Acting

Alfre Woodard

Born 1952-11-08 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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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The Boroughs
as Judy Daniels
2026
The Last Frontier
as Jacqueline Bradford
2025
The Inquisitor
as Narration
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
2024
Summer Camp
as Mary
2024
Monsieur Spade
as Virginia Dell
2024
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
2024
Weathering
as Mum
2023
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Mimi (voice)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2022
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
2022
The Porter
Executive Producer
2022
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
2021
Fatherhood
as Marian
2021
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
2021
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
as Self
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Lilly Sloane (voice)
2020
The Making of Clemency
as Herself
2020
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
2019
Clemency
Executive Producer
2019
See
as Paris
2019
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
2019
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
2019
No Small Matter
Executive Producer
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Juanita
as Juanita
2019
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
2018
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Aunt Josephine
2017
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Mariah Dillard
2016
So B. It
as Bernadette
2016
Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam
2016
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
2015
Knucklehead
as Sheila
2015
Empire
as Renee
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
State of Affairs
as President Constance Payton
2014
Annabelle
as Evelyn
2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
2014
The Last Ship
as Amy Granderson
2014
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
2013
The Door
as E
2013
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
2012
Women, War & Peace
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Memphis Beat
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece
2010
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece (voice)
2010
Three Rivers
as Dr. Sophia Jordan
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
2008
My Own Worst Enemy
as Mavis Heller
2008
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
2008
True Blood
as Ruby Jean Reynolds
2008
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
2008
Henry Box Brown
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
2007
Private Practice
as Dee Bennett
2007
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
2007
Class of 3000
2006
Rachael Ray
as Self - Guest
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
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
2006
Inconceivable
as Dr. Lydia Crawford
2005
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Justine Campbell
2005
Desperate Housewives
as Betty Applewhite
2004
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
2004
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