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Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Birthday: 1952-11-08 | Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Gray Man

as    Margaret Cahill

2021
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)

2019
Juanita

as    Juanita

2019
Saint Judy

as    Judge Benton

2019
The Lion King

as    Sarabi (voice)

2019
Clemency

as    Warden Bernadine Williams

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as    Mariah Dillard

2015
Mississippi Grind

as    Sam

2015
A Path Appears

as    Self

2015
Knucklehead

as    Sheila

2014
Annabelle

as    Evelyn

2014
State of Affairs

as    President Constance Payton

2012
Steel Magnolias

as    Ouiser

2010
Black Panther

as    Dondi Reece (voice)

2010
Memphis Beat

as    Lieutenant Tanya Rice

2009
American Violet

as    Alma Roberts

2009
Three Rivers

as    Dr. Sophia Jordan

2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as    Alice Pratt

2008
Reach for Me

as    Evelyn

2008
My Own Worst Enemy

as    Mavis Heller

2008
Medal of Honor

as    Narrator

2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods

as    Edna Reilly

2006
Take the Lead

as    Augustine James

2006
Something New

as    Joyce McQueen

2006
The Water Is Wide

as    Mrs. Brown

2005
Beauty Shop

as    Ms. Josephine