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Alfre Woodard

Actor

Alfre Woodard

Born November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA96 films

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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12 Years a Slave posterFirst watch12 Years a Slave20137.9as Mistress ShawIn the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.View film

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Ranked by acclaim and reach
Captain America: Civil War poster7.5Captain America: Civil War2016The Lion King poster7.1The Lion King2019Primal Fear poster7.7Primal Fear1996The Gray Man poster6.9The Gray Man2022K-PAX poster7.2K-PAX2001Star Trek: First Contact poster7.3Star Trek: First Contact1996Fatherhood poster7.5Fatherhood2021Dinosaur poster6.6Dinosaur2000

Filmography

96 films as actor
  1. TBAHate to See You Go
  2. TBAThe Thing That Hurts
  3. TBAPockets of Heaven
  4. TBA2034
  5. 2024Salem's LotDr. Cody
  6. 2024Summer CampMary
  7. 2024The Book of ClarenceMother Mary
  8. 2023WeatheringMum
  9. 2023Space OddityDr. Olsen
  10. 2022The Gray ManMargaret Cahill
  11. 2021FatherhoodMarian
  12. 2019ClemencyWarden Bernadine Williams
  13. 2019The Lion KingSarabi (voice)
  14. 2019The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
  15. 2019JuanitaJuanita
  16. 2018Saint JudyJudge Benton
  17. 2017Burning SandsProfessor Hughes
  18. 2016So B. ItBernadette
  19. 2016Captain America: Civil WarMiriam
  20. 2015Mississippi GrindSam
  21. 2015KnuckleheadSheila
  22. 2014AnnabelleEvelyn
  23. 201312 Years a SlaveMistress Shaw
  24. 2013The DoorE
  25. 2012Steel MagnoliasOuiser
  26. 2010Black PantherDondi Reece
  27. 2008Reach for MeEvelyn
  28. 2008Tyler Perry's The Family That PreysAlice Pratt
  29. 2008American VioletAlma Roberts
  30. 2008Henry Box Brown
  31. 2007Pictures of Hollis WoodsEdna Reilly
  32. 2006Take the LeadAugustine James
  33. 2006The Water Is WideMrs. Brown
  34. 2006Something NewJoyce McQueen
  35. 2005Beauty ShopMs. Josephine
  36. 2004The ForgottenDet. Anne Pope
  37. 2003RadioPrincipal Daniels
  38. 2003The Singing DetectiveChief of Staff
  39. 2003A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Whatsit
  40. 2003The CoreStickley
  41. 2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieAkela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
  42. 2001K-PAXClaudia Villars
  43. 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieMedicine Woman (voice)
  44. 2001Disney's American Legends
  45. 2000Holiday HeartWanda Dean
  46. 2000Lost SoulsDr. Allen
  47. 2000John HenryPolly / Narrator (voice)
  48. 2000DinosaurPlio (voice)
  49. 2000Love & BasketballCamille Wright
  50. 2000What's Cooking?Audrey Williams
  51. 1999MumfordLily
  52. 1999Funny ValentinesJoyce May
  53. 1999The Wishing TreeClara
  54. 1998Down in the DeltaLoretta Sinclair
  55. 1997Seven Candles For KwanzaaNarrator
  56. 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueMaisie (voice)
  57. 1997Follow Me HomeEvey
  58. 1997Miss Evers' BoysEunice Evers, R.N.
  59. 1997The Member of the WeddingBerenice Sadie Brown
  60. 1996Star Trek: First ContactLily Sloane
  61. 1996A Step Toward TomorrowDr. Sadlin
  62. 1996Primal FearShoat
  63. 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsTamara O'Neil
  64. 1995How to Make an American QuiltMarianna
  65. 1995The Piano LessonBerniece Charles
  66. 1994CrooklynCarolyn Carmichael
  67. 1994Aliens for BreakfastMrs. Marks
  68. 1994Blue ChipsLavada McRae
  69. 1993Bopha!Rosie Mangena
  70. 1993Heart and SoulsPenny Washington
  71. 1992Passion FishChantelle
  72. 1992Rich in LoveRhody Poole
  73. 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagAnn
  74. 1991Grand CanyonJane
  75. 1990Blue BayouJessica Filley
  76. 1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryMary Thomas
  77. 1989Miss FirecrackerPopeye Jackson
  78. 1988ScroogedGrace Cooley
  79. 1988The Child SaverAndrea Crawford
  80. 1987MandelaWinnie Mandela
  81. 1986Unnatural CausesMaude DeVictor
  82. 1986L.A. Law: PilotAdrianne Moore
  83. 1986ExtremitiesPatricia
  84. 1985Puss in BootsPrincess Lovinia
  85. 1985Words by HeartClaudie Sills
  86. 1984Sweet RevengeVicki Teague
  87. 1984Go Tell It on the MountainEsther
  88. 1984The Killing FloorMattie
  89. 1983Cross CreekGeechee
  90. 1982Precious BloodNarrator
  91. 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman who lost her stuff
  92. 1982The Ambush MurdersKarisha Ellsworth
  93. 1980HealtHSally Benbow
  94. 1979Freedom RoadKatie
  95. 1978The Trial of the MokeLucy Smith
  96. 1978Remember My NameRita