Alfre Woodard
Acting
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.
TV Shows(53)
The Boroughs
Judy
2026
The Last Frontier
Jacqueline Bradford
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Monsieur Spade
Virginia Dell
2024
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mimi (voice)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
Self
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lilly Sloane (voice)
2020
See
Paris
2019
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Aunt Josephine
2017
Marvel's Luke Cage
Mariah Dillard
2016
Empire
Renee
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
State of Affairs
President Constance Payton
2014
The Last Ship
Amy Granderson
2014
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice)
2011
Memphis Beat
Lieutenant Tanya Rice
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Black Panther
Dondi Reece (voice)
2010
Three Rivers
Dr. Sophia Jordan
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
My Own Worst Enemy
Mavis Heller
2008
True Blood
Ruby Jean Reynolds
2008
Private Practice
Dee Bennett
2007
Class of 3000
2006
Rachael Ray
Self - Guest
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Grey's Anatomy
Justine Campbell
2005
Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite
2004
Static Shock
Jean Hawkins (voice)
2000
The Wild Thornberrys
Medicine Woman (voice)
1998
The Practice
Denise Freeman
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Gulliver's Travels
Queen of Brobdingnag
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winsome (voice)
1995
Frasier
Edna (voice)
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Roxanne Turner
1993
HBO First Look
Self
1992
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
L.A. Law
Adrianne Moore
1986
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree
1985
WonderWorks
Claudie Sills
1984
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
St. Elsewhere
Roxanne Turner
1982
Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Guest
1982
The Sophisticated Gents
Evelyn Evers
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
The White Shadow
Sandra Wilcox
1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Brown
1951
Movies(118)
The Inquisitor
Narration
2025
Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
2024
Summer Camp
Mary
2024
The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
2024
Weathering
Mum
2023
Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
2023
The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
2022
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
2021
Fatherhood
Marian
2021
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
2021
The Making of Clemency
Herself
2020
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
2018
Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
2017
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
2016
So B. It
Bernadette
2016
Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
2016
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
2015
Annabelle
Evelyn
2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
2014
12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
2013
The Door
E
2013
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser
2012
Black Panther
Dondi Reece
2010
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
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Edna Reilly
2007
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self - Narrator
2007
King Leopold's Ghost
Ilanga (voice)
2006
Take the Lead
Augustine James
2006
The Water Is Wide
Mrs. Brown
2006
Something New
Joyce McQueen
2006
Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine
2005
The Forgotten
Det. Anne Pope
2004
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
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
K-PAX
Claudia Villars
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Medicine Woman (voice)
2001
Disney's American Legends
2001
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)
2000
Mumford
Lily
1999
Funny Valentines
Joyce May
1999
The Wishing Tree
Clara
1999
The Underground Railroad
1999
Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair
1998
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Narrator
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
1997
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
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna
1995
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
1995
Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael
1994
Aliens for Breakfast
Mrs. Marks
1994
Blue Chips
Lavada McRae
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrator
1994
Bopha!
Rosie Mangena
1993
Heart and Souls
Penny Washington
1993
Passion Fish
Chantelle
1992
Rich in Love
Rhody Poole
1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann
1992
Grand Canyon
Jane
1991
Blue Bayou
Jessica Filley
1990
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Mary Thomas
1989
Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson
1989
Scrooged
Grace Cooley
1988
The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford
1988
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
1987
Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
Adrianne Moore
1986
Extremities
Patricia
1986
Puss in Boots
Princess Lovinia
1985
Words by Heart
Claudie Sills
1985
Black Hollywood
Self
1984
Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther
1984
The Killing Floor
Mattie
1984
Cross Creek
Geechee
1983
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
1982
HealtH
Sally Benbow
1980
Freedom Road
Katie
1979
The Trial of the Moke
Lucy Smith
1978
Remember My Name
Rita
1978
Hate to See You Go
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Self
The Thing That Hurts
Pockets of Heaven