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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-11-08 |
Movies
2024
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
2024
Weathering
as Mum
2023
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
2023
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
2022
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
2021
Fatherhood
as Marian
2021
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
2021
The Making of Clemency
as Herself
2020
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
2019
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
2019
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Juanita
as Juanita
2019
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
2019
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
2017
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Herself
2016
So B. It
as Bernadette
2016
Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam Sharpe
2016
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
2015
Knucklehead
as Sheila
2015
A Path Appears
as Self
2015
Annabelle
as Evelyn
2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
2013
The Door
as E
2013
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser
2012
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece
2010
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
2008
Reach for Me
as Evelyn
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Evans
2008
American Violet
as Alma Roberts
2008
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Edna Reilly
2007
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self - Narrator
2007
King Leopold's Ghost
as Ilanga (voice)
2006
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
2006
Something New
as Joyce McQueen
2006
The Water Is Wide
as Mrs. Brown
2006
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
2005
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
2004
The Singing Detective
as Chief of Staff
2003
Radio
as Principal Daniels
2003
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
2003
The Core
as Stickley
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Narrator
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
2002
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Medicine Woman (voice)
2001
Holiday Heart
as Wanda Dean
2000
2000
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Mary Parrish (voice)
2000
John Henry
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
2000
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
2000
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
2000
What's Cooking?
as Audrey Williams
2000
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
2000
Mumford
as Lily
1999
Funny Valentines
as Joyce May
1999
The Wishing Tree
as Clara
1999
Down in the Delta
as Loretta Sinclair
1998
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Maisie (voice)
1997
1997
Follow Me Home
as Evey
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
1997
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
1997
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
1996
A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Dr. Sadlin
1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Tamara O'Neil
1996
Primal Fear
as Shoat
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
1995
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
1995
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
1994
Aliens for Breakfast
as Mrs. Marks
1994
Blue Chips
as Lavada McRae
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Narrator
1994
Bopha!
as Rosie Mangena
1993
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
1993
Passion Fish
as Chantelle
1992
Rich in Love
as Rhody Poole
1992
1992
Grand Canyon
as Jane
1991
Blue Bayou
as Jessica Filley
1990
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Mary Thomas
1989
Miss Firecracker
as Popeye Jackson
1989
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley
1988
The Child Saver
as Andrea Crawford
1988
Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
1987
Unnatural Causes
as Maude DeVictor
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Adrianne Moore
1986
Extremities
as Patricia
1986
Puss in Boots
as Princess Lovinia
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Esther
1985
Words by Heart
as Claudie Sills
1985
Black Hollywood
as Self
1984
Sweet Revenge
as Vicki Teague
1984
The Killing Floor
as Mattie
1984
Cross Creek
as Geechee
1983
Precious Blood
as Narrator
1982
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman who lost her stuff
1982
The Ambush Murders
as Karisha Ellsworth
1982
HealtH
as Sally Benbow
1980
Freedom Road
as Katie
1979
The Trial of the Moke
as Lucy Smith
1978
Remember My Name
as Rita
1978
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
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