10.0
10.0
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
as Narrator
Alfre Woodard
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Alfre Woodard ( AL-free WUUD-ərd; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Woodard began her acting career in theater, starring in So Nice, They Named It Twice, and breaking through by originating the role of “woman who lost her stuff” in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Cross Creek (1983). She earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actress nomination for her role in Clemency (2019). Woodard's notable films include Grand Canyon (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Heart and Souls (1993), Crooklyn (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Primal Fear (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Down in the Delta (1998), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Juanita (2019). She voiced Sarabi in The Lion King (2019). Woodard gained prominence for her television role as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986, and for Guest Actress in 1988. She's received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues in 1984, the NBC series L.A. Law in 1987, the HBO film Miss Evers' Boys (1997), and The Practice in 2003. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives.
Filmography (113 movies)
10.0
10.0
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman who lost her stuff
10.0
10.0
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
as Alma Thomas (voice)
9.0
9.0
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Karisha Ellsworth
8.0
8.0
Precious Blood
1982
as Narrator
8.0
8.0
Eleanor Roosevelt
2000
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
8.0
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
8.0
8.0
A Path Appears
2015
as Self
8.0
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
7.9
7.9
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mistress Shaw
7.7
7.7
Primal Fear
1996
as Shoat
7.6
7.6
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
as Ilanga (voice)
7.5
7.5
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
7.4
7.4
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Clara
7.4
7.4
Disney's American Legends
2001
7.4
7.4
Love & Basketball
2000
as Camille Wright
7.3
7.3
Radio
2003
as Principal Daniels
7.3
7.3
The Killing Floor
1984
as Mattie
7.3
7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lily Sloane
7.2
7.2
K-PAX
2001
as Claudia Villars
7.2
7.2
Funny Valentines
1999
as Joyce May
7.2
7.2
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Berniece Charles
7.1
7.1
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
7.1
7.1
John Henry
2000
as Polly / Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Ouiser
7.0
7.0
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila
7.0
7.0
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
as Self - Narrator
7.0
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Medicine Woman (voice)
6.9
6.9
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
6.9
6.9
Passion Fish
1992
as Chantelle
6.9
6.9
Heart and Souls
1993
as Penny Washington
6.9
6.9
Take the Lead
2006
as Augustine James
6.9
6.9
Saint Judy
2019
as Judge Benton
6.8
6.8
Crooklyn
1994
as Carolyn Carmichael
6.8
6.8
Holiday Heart
2000
as Wanda Dean
6.8
6.8
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Maude DeVictor
6.8
6.8
The Water Is Wide
2006
as Mrs. Brown
6.8
6.8
Scrooged
1988
as Grace Cooley
6.7
6.7
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Alice Pratt
6.7
6.7
American Violet
2008
as Alma Roberts
6.6
6.6
Cross Creek
1983
as Geechee
6.6
6.6
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Edna Reilly
6.5
6.5
Dinosaur
2000
as Plio (voice)
6.5
6.5
Medal of Honor
2008
as Narrator
6.5
6.5
Mumford
1999
as Lily
6.4
6.4
Grand Canyon
1991
as Jane
6.4
6.4
Something New
2006
as Joyce McQueen
6.4
6.4
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Esther
6.4
6.4
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Marianna
6.4
6.4
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
6.3
6.3
Rich in Love
1992
as Rhody Poole
6.3
6.3
Clemency
2019
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Beauty Shop
2005
as Ms. Josephine
6.3
6.3
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
as Mary Parrish (voice)
6.3
6.3
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Eunice Evers, R.N.
6.2
6.2
Down in the Delta
1998
as Loretta Sinclair
6.2
6.2
Black Panther
2010
as Dondi Reece
6.2
6.2
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Mrs. Whatsit
6.1
6.1
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
as Narrator
6.1
6.1
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
as Maisie (voice)
6.1
6.1
Extremities
1986
as Patricia
6.1
6.1
Blue Chips
1994
as Lavada McRae
6.0
6.0
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
6.0
6.0
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
6.0
6.0
Remember My Name
1978
as Rita
6.0
6.0
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
6.0
6.0
Sweet Revenge
1984
as Vicki Teague
5.9
5.9
The Forgotten
2004
as Det. Anne Pope
5.9
5.9
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
5.8
5.8
The Core
2003
as Stickley
5.8
5.8
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
5.8
5.8
Annabelle
2014
as Evelyn
5.6
5.6
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Popeye Jackson
5.5
5.5
What's Cooking?
2000
as Audrey Williams
5.5
5.5
The Member of the Wedding
1997
as Berenice Sadie Brown
5.5
5.5
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as Lucy Smith
5.4
5.4
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
5.3
5.3
Bopha!
1993
as Rosie Mangena
5.2
5.2
HealtH
1980
as Sally Benbow
5.2
5.2
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
5.1
5.1
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Ann
5.0
5.0
The Singing Detective
2003
as Chief of Staff
5.0
5.0
Lost Souls
2000
as Dr. Allen
5.0
5.0
Puss in Boots
1985
as Princess Lovinia
5.0
5.0
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Tamara O'Neil
5.0
5.0
Weathering
2023
as Mum
4.8
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
4.8
4.8
Freedom Road
1979
as Katie
4.4
4.4
Mandela
1987
as Winnie Mandela
4.0
4.0
The Door
2013
as E
3.7
3.7
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Dr. Sadlin
3.5
3.5
Follow Me Home
1997
as Evey
3.0
3.0
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
as Mrs. Marks
2.8
2.8
Reach for Me
2008
as Evelyn
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
No Small Matter
2019
Executive Producer
The Underground Railroad
1999
The Making of Clemency
2020
as Herself
The Child Saver
1988
as Andrea Crawford
Hate to See You Go
TBA
Henry Box Brown
2008
Blue Bayou
1990
as Jessica Filley
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Adrianne Moore
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Words by Heart
1985
as Claudie Sills
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
as Mary Thomas
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
TBA
as Herself
Black Hollywood
1984
as Self
The Inquisitor
2025
as Self
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
as Mary Parrish (voice)
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