Alfre Woodard

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.

The Inquisitor
2025
Self

Summer Camp
2024
Mary

The Book of Clarence
2024
Mother Mary

Salem's Lot
2024
Dr. Cody

Weathering
2023
Mum

Space Oddity
2023
Dr. Olsen

The Gray Man
2022
Margaret Cahill

Fatherhood
2021
Marian

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
Alma Thomas (voice)

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
Mary Parrish (voice)

Clemency
2019
Executive Producer

No Small Matter
2019
Executive Producer

The Lion King
2019
Sarabi (voice)

Saint Judy
2019
Judge Benton

Juanita
2019
Juanita

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019

Burning Sands
2017
Professor Hughes

So B. It
2016
Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War
2016
Miriam

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Self

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Mississippi Grind
2015
Sam

Knucklehead
2015
Sheila

A Path Appears
2015
Self

Annabelle
2014
Evelyn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
Self

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Self (archive footage)

12 Years a Slave
2013
Mistress Shaw

Steel Magnolias
2012
Ouiser

Black Panther
2010
Dondi Reece

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Alice Pratt

Reach for Me
2008
Evelyn

Medal of Honor
2008
Narrator

American Violet
2008
Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown
2008

Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
Edna Reilly

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
Self - Narrator

Take the Lead
2006
Augustine James

The Water Is Wide
2006
Mrs. Brown

King Leopold's Ghost
2006
Ilanga (voice)

Something New
2006
Joyce McQueen

Beauty Shop
2005
Ms. Josephine

The Forgotten
2004
Det. Anne Pope

The Core
2003
Stickley

A Wrinkle in Time
2003
Mrs. Whatsit

Radio
2003
Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective
2003
Chief of Staff

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Self

K-PAX
2001
Claudia Villars

Disney's American Legends
2001

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Medicine Woman (voice)

Dinosaur
2000
Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball
2000
Camille Wright

Holiday Heart
2000
Wanda Dean

Lost Souls
2000
Dr. Allen

What's Cooking?
2000
Audrey Williams

John Henry
2000
Polly / Narrator (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Mary Parrish (voice)

Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
Narrator (voice)

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
Narrator

Mumford
1999
Lily

Funny Valentines
1999
Joyce May

The Wishing Tree
1999
Clara

The Underground Railroad
1999

Down in the Delta
1998
Loretta Sinclair

Follow Me Home
1997
Evey

Miss Evers' Boys
1997
Eunice Evers, R.N.

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
1997
Narrator (voice)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
Maisie (voice)

Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Lily Sloane

Primal Fear
1996
Shoat

A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
Dr. Sadlin

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
Tamara O'Neil

How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Marianna

The Piano Lesson
1995
Berniece Charles

Crooklyn
1994
Carolyn Carmichael

Blue Chips
1994
Lavada McRae

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Narrator

Aliens for Breakfast
1994
Mrs. Marks

Bopha!
1993
Rosie Mangena

Heart and Souls
1993
Penny Washington

Passion Fish
1992
Chantelle

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Ann

Rich in Love
1992
Rhody Poole

Grand Canyon
1991
Jane

Blue Bayou
1990
Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker
1989
Popeye Jackson

Scrooged
1988
Grace Cooley

The Child Saver
1988
Andrea Crawford

Mandela
1987
Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes
1986
Maude DeVictor

Extremities
1986
Patricia

L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
Adrianne Moore

Words by Heart
1985
Claudie Sills

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1985
Esther

Puss in Boots
1985
Princess Lovinia

Sweet Revenge
1984
Vicki Teague

The Killing Floor
1984
Mattie

Black Hollywood
1984
Self

Cross Creek
1983
Geechee

The Ambush Murders
1982
Karisha Ellsworth

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
Woman who lost her stuff

Precious Blood
1982
Narrator

HealtH
1980
Sally Benbow

Freedom Road
1979
Katie

Remember My Name
1978
Rita

The Trial of the Moke
1978
Lucy Smith

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

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