Alfre Woodard
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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Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
as Self
The Boroughs
as Judy Daniels
The Last Frontier
as Jacqueline Bradford
The Inquisitor
as Narration
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
Summer Camp
as Mary
Monsieur Spade
as Virginia Dell
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
Weathering
as Mum
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Mimi (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Fatherhood
as Marian
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
as Self
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Lilly Sloane (voice)
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
See
as Paris
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
as Unknown
Juanita
as Juanita
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Aunt Josephine
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Mariah Dillard
So B. It
as Bernadette
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Knucklehead
as Sheila
Empire
as Renee
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
State of Affairs
as President Constance Payton
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
Women, War & Peace
as Narrator (voice)
Memphis Beat
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
Three Rivers
as Dr. Sophia Jordan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
My Own Worst Enemy
as Mavis Heller
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
True Blood
as Ruby Jean Reynolds
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
Henry Box Brown
as Unknown
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
Private Practice
as Dee Bennett
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
Class of 3000
as Unknown
Rachael Ray
as Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
Something New
as Joyce McQueen
Inconceivable
as Dr. Lydia Crawford
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
Grey's Anatomy
as Justine Campbell
Desperate Housewives
as Betty Applewhite
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
Radio
as Principal Daniels
The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
The Core
as Stickley
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Unknown
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Disney's American Legends
as Unknown
Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
as Narrator
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
Static Shock
as Jean Hawkins (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
Mumford
as Lily
Funny Valentines
as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree
as Clara
The Underground Railroad
as Unknown
Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair
The Wild Thornberrys
as Medicine Woman (voice)
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
as Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
Cadillac Desert
as Narrator (voice)
The Practice
as Denise Freeman
Follow Me Home
as Evey
Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin
The Daily Show
as Self
Primal Fear
as Shoat
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil
Gulliver's Travels
as Queen of Brobdingnag
How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Winsome (voice)
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
Frasier
as Edna (voice)
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Dr. Roxanne Turner
Passion Fish
as Chantelle
Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Ann
HBO First Look
as Self
Grand Canyon
as Jane
Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
L.A. Law
as Adrianne Moore
Extremities
as Patricia
Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
Sara
as Rozalyn Dupree
Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
Black Hollywood
as Self
Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
WonderWorks
as Claudie Sills
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther
The Killing Floor
as Mattie
Cross Creek
as Geechee
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
St. Elsewhere
as Roxanne Turner
Tucker's Witch
as Marcia Fulbright
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Princess Lovinia
Precious Blood
as Narrator
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff
American Playhouse
as Woman who lost her stuff
American Playhouse
as Mattie
American Playhouse
as Esther
The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth
The Sophisticated Gents
as Evelyn Evers
Hill Street Blues
as Unknown
HealtH
as Sally Benbow
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as Unknown
Freedom Road
as Katie
The White Shadow
as Sandra Wilcox
The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith
Remember My Name
as Rita
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
as Unknown
The Oscars
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Brown