate to See You Go
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