Alfre Woodard
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Inquisitor
2025
as Narration
Salem's Lot
2024
as Dr. Cody
Summer Camp
2024
as Mary
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Mother Mary
Weathering
2023
as Mum
Space Oddity
2023
as Dr. Olsen
The Gray Man
2022
as Margaret Cahill
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021
as Alma Thomas (voice)
Fatherhood
2021
as Marian
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
2021
as Mary Parrish (voice)
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The Making of Clemency
2020
as Herself
Clemency
2019
as Warden Bernadine Williams
The Lion King
2019
as Sarabi (voice)
No Small Matter
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Juanita
2019
as Juanita
Saint Judy
2018
as Judge Benton
Burning Sands
2017
as Professor Hughes
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
So B. It
2016
as Bernadette
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Miriam
Mississippi Grind
2015
as Sam
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Knucklehead
2015
as Sheila