Alfre Woodard
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
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell
The Last Frontier
Jacqueline Bradford
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite
Frasier
Edna (voice)
See
Paris
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds
The Practice
Denise Freeman
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore
Empire
Renee
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lilly Sloane (voice)
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
Hill Street Blues
Homicide: Life on the Street
Private Practice
Dee Bennett
12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
Annabelle
Evelyn
St. Elsewhere
Roxanne Turner
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alice Pratt
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Lovinia
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Tamara O'Neil
Marvel's Luke Cage
Mariah Dillard
The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice)
Primal Fear
Shoat
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman who lost her stuff
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
Dinosaur
Plio (voice)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
The Oscars
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice)
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
HBO First Look
Self
Hate to See You Go
WonderWorks
Claudie Sills
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mimi (voice)
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Maisie (voice)
Summer Camp
Mary
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Narrator
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self - Narrator
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
The Core
Stickley
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Self
Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane
Radio
Principal Daniels
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean
The Killing Floor
Mattie
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
A Path Appears
Self
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag
The Forgotten
Det. Anne Pope
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
Fatherhood
Marian
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
Take the Lead
Augustine James
Weathering
Mum
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Class of 3000
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright
HealtH
Sally Benbow
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
Monsieur Spade
Virginia Dell
Reach for Me
Evelyn
Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine
Lost Souls
Dr. Allen
Three Rivers
Dr. Sophia Jordan
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
The Door
E
Memphis Beat
Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Love & Basketball
Camille Wright
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Grand Canyon
Jane
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser
My Own Worst Enemy
Mavis Heller
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
Self
Extremities
Patricia
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
The Singing Detective
Chief of Staff
Something New
Joyce McQueen
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit
John Henry
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree
Mumford
Lily
Cross Creek
Geechee
What's Cooking?
Audrey Williams
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
Saint Judy
Judge Benton
No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown
Disney's American Legends
Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
Juanita
Juanita
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
Black Panther
Dondi Reece (voice)
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
Precious Blood
Narrator
Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
Mississippi Grind
Sam
American Violet
Alma Roberts
Passion Fish
Chantelle
The Boroughs
Judy
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
Remember My Name
Rita
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Knucklehead
Sheila
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
The Making of Clemency
Herself
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
The Ambush Murders
Karisha Ellsworth
The Inquisitor
Self
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Narrator
Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrator (voice)
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Dr. Sadlin
Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
So B. It
Bernadette
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
Follow Me Home
Evey
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
State of Affairs
President Constance Payton
Black Panther
Dondi Reece
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
The Wishing Tree
Clara
Freedom Road
Katie
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Edna Reilly
Medal of Honor
Narrator
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Narrator
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Mary Parrish (voice)
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
The Underground Railroad
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Narrator (voice)
Black Hollywood
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Henry Box Brown
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
Rachael Ray
Self