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Alfre Woodard

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 11/08/1952 (71) | Tulsa, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
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Alfre Woodard (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 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Woodard began her acting career in theater. After her breakthrough role 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),... ()
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Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. ...

K-PAX

PG-13

2001 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Science Fiction, Drama
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not on ...

12 Years a Slave

R

2013 | 4.0/5 | 2h 14min
Drama, History
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A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists. ...

Annabelle

R

2014 | 2.9/5 | 1h 39min
Horror
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The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue t ...

Star Trek: First Contact

PG-13

1996 | 3.7/5 | 1h 51min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Alfre Woodard

Crystal Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Alfre Woodard as Actress(108)

2024 The Book of Clarence
2023 Hate to See You Go
as Dr. Cody2023 Salem's Lot
2023 Summer Camp
as Dr. Olsen2023 Space Oddity
as Mum2023 Weathering
as Margaret Cahill2022 The Gray Man
as Mary Parrish (voice)2021 Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Marian2021 Fatherhood
as Alma Thomas (voice)2021 Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Warden Bernadine Williams2019 Clemency
as Judge Benton2019 Saint Judy
as Narrator (voice)2019 No Small Matter
as Sarabi (voice)2019 The Lion King
as Juanita2019 Juanita
as Professor Hughes2017 Burning Sands
as Bernadette2016 So B. It
as herself2016 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Miriam Sharpe2016 Captain America: Civil War
as Sam2015 Mississippi Grind
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as herself2015 A Path Appears
as Sheila2015 Knucklehead
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Evelyn2014 Annabelle
as Mistress Shaw2013 12 Years a Slave
as E2013 The Door
as Ouiser2012 Steel Magnolias
as Evelyn2008 Reach for Me
2008 Henry Box Brown
as Narrator2008 Medal of Honor
as Alma Roberts2008 American Violet
as Alice Pratt2008 The Family That Preys
as Edna Reilly2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods
as Self - Narrator2007 Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Mrs. Brown2006 The Water Is Wide
as Ilanga (voice)2006 King Leopold's Ghost
as Augustine James2006 Take the Lead
as Joyce McQueen2006 Something New
as Ms. Josephine2005 Beauty Shop
as Det. Anne Pope2004 The Forgotten
as Principle Daniels2003 Radio
2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Stickley2003 The Core
as Narrator2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Chief of Staff2003 The Singing Detective
as Mrs. Whatsit2003 A Wrinkle in Time
as herself2002 Searching for Debra Winger
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2001 Disney's American Legends
as Claudia Villars2001 K-PAX
as Medicine Woman (voice)2001 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Plio (voice)2000 Dinosaur
as Narrator2000 American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt
as Mary Parrish (voice)2000 The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Narrator2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
as Audrey Williams2000 What's Cooking?
as Camille Wright2000 Love & Basketball
as Wanda Dean2000 Holiday Heart
as Polly / Narrator (voice)2000 John Henry
as Dr. Allen2000 Lost Souls
1999 The Underground Railroad
as Clara1999 The Wishing Tree
as Lily1999 Mumford
as Joyce May1999 Funny Valentines
as Loretta Sinclair1998 Down in the Delta
as Narrator1997 Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
as Berenice Sadie Brown1997 The Member of the Wedding
as Evey1997 Follow Me Home
as Maisie (voice)1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Eunice Evers, R.N.1997 Miss Evers' Boys
as Tamara O'Neil1996 Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Shoat1996 Primal Fear
as Dr. Sadlin1996 A Step toward Tomorrow
as Lily Sloane1996 Star Trek: First Contact
as Marianna1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Berniece Charles1995 The Piano Lesson
as Carolyn Carmichael1994 Crooklyn
as Narrator1994 Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Mrs. Marks1994 Aliens for Breakfast
as Lavada McRae1994 Blue Chips
as Rosie Mangena1993 Bopha!
as Penny Washington1993 Heart and Souls
as Rhody Poole1992 Rich in Love
as Ann1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Chantelle1992 Passion Fish
as Jane1991 Grand Canyon
as Jessica Filley1990 Blue Bayou
as Mary Thomas1989 A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
as Popeye Jackson1989 Miss Firecracker
as Grace Cooley1988 Scrooged
as Andrea Crawford1988 The Child Saver
as Winnie Mandela1987 Mandela
as Patricia1986 Extremities
as Adrianne Moore1986 L.A. Law: Pilot
as Maude DeVictor1986 Unnatural Causes
as Claudie Sills1985 Words by Heart
as Princess Lovinia1985 Puss in Boots
as Mattie1984 The Killing Floor
as Esther1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Geechee1983 Cross Creek
as Woman who lost her stuff1982 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Narrator1982 Precious Blood
as Karisha Ellsworth1982 The Ambush Murders
as Sally Benbow1980 Health
as Katie1979 Freedom Road
as Rita1978 Remember My Name
as Lucy Smith1978 The Trial of the Moke

TV Shows/Series with Alfre Woodard as Actress(36)

as Mimi (voice)2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Paris2019 See
as Aunt Josephine2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Mariah Dillard2016 Marvel's Luke Cage
as Renee2015 Empire
as President Constance Payton2014 State of Affairs
as Amy Granderson2014 The Last Ship
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice2010 Memphis Beat
as Dondi Reece (voice)2010 Black Panther
as Dr. Sophia Jordan2009 Three Rivers
as Mavis Heller2008 My Own Worst Enemy
as Ruby Jean Reynolds2008 True Blood
as Ruby2008 True Blood
2006 Class of 3000
as herself2006 Rachael Ray
2006 The Megan Mullally Show
as Betty Applewhite2004 Desperate Housewives
as Jean Hawkins (voice)2000 Static Shock
as Medicine Woman (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
as Denise Freeman1997 The Practice
as herself1996 The Daily Show
as Dr. Roxanne Turner1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as Edna (voice)1993 Frasier
as herself1992 HBO First Look
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
as Adrianne Moore1986 L.A. Law
as Rozalyn Dupree1985 Sara
as Marcia Fulbright1982 Tucker's Witch
as Princess Lovinia1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
1981 Hill Street Blues
as Evelyn Evers1981 The Sophisticated Gents
1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as Sandra Wilcox1978 The White Shadow
1977 What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
as Mrs. Brown??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Alfre Woodard as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2019 Clemency
Production/Executive Producer2019 No Small Matter

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Born: Saturday, 11/08 1952 (November) in Tulsa, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 170 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Boston University, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Bishop Kelley High School
Spouses (current/former): Roderick Spencer
Other names for Alfre Woodard (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Άλφρι Γούνταρντ"
Alfre Woodard frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
René Auberjonois (8x, Actor)
Steven Bochco (8x, Crew)
Neil Patrick Harris (7x, Actor)
Dee Bradley Baker (7x, Actor)
Robert Altman (7x, Crew)
Richard Thomas (7x, Actor)
Carl Lumbly (7x, Actor)
John Sayles (7x, Crew)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Sterfon Demings (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3361, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024