Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an interior designer. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name in written out in gold letters. A former high school cheerleader and track star, she got the acting bug ...
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 30 wins & 64 nominations.
Series | Wild On... | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | So B. It | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Precious Blood | Herself - Narrator | 2017 |
Series | Luke Cage | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | 2000 Essence Awards | Unknown | 2016-03-05 |
Series | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 2016-02-12 |
Movie | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise | Herself | 2016-01-01 |
Series | The Last Ship | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Unknown | 2015-04-01 |
Movie | Mississippi Grind | Sam | 2015-08-13 |
Movie | Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race | Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
Movie | Knucklehead | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Reflect, Reclaim, Rejoice: Preserving the Gift of Black Sacred Music | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Makers: Women in Hollywood | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Hadza: Last of the First | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 12 Years a Slave: A Historical Portrait | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | 2014-11-17 |
Movie | Nelson Mandela Redrawn | Unknown | 2014-07-18 |
Movie | Black Women Run Hollywood | Unknown | 2014-06-15 |
Movie | The 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Unknown | 2014-11-27 |
Movie | Annabelle | Evelyn | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | The Reel Story: 12 Years a Slave | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
Series | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2013-09-22 |
Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Unknown | 2013-11-08 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Unknown | 2013-02-10 |
Movie | 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Copper | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | The Door | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | 44th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | Steel Magnolias | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | 43rd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Steve Harvey | Unknown | 2012-09-04 |
Series | Oprah's Next Chapter | Unknown | 2012-01-01 |
Series | Women, War & Peace | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Anderson Live | Unknown | 2011-09-12 |
Movie | Little Birds | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | 41st NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Black Panther | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Have You Heard From Johannesburg | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Obama in NC: The Path to History | Herself | 2010-02-16 |
Series | Memphis Beat | Lt. Tanya Rice | 2010-06-22 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown | 2010-03-05 |
Series | The Talk | Unknown | 2010-10-18 |
Series | Sundance Directors Lab | Herself | 2009-08-03 |
Series | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown | 2009-10-05 |
Movie | Maggie Hill | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The 40th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2009-02-12 |
Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Hillary! Uncensored: Banned by the Media | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The Family That Preys | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Reach for Me | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | TV One on One | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Medal of Honor | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Road to Ingwavuma | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | American Violet | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Series | True Blood | Unknown | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | AmericanEast | Angela Jensen | 2008-11-14 |
Series | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller / ... | 2008-09-01 |
Series | Private Practice | Unknown | 2007-09-19 |
Movie | 20 on 20 | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | DP/30: Conversations About Movies | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Reel Junkie | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2006-08-27 |
Movie | 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2006-01-29 |
Movie | Legends Ball | Unknown | 2006-05-22 |
Movie | The 60th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2006-06-11 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-01 |
Movie | Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy Details | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | King Leopold's Ghost | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Take the Lead | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Something New | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Desperate Housewives Special: The More You Know, the Juicier It Gets | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The Water Is Wide | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Inconceivable | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | Beauty Shop | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
Movie | Remembering 'The Forgotten' | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | On the Set: The Making of 'The Forgotten' | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | 2004-05-10 |
Movie | All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Movie | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | 2004-09-24 |
Movie | Tribeca Film Festival Presents | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The Core | Unknown | 2003-03-28 |
Movie | Radio | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The Singing Detective | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Save Our History | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Baby of the Family | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Medicine Woman | 2001 |
Movie | K-PAX | Dr. Claudia Villars | 2001-10-26 |
Movie | 32nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | American Exile | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Holiday Heart | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | None | 2000-05-31 |
Movie | What's Cooking? | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | John Henry | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Lost Souls | Unknown | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Dinosaur | Unknown | 2000-05-19 |
Movie | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | 2000-04-21 |
Series | Static Shock | Unknown | 2000-09-23 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-03-02 |
Movie | The Wishing Tree | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | 1999-02-14 |
Movie | The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
Movie | Mumford | Lily | 1999-09-24 |
Movie | 30th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | The Underground Railroad | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Celebrity Profile | Unknown | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Different Moms | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1998-01-18 |
Movie | Secrets | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1998-03-08 |
Series | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | 1998 ALMA Awards | Unknown | 1998-06-04 |
Movie | Down in the Delta | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Slave Ship | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | Cadillac Desert | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | The Member of the Wedding | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Primal Fear | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | Gulliver's Travels | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Follow Me Home | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1996-09-08 |
Movie | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Unknown | 1996-03-25 |
Movie | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Statistically Speaking | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | The Piano Lesson | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | People's Century: 1900-1999 | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
Movie | The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | 1995-10-06 |
Movie | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | Dennis Miller Live | Unknown | 1994-04-22 |
Movie | The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1994-01-22 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Movie | The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Aliens for Breakfast | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The Essence Awards | Unknown | 1994-06-07 |
Series | Extra | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
Movie | Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | A Century of Women | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1993-03-29 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Series | Frasier | Unknown | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Bopha! | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Heart and Souls | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Grand Canyon | Jane | 1992-01-17 |
Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Rich in Love | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Passion Fish | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1991-08-25 |
Movie | Pretty Hattie's Baby | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | 1990-01-19 |
Series | The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Blue Bayou | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Unknown | 1989 |
Movie | The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards | Unknown | 1989-01-15 |
Series | The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 1989-01-03 |
Movie | The Child Saver | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | 20th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | American Experience | Unknown | 1988-10-04 |
Movie | Scrooged | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | The 9th Annual CableACE Awards | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | Mandela | Unknown | 1987-09-20 |
Movie | The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1987 |
Movie | The Line | Denise Powell | 1987-07-29 |
Movie | Extremities | Patricia | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | Ebony/Jet Showcase | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | 1986-11-10 |
Movie | Words by Heart | Unknown | 1985 |
Series | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | 1985-01-23 |
Series | The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1984-04-09 |
Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | Sweet Revenge | Unknown | 1984 |
Series | Reading Rainbow | Unknown | 1983-06-06 |
Movie | Cross Creek | Unknown | 1983-10-27 |
Series | Frontline | Unknown | 1983-01-17 |
Movie | The Ambush Murders | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Tucker's Witch | Marcia Fulbright | 1982-10-06 |
Series | American Playhouse | Esther / ... | 1982-01-12 |
Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1981 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Movie | The Sophisticated Gents | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | HealtH | Unknown | 1980 |
Series | Enos | Unknown | 1980-11-05 |
Movie | Freedom Road | Katie | 1979-10-29 |
Movie | Remember My Name | Rita | 1978-02-01 |
Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
Movie | The Trial of the Moke | Unknown | 1978 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |