People
Alfre Woodard
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 |
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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 |