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