Alfre Woodard

Known for: Acting
Born: November 8, 1952, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Movies: 112

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.

Upcoming Alfre Woodard Movies

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Captain America: Civil War

2016

7.9

12 Years a Slave

2013

7.1

The Lion King

2019

5.8

Annabelle

2014

6.9

The Gray Man

2022

7.7

Primal Fear

1996

7.2

K-PAX

2001

6.6

Dinosaur

2000

5.9

The Core

2003

7.3

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

Filmography

2025	The Inquisitor	Narration
2024	Salem's Lot	Dr. Cody
2024	Summer Camp	Mary
2024	The Book of Clarence	Mother Mary
2023	Weathering	Mum
2023	Space Oddity	Dr. Olsen
2022	The Gray Man	Margaret Cahill
2021	Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color	Alma Thomas (voice)
2021	Fatherhood	Marian
2021	Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street	Mary Parrish (voice)
2020	The Making of Clemency	Herself
2019	Clemency	Warden Bernadine Williams
2019	The Lion King	Sarabi (voice)
2019	No Small Matter	Narrator (voice)
2019	The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019	Juanita	Juanita
2018	Saint Judy	Judge Benton
2017	Burning Sands	Professor Hughes
2016	Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise	Self
2016	So B. It	Bernadette
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Miriam
2015	Mississippi Grind	Sam
2015	Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band	Mary Lou Williams (voice)
2015	Knucklehead	Sheila
2014	Annabelle	Evelyn
2014	Nelson Mandela Redrawn	Self
2013	12 Years a Slave	Mistress Shaw
2013	The Door	E
2012	Steel Magnolias	Ouiser
2010	Black Panther	Dondi Reece
2008	Medal of Honor	Narrator
2008	Reach for Me	Evelyn
2008	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys	Alice Pratt
2008	American Violet	Alma Roberts
2008	Henry Box Brown
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Edna Reilly
2007	Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty	Self - Narrator
2006	King Leopold's Ghost	Ilanga (voice)
2006	Take the Lead	Augustine James
2006	The Water Is Wide	Mrs. Brown
2006	Something New	Joyce McQueen
2005	Beauty Shop	Ms. Josephine
2004	The Forgotten	Det. Anne Pope
2003	Radio	Principal Daniels
2003	The Singing Detective	Chief of Staff
2003	A Wrinkle in Time	Mrs. Whatsit
2003	The Core	Stickley
2003	Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	Narrator
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Self
2001	K-PAX	Claudia Villars
2001	The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie	Medicine Woman (voice)
2001	Disney's American Legends
2000	Holiday Heart	Wanda Dean
2000	Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks	Narrator
2000	Lost Souls	Dr. Allen
2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story	Mary Parrish (voice)
2000	John Henry	Polly / Narrator (voice)
2000	Dinosaur	Plio (voice)
2000	Love & Basketball	Camille Wright
2000	What's Cooking?	Audrey Williams
2000	Eleanor Roosevelt	Narrator (voice)
1999	Mumford	Lily
1999	Funny Valentines	Joyce May
1999	The Wishing Tree	Clara
1999	The Underground Railroad
1998	Down in the Delta	Loretta Sinclair
1997	Seven Candles For Kwanzaa	Narrator
1997	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	Maisie (voice)
1997	Follow Me Home	Evey
1997	Miss Evers' Boys	Eunice Evers, R.N.
1997	The Member of the Wedding	Berenice Sadie Brown
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Lily Sloane
1996	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Dr. Sadlin
1996	Primal Fear	Shoat
1996	Special Report: Journey to Mars	Tamara O'Neil
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Marianna
1995	The Piano Lesson	Berniece Charles
1994	Crooklyn	Carolyn Carmichael
1994	Aliens for Breakfast	Mrs. Marks
1994	Blue Chips	Lavada McRae
1994	Malcolm X: Make It Plain	Narrator
1993	Bopha!	Rosie Mangena
1993	Heart and Souls	Penny Washington
1992	Passion Fish	Chantelle
1992	Rich in Love	Rhody Poole
1992	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Ann
1991	Grand Canyon	Jane
1990	Blue Bayou	Jessica Filley
1989	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Mary Thomas
1989	Miss Firecracker	Popeye Jackson
1988	Scrooged	Grace Cooley
1988	The Child Saver	Andrea Crawford
1987	Mandela	Winnie Mandela
1986	Unnatural Causes	Maude DeVictor
1986	L.A. Law: Pilot	Adrianne Moore
1986	Extremities	Patricia
1985	Puss in Boots	Princess Lovinia
1985	Words by Heart	Claudie Sills
1984	Black Hollywood	Self
1984	Sweet Revenge	Vicki Teague
1984	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Esther
1984	The Killing Floor	Mattie
1983	Cross Creek	Geechee
1982	Precious Blood	Narrator
1982	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf	Woman who lost her stuff
1982	The Ambush Murders	Karisha Ellsworth
1980	HealtH	Sally Benbow
1979	Freedom Road	Katie
1978	The Trial of the Moke	Lucy Smith
1978	Remember My Name	Rita

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