
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 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.
Movie | The Hustle, the Flow, the Verdict | Doris Weeks | 2023 |
Movie | Hate to See You Go | 2023 | |
Movie | The Gray Man | Margaret Cahill | 2022-07-14 |
Movie | Fatherhood | Marian | 2021-06-18 |
Movie | Saint Judy | Judge Benton | 2019-03-01 |
Movie | Juanita | Juanita | 2019-03-08 |
Movie | No Small Matter | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-21 |
Movie | Clemency | Warden Bernadine Williams | 2019-12-27 |
Series | See | Paris | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | The Lion King | Sarabi (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
Movie | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | 2017-01-24 |
Series | Maggie Hill | Unknown | 2016 |
Series | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam Sharpe | 2016-04-27 |
Series | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | 2016-09-30 |
Movie | So B. It | Bernadette | 2016-06-07 |
Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Herself | 2016-10-14 |
Movie | Knucklehead | Sheila | 2015-02-01 |
Movie | Mississippi Grind | Bookmaker | 2015-07-04 |
Movie | A Path Appears | Herself | 2015-01-26 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Annabelle | Evelyn | 2014-10-02 |
Series | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | 2014-11-17 |
Series | The Last Ship | Amy Granderson | 2014-06-22 |
Movie | The Door | E | 2013-07-02 |
Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | 2013-10-18 |
Movie | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | 2012-10-07 |
Series | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 2010-06-22 |
Movie | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | 2010-01-18 |
Series | Black Panther | Dondi Reece (voice) | 2010-01-16 |
Series | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 2009-10-04 |
Series | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller | 2008-10-13 |
Movie | The Family That Preys | Alice Pratt | 2008-09-12 |
Movie | American Violet | Alma Roberts | 2008-08-28 |
Series | True Blood | Ruby | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | Reach for Me | Evelyn | 2008-10-01 |
Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Edna Reilly | 2007-12-02 |
Movie | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Self - Narrator | 2007-07-16 |
Movie | The Water Is Wide | Mrs. Brown | 2006-01-29 |
Movie | Something New | Joyce McQueen | 2006-01-29 |
Series | Class of 3000 | Unknown | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Take the Lead | Augustine James | 2006-03-17 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | 2004-09-24 |
Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | 2003-02-16 |
Movie | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | 2003-10-24 |
Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | The Core | Stickley | 2003-03-28 |
Movie | Radio | Principle Daniels | 2003-10-24 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 2002-12-20 |
Movie | Disney's American Legends | 2001-02-12 | |
Movie | K-PAX | Claudia Villars | 2001-10-22 |
Movie | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | 2000-01-20 |
Movie | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | 2000-04-21 |
Movie | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | 2000-10-13 |
Series | Static Shock | Jeanie Hawkins (voice) | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
Movie | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | 2000-12-10 |
Movie | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | 1999-02-14 |
Movie | Mumford | Lily | 1999-09-24 |
Movie | Down in the Delta | Loretta Sinclair | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | 1997-01-29 |
Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. | 1997-02-22 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Maisie (voice) | 1997-11-01 |
Series | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | 1996-02-04 |
Movie | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | 1996-02-04 |
Movie | Primal Fear | Judge Miriam Shoat | 1996-03-06 |
Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | 1996-11-22 |
Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | 1995-10-06 |
Movie | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | 1995-02-05 |
Movie | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | 1994-02-18 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Movie | Heart and Souls | Penny Washington | 1993-08-13 |
Series | Frasier | Unknown | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Bopha! | Rosie Mangena | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Passion Fish | Chantelle | 1992-12-11 |
Movie | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | 1992-10-01 |
Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Ann | 1992-08-21 |
Movie | Grand Canyon | Jane | 1991-12-25 |
Movie | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | 1989-04-28 |
Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Mary Thomas | 1989-12-03 |
Movie | Scrooged | Grace Cooley | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | Mandela | Winnie Mandela | 1987-09-20 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | 1986-11-10 |
Movie | Extremities | Patricia | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | 1985-01-01 |
Series | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | 1985-01-23 |
Series | WonderWorks | 1984-10-01 | |
Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Esther | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | The Killing Floor | Mattie | 1984-04-10 |
Movie | Cross Creek | Geechee | 1983-09-21 |
Movie | The Ambush Murders | Kariha Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
Series | Tucker's Witch | 1982-10-06 | |
Movie | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | 1982-02-23 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
Movie | Health | Sally Benbow | 1980-09-12 |
Movie | Freedom Road | Katie | 1979-10-29 |
Movie | The Trial of the Moke | Lucy Smith | 1978-05-02 |
Movie | Remember My Name | Rita | 1978-02-10 |
Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
Series | What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? | Unknown | 1977-12-08 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |