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Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard
  • Name: Alfre Woodard
  • Birthday: 1952-11-08
  • Also known as: Άλφρι Γούνταρντ
  • Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • Popularity: 10.816
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.

Movies:

Title Release date
Salem's Lot   as  Dr. Cody 2024-10-03
Summer Camp   as  Mary 2024-05-31
The Book of Clarence   as  Mother Mary 2024-01-11
Weathering   as  Mum 2023-04-07
Space Oddity   as  Dr. Olsen 2023-03-31
The Gray Man   as  Margaret Cahill 2022-07-13
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color   as  Alma Thomas (voice) 2021-07-15
Fatherhood   as  Marian 2021-06-18
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street   as  Mary Parrish (voice) 2021-05-31
The Making of Clemency   as  Herself 2020-03-24
Clemency   as  Warden Bernadine Williams 2019-12-27
The Lion King   as  Sarabi (voice) 2019-07-12
No Small Matter   as  Narrator (voice) 2019-06-21
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts 2019-06-02
Juanita   as  Juanita 2019-03-08
Saint Judy   as  Judge Benton 2019-03-01
Burning Sands   as  Professor Hughes 2017-01-24
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise   as  Self 2016-10-14
So B. It   as  Bernadette 2016-06-07
Captain America: Civil War   as  Miriam 2016-04-27
Mississippi Grind   as  Sam 2015-07-04
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band   as  Mary Lou Williams (voice) 2015-04-01
Knucklehead   as  Sheila 2015-02-01
A Path Appears   as  Self 2015-01-26
Annabelle   as  Evelyn 2014-10-02
Nelson Mandela Redrawn   as  Self 2014-07-18
And the Oscar Goes To...   as  Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
12 Years a Slave   as  Mistress Shaw 2013-10-18
The Door   as  E 2013-07-02
Steel Magnolias   as  Ouiser 2012-10-07
Black Panther   as  Dondi Reece 2010-01-18
Medal of Honor   as  Narrator 2008-11-05
Reach for Me   as  Evelyn 2008-10-01
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys   as  Alice Pratt 2008-09-12
American Violet   as  Alma Roberts 2008-08-28
Henry Box Brown 2008-02-01
Pictures of Hollis Woods   as  Edna Reilly 2007-12-02
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty   as  Self - Narrator 2007-07-16
King Leopold's Ghost   as  Ilanga (voice) 2006-05-28
Take the Lead   as  Augustine James 2006-03-17
Something New   as  Joyce McQueen 2006-01-29
The Water Is Wide   as  Mrs. Brown 2006-01-29
Beauty Shop   as  Ms. Josephine 2005-04-22
The Forgotten   as  Det. Anne Pope 2004-09-24
Radio   as  Principal Daniels 2003-10-24
The Singing Detective   as  Chief of Staff 2003-10-24
A Wrinkle in Time   as  Mrs. Whatsit 2003-04-25
The Core   as  Stickley 2003-03-28
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property   as  Narrator 2003-02-16
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003-02-10
The Wild Thornberrys Movie   as  Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) 2002-12-20
Searching for Debra Winger   as  Self 2002-07-13
K-PAX   as  Claudia Villars 2001-10-26
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie   as  Medicine Woman (voice) 2001-08-18
Disney's American Legends 2001-02-12
Holiday Heart   as  Wanda Dean 2000-12-10
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks   as  Narrator 2000-11-30
Lost Souls   as  Dr. Allen 2000-10-13
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story   as  Mary Parrish (voice) 2000-05-31
John Henry   as  Polly / Narrator (voice) 2000-05-27
Dinosaur   as  Plio (voice) 2000-05-19
Love & Basketball   as  Camille Wright 2000-04-21
What's Cooking?   as  Audrey Williams 2000-01-20
Eleanor Roosevelt   as  Narrator (voice) 2000-01-10
Mumford   as  Lily 1999-09-24
Funny Valentines   as  Joyce May 1999-02-14
The Underground Railroad 1999-01-01
The Wishing Tree   as  Clara 1999-01-01
Down in the Delta   as  Loretta Sinclair 1998-12-25
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue   as  Maisie (voice) 1997-11-01
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature   as  Narrator (voice) 1997-06-24
Follow Me Home   as  Evey 1997-02-28
Miss Evers' Boys   as  Eunice Evers, R.N. 1997-02-22
The Member of the Wedding   as  Berenice Sadie Brown 1997-01-29
Star Trek: First Contact   as  Lily Sloane 1996-11-22
A Step Toward Tomorrow   as  Dr. Sadlin 1996-11-10
Special Report: Journey to Mars   as  Tamara O'Neil 1996-03-25
Primal Fear   as  Shoat 1996-03-06
How to Make an American Quilt   as  Marianna 1995-10-06
The Piano Lesson   as  Berniece Charles 1995-02-05
Crooklyn   as  Carolyn Carmichael 1994-05-13
Aliens for Breakfast   as  Mrs. Marks 1994-04-02
Blue Chips   as  Lavada McRae 1994-02-18
Malcolm X: Make It Plain   as  Narrator 1994-01-26
Bopha!   as  Rosie Mangena 1993-09-16
Heart and Souls   as  Penny Washington 1993-08-13
Passion Fish   as  Chantelle 1992-12-11
Rich in Love   as  Rhody Poole 1992-09-04
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag   as  Ann 1992-08-21
Grand Canyon   as  Jane 1991-12-25
Blue Bayou   as  Jessica Filley 1990-01-15
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story   as  Mary Thomas 1989-12-03
Miss Firecracker   as  Popeye Jackson 1989-04-28
Scrooged   as  Grace Cooley 1988-11-22
The Child Saver   as  Andrea Crawford 1988-01-18
Mandela   as  Winnie Mandela 1987-09-20
Unnatural Causes   as  Maude DeVictor 1986-11-10
L.A. Law: Pilot   as  Adrianne Moore 1986-09-15
Extremities   as  Patricia 1986-08-22
Puss in Boots   as  Princess Lovinia 1985-09-09
Go Tell It on the Mountain   as  Esther 1985-01-14
Words by Heart   as  Claudie Sills 1985-01-01
Black Hollywood   as  Self 1984-11-28
Sweet Revenge   as  Vicki Teague 1984-10-31
The Killing Floor   as  Mattie 1984-04-10
Cross Creek   as  Geechee 1983-09-21
Precious Blood   as  Narrator 1982-03-09
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf   as  Woman who lost her stuff 1982-02-23
The Ambush Murders   as  Karisha Ellsworth 1982-01-05
HealtH   as  Sally Benbow 1980-09-12
Freedom Road   as  Katie 1979-10-29
The Trial of the Moke   as  Lucy Smith 1978-05-03
Remember My Name   as  Rita 1978-02-10