Personal Info
Known Credits
114
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1952-11-08 (73 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known For
Άλφρι Γούνταρντ
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. ...
Acting
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
2019 --
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
2015 --
A Path Appears
| Self
2014 --
Annabelle
| Evelyn
2014 --
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
| Self
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
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 --
Something New
| Joyce McQueen
2006 --
The Water Is Wide
| Mrs. Brown
2005 --
Beauty Shop
| Ms. Josephine
2004 --
The Forgotten
| Det. Anne Pope
2003 --
The Singing Detective
| Chief of Staff
2003 --
Radio
| Principal Daniels
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 Underground Railroad
|
1999 --
The Wishing Tree
| Clara
1998 --
Down in the Delta
| Loretta Sinclair
1997 --
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
| Maisie (voice)
1997 --
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
| Narrator (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 --
Special Report: Journey to Mars
| Tamara O'Neil
1996 --
Primal Fear
| Shoat
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 --
Go Tell It on the Mountain
| Esther
1985 --
Words by Heart
| Claudie Sills
1984 --
Black Hollywood
| Self
1984 --
Sweet Revenge
| Vicki Teague
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