
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Acting
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Known for
Acting
Born
1952-11-08
From
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as آلفره وودارد, Alfre Ette 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.

Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam

The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)

The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill

Primal Fear
as Shoat

12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw

Annabelle
as Evelyn

Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)

The Core
as Stickley

The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope

Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody

K-PAX
as Claudia Villars

Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine

Radio
as Principal Daniels

Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington

Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane

Scrooged
as Grace Cooley

Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael

Summer Camp
as Mary

Fatherhood
as Marian

Take the Lead
as Augustine James

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Passion Fish
as Chantelle

Mississippi Grind
as Sam

Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen

Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright

Weathering
as Mum

Mumford
as Lily

Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams

Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen

Grand Canyon
as Jane

Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae

How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt

Saint Judy
as Judge Benton

The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary

Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley

Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.

Cross Creek
as Geechee

Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena

The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)

Something New
as Joyce McQueen

Extremities
as Patricia

HealtH
as Sally Benbow

Mandela
as Winnie Mandela

Remember My Name
as Rita

Searching for Debra Winger
as Self

Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague

Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson

Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self

Juanita
as Juanita

Black Panther
as Dondi Reece

Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean

A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Ann

American Violet
as Alma Roberts

King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)

What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams

Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia

Reach for Me
as Evelyn

The Door
as E

Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly

Freedom Road
as Katie

Disney's American Legends

Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff

The Killing Floor
as Mattie

Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
as Narrator (voice)

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles

A Path Appears
as Self

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther

Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair

The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth

Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil

Funny Valentines
as Joyce May

John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator

So B. It
as Bernadette

L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore

The Thing That Hurts

A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin

The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown

Black Hollywood
as Self

Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas

The Wishing Tree
as Clara

Knucklehead
as Sheila

Hate to See You Go

Medal of Honor
as Narrator

Follow Me Home
as Evey

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator

The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith

Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
as Self

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
as Narrator

The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown

Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator

The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford

Precious Blood
as Narrator

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)

Pockets of Heaven

Henry Box Brown

The Making of Clemency
as Herself

No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)

The Inquisitor
as Narration

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
as Narrator

Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
