Acting credits
166
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alfre Woodard
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.7
Moderate attention
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Movies: 110Series: 57Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1981
IMDb ID: nm0005569
Known for: Acting
Born: November 8, 1952
Age: 73
Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2026
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q526620
Also known as
Alfre Ette Woodard • Alfre LaWanda Jeen Woodard
Other jobs
Executive Producer (3)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alfre Woodard.
The Inquisitor
as Narration
2025 Movie
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
2024 Movie
Summer Camp
as Mary
2024 Movie
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
2024 Movie
Weathering
as Mum
2023 Movie
Space Oddity
as Dr. Olsen
2023 Movie
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
2022 Movie
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
as Alma Thomas (voice)
2021 Movie
Fatherhood
as Marian
2021 Movie
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
as Mary Parrish (voice)
2021 Movie
Clemency
as Warden Bernadine Williams
2019 Movie
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
2019 Movie
No Small Matter
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019 Movie
Juanita
as Juanita
2019 Movie
Saint Judy
as Judge Benton
2018 Movie
Burning Sands
as Professor Hughes
2017 Movie
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016 Movie
So B. It
as Bernadette
2016 Movie
Captain America: Civil War
as Miriam
2016 Movie
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
2015 Movie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
2015 Movie
Knucklehead
as Sheila
2015 Movie
Annabelle
as Evelyn
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alfre Woodard.
The Boroughs
as Judy Daniels • 8 eps
2026 Series
The Last Frontier
as Jacqueline Bradford • 10 eps
2025 Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Monsieur Spade
as Virginia Dell • 1 eps
2024 Series
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Mimi (voice) • 40 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
The Porter
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2022 Series
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Lilly Sloane (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
See
as Paris • 16 eps
2019 Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Aunt Josephine • 3 eps
2017 Series
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Mariah Dillard • 26 eps
2016 Series
Empire
as Renee • 4 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
State of Affairs
as President Constance Payton • 13 eps
2014 Series
The Last Ship
as Amy Granderson • 3 eps
2014 Series
Women, War & Peace
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2011 Series
Memphis Beat
as Lieutenant Tanya Rice • 20 eps
2010 Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
Black Panther
as Dondi Reece (voice) • 6 eps
2010 Series
Three Rivers
as Dr. Sophia Jordan • 13 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2009 Series
My Own Worst Enemy
as Mavis Heller • 9 eps
2008 Series
True Blood
as Ruby Jean Reynolds • 5 eps
2008 Series