
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.
Also Known As
Alfre Ette Woodard · Alfre LaWanda Jeen Woodard
Acting (50)

Summer Camp
Mary

Weathering
Mum

Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen

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

Annabelle
Evelyn

12 Years a Slave
Mistress Shaw
The Door
E

Steel Magnolias
Ouiser

Reach for Me
Evelyn

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alice Pratt

Take the Lead
Augustine James

Beauty Shop
Ms. Josephine

Radio
Principal Daniels

A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit

The Core
Stickley

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

K-PAX
Claudia Villars

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

Disney's American Legends

Holiday Heart
Wanda Dean

Lost Souls
Dr. Allen

Dinosaur
Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball
Camille Wright

Mumford
Lily

Funny Valentines
Joyce May

Down in the Delta
Loretta Sinclair

Follow Me Home
Evey

Miss Evers' Boys
Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact
Lily Sloane

Primal Fear
Shoat

How to Make an American Quilt
Marianna

Crooklyn
Carolyn Carmichael

Blue Chips
Lavada McRae

Bopha!
Rosie Mangena

Passion Fish
Chantelle

Rich in Love
Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ann

Grand Canyon
Jane

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

Miss Firecracker
Popeye Jackson

Mandela
Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes
Maude DeVictor

Extremities
Patricia

Words by Heart
Claudie Sills

Sweet Revenge
Vicki Teague

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Esther

Cross Creek
Geechee

HealtH
Sally Benbow

Remember My Name
Rita


