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Alfre Woodard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

08/11/1952

Age

74 years old

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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 fil... Read More

Known For

The Inquisitor

Salem's Lot

Summer Camp

The Book of Clarence

Weathering

Space Oddity

The Gray Man

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

Fatherhood

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Inquisitor

as Self

2024

Salem's Lot

as Dr. Cody

2024

Summer Camp

as Mary

2024

The Book of Clarence

as Mother Mary

2023

Weathering

as Mum

2023

Space Oddity

as Dr. Olsen

2022

The Gray Man

as Margaret Cahill

2021

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

as Alma Thomas (voice)

2021

Fatherhood

as Marian

2021

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Str...

as Mary Parrish (voice)

2020

The Making of Clemency

as Herself

2019

Clemency

as Warden Bernadine Williams

2019

The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

2019

No Small Matter

as Narrator (voice)

2019

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Ton...

2019

Juanita

as Juanita

2019

Saint Judy

as Judge Benton

2017

Burning Sands

as Professor Hughes

2016

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

2016

So B. It

as Bernadette

2016

Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

2015

Mississippi Grind

as Sam

2015

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings t...

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

2015

Knucklehead

as Sheila

2015

A Path Appears

as Self

2014

Annabelle

as Evelyn

2014

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

2013

12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

2013

The Door

as E

2012

Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser

2010

Black Panther

as Dondi Reece

2008

Medal of Honor

as Narrator

2008

Reach for Me

as Evelyn

2008

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

2008

American Violet

as Alma Roberts

2008

Henry Box Brown

2007

Pictures of Hollis Woods

as Edna Reilly

2007

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

as Self - Narrator

2006

King Leopold's Ghost

as Ilanga (voice)

2006

Take the Lead

as Augustine James

2006

The Water Is Wide

as Mrs. Brown

2006

Something New

as Joyce McQueen

2005

Beauty Shop

as Ms. Josephine

2004

The Forgotten

as Det. Anne Pope

2003

Radio

as Principal Daniels

2003

The Singing Detective

as Chief of Staff

2003

A Wrinkle in Time

as Mrs. Whatsit

2003

The Core

as Stickley

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Narrator

2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Sl...

2002

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

2002

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

2001

K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

2001

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donn...

as Medicine Woman (voice)

2001

Disney's American Legends

2000

Holiday Heart

as Wanda Dean

2000

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of ...

as Narrator

2000

Lost Souls

as Dr. Allen

2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Sto...

as Mary Parrish (voice)

2000

John Henry

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

2000

Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

2000

Love & Basketball

as Camille Wright

2000

What's Cooking?

as Audrey Williams

2000

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Mumford

as Lily

1999

Funny Valentines

as Joyce May

1999

The Wishing Tree

as Clara

1999

The Underground Railroad

1998

Down in the Delta

as Loretta Sinclair

1997

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

as Narrator

1997

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Maisie (voice)

1997

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transform...

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Follow Me Home

as Evey

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

1997

The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown

1996

Star Trek: First Contact

as Lily Sloane

1996

A Step Toward Tomorrow

as Dr. Sadlin

1996

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Tamara O'Neil

1996

Primal Fear

as Shoat

1995

How to Make an American Quilt

as Marianna

1995

The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

1994

Crooklyn

as Carolyn Carmichael

1994

Aliens for Breakfast

as Mrs. Marks

1994

Blue Chips

as Lavada McRae

1994

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Narrator

1993

Bopha!

as Rosie Mangena

1993

Heart and Souls

as Penny Washington

1992

Passion Fish

as Chantelle

1992

Rich in Love

as Rhody Poole

1992

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Ann

1991

Grand Canyon

as Jane

1990

Blue Bayou

as Jessica Filley

1989

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Stor...

as Mary Thomas

1989

Miss Firecracker

as Popeye Jackson

1988

Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

1988

The Child Saver

as Andrea Crawford

1987

Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

1986

Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

1986

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Adrianne Moore

1986

Extremities

as Patricia

1985

Puss in Boots

as Princess Lovinia

1985

Words by Heart

as Claudie Sills

1984

Black Hollywood

as Self

1984

Sweet Revenge

as Vicki Teague

1984

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Esther

1984

The Killing Floor

as Mattie

1983

Cross Creek

as Geechee

1982

Precious Blood

as Narrator

1982

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Su...

as Woman who lost her stuff

1982

The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

1980

HealtH

as Sally Benbow

1979

Freedom Road

as Katie

1978

The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

1978

Remember My Name

as Rita

Crew

2019

Clemency

as Executive Producer

2019

No Small Matter

as Executive Producer