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Alfre Woodard
Actor, ProducerBorn November 8, 1952 (72 years)
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.
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| 2024 | Salem's Lot · as Dr. Cody |
| 2024 | Summer Camp · as Mary |
| 2024 | Monsieur Spade (TV Series) · as Virginia Dell |
| 2023 | The Book of Clarence · as Mother Mary |
| 2023 | Weathering · as Mum |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as Mimi (voice) |
| 2022 | Space Oddity · as Dr. Olsen |
| 2022 | The Gray Man · as Margaret Cahill |
| 2022 | The Porter (TV Series) · as Fay |
| 2021 | Fatherhood · as Marian |
| 2021 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street · as Mary Parrish (voice) |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Lower Decks (TV Series) · as Lilly Sloane (voice) |
| 2020 | No Small Matter · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Clemency · as Warden Bernadine Williams |
| 2019 | See (TV Series) · as Paris |
| 2019 | The Lion King · as Sarabi (voice) |
| 2019 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts · as Hope Hicks |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Juanita · as Juanita |
| 2019 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror · as Evelyn |
| 2018 | Saint Judy · as Judge Benton |
| 2017 | Burning Sands · as Professor Hughes |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV Series) · as Aunt Josephine |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage (TV Series) · as Mariah Dillard |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War · as Miriam |
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind · as Sam |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band · as Mary Lou Williams (voice) |
| 2015 | Knucklehead · as Sheila |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Renee |
| 2014 | State of Affairs (TV Series) · as President Constance Payton |
| 2014 | The Hadza: Last of the First · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Annabelle · as Evelyn |
| 2014 | The Last Ship (TV Series) · as Amy Granderson |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave · as Mistress Shaw |
| 2013 | Miracle Rising: South Africa · as Cast |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias · as Ouiser |
| 2012 | Copper (TV Series) · as Hattie Lemaster |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Tanya Rice |
| 2010 | Black Panther · as Dondi Reece |
| 2010 | Black Panther (TV Series) · as Dondi Reece (voice) |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Three Rivers (TV Series) · as Dr. Sophia Jordan |
| 2008 | AmericanEast · as Angela Jensen |
| 2008 | Medal of Honor · as Narrator |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy (TV Series) · as Mavis Heller |
| 2008 | Reach for Me · as Evelyn |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys · as Alice Pratt |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Ruby Jean Reynolds |
| 2008 | American Violet · as Alma Roberts |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods · as Edna Reilly |
| 2007 | Private Practice (TV Series) · as Dee Bennett |
| 2006 | Class of 3000 (TV Series) |
| 2006 | King Leopold's Ghost · as Ilanga (voice) |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives Special: The More You Know, the Juicier It Gets · as Betty Applewhite |
| 2006 | Take the Lead · as Augustine James |
| 2006 | Something New · as Joyce Mcqueen |
| 2006 | The Water Is Wide · as Mrs. Brown |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy Details · as Betty Applewhite |
| 2005 | Inconceivable (TV Series) · as Dr. Lydia Crawford |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop · as Ms. Josephine |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Justine Campbell |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Betty Applewhite |
| 2004 | The Forgotten · as Det. Anne Pope |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective · as Chief Of Staff |
| 2003 | Radio · as Principal Daniels |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in Time · as Mrs. Whatsit |
| 2003 | The Core · as Stickley |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property · as Narrator |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys · as Akela (cheetah Mother) (voice) |
| 2001 | K-PAX · as Claudia Villars |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie · as Medicine Woman (voice) |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Holiday Heart · as Wanda Dean |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks · as Narrator |
| 2000 | John Henry · as Polly / Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Lost Souls · as Dr. Allen |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power · as Various |
| 2000 | Static Shock (TV Series) · as Jean Hawkins (voice) |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? · as Audrey Williams |
| 2000 | Dinosaur · as Plio (voice) |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball · as Camille Wright |
| 2000 | The Wishing Tree · as Clara |
| 1999 | Mumford · as Lily |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines · as Joyce May |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta · as Loretta Sinclair |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series) · as Medicine Woman (voice) |
| 1997 | Cadillac Desert (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue · as Maisie (voice) |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Denise Freeman |
| 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 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as Harriet Tubman |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars · as Tamara O'neil |
| 1996 | Primal Fear · as Shoat |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV Series) · as Queen Of Brobdingnag |
| 1996 | Follow Me Home · as Evey |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as Marianna |
| 1995 | People's Century: 1900-1999 (TV Series) · as Narrator (us Version) |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Winsome (voice) |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson · as Berniece Charles |
| 1995 | Aliens for Breakfast · as Mrs. Marks |
| 1995 | Aesop's Fables · as Reader |
| 1994 | Crooklyn · as Carolyn Carmichael |
| 1994 | Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad · as Harriet Tubman |
| 1994 | Blue Chips · as Lavada Mcrae |
| 1993 | Bopha! · as Rosie Mangena |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Edna (voice) |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls · as Penny Washington |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) |
| 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 |
| 1991 | Pretty Hattie's Baby · as Hattie |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou · as Jessica Filley |
| 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story · as Mary Thomas |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker · as Popeye Jackson |
| 1988 | Scrooged · as Grace Cooley |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | The Child Saver · as Andrea Crawford |
| 1987 | Mandela · as Winnie Mandela |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes · as Maude Devictor |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Adrianne Moore |
| 1986 | Extremities · as Patricia |
| 1985 | Words by Heart · as Claudie Sills |
| 1985 | Sara (TV Series) · as Rozalyn Dupree |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain · as Esther |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge · as Vicki Teague |
| 1984 | Wonderworks (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor · as Mattie |
| 1983 | Cross Creek · as Geechee |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Dr. Roxanne Turner |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch (TV Series) · as Marcia Fulbright |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders · as Karisha Ellsworth |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents (TV Series) · as Evelyn Evers |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Esther |
| 1980 | Enos (TV Series) · as Darlene |
| 1980 | HealtH · as Sally Benbow |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Freedom Road · as Katie |
| 1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Sandra Wilcox |
| 1978 | Remember My Name · as Rita |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke · as Lucy Smith |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Mrs. Brown |