Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard (/ˈælfriː ˈwʊdərd/ (listen); born November 8, 1952) is an American actress who stars in both movies and television. She played Carolyn in the 1994 movie Crooklyn. Alfre was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woodard is a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Obama's re-election.^[1]

Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard in 2019
Born	(1952-11-08) November 8, 1952 (age 72) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma mater	Boston University
Occupation(s)	Actress, producer
Years active	1978–present
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Roderick Spencer ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Remember My Name	Rita
1980	Health	Sally Benbow
1983	Cross Creek	Beatrice "Geechee"
1984	Sweet Revenge	Vicki Teague		[2]
1986	Extremities	Patricia
1988	Scrooged	Grace Cooley
1989	Miss Firecracker	Popeye Jackson
1990	Blue Bayou	Jessica Filley		[3]
1991	Grand Canyon	Jane
	Pretty Hattie's Baby	Hattie	Unreleased, also associate producer	[4]
1992	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Attorney Ann Orkin
	Passion Fish	Chantelle
1993	Rich in Love	Rhody Poole
	Heart and Souls	Penny Washington
	Bopha!	Rosie Mangena
1994	Blue Chips	Lavada McRae
	Crooklyn	Carolyn Carmichael
	Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa	Narrator	Documentary
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Marianna
1996	Statistically Speaking	Middle aged woman	Short film
	Follow Me Home	Evey	Unreleased
	Star Trek: First Contact	Lily Sloane
	Primal Fear	Judge Miriam Shoat
	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Dr. Sandlin		[5]
1997	Cadillac Desert	Narrator
	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	Maisie	Voice	[6]
1998	Down in the Delta	Loretta Sinclair	Also executive producer
1999	Funny Valentines	Joyce May	Also executive producer	[7]
	The Wishing Tree	Clara Collier		[8]
	Different Moms	Narrator	Documentary
	Mumford	Lily
2000	What's Cooking?	Audrey Williams
	Lost Souls	Dr. Allen	Cameo
	John Henry	Polly / Narrator
	Love & Basketball	Camille Wright
	Dinosaur	Plio	Voice	[6]
2001	K-PAX	Claudia Villars
	American Exile	Narrator	Documentary	[9]
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself
	Baby of the Family	Rachel		[10]
	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Akela	Voice	[6]
2003	The Singing Detective	Chief of Staff
	Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	Narrator	Documentary
	The Core	Talma Stickley
	Unchained Memories	Narrator
	Radio	Principal Daniels
2004	The Forgotten	Detective Anne Pope
	All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11	Narrator	Documentary	[11]
2005	Beauty Shop	Miss Josephine
2006	Something New	Joyce McQueen
	Take the Lead	Principal Augustine James
	King Leopold's Ghost	Ilanga	Voice
2008	American Violet	Alma Roberts
	The Family That Preys	Alice Pratt
	Road to Ingwavuma	Narrator	Documentary
	AmericanEast	Angela Jensen
	Reach for Me	Evelyn
2010	Have You Heard From Johannesburg	Narrator	Documentary
2013	The Door	E	Short film	[12]
	Miracle Rising: South Africa	Narrator	Documentary	[13]
	12 Years a Slave	Mistress Harriet Shaw
2014	The Hadza: Last of the First	Narrator	Documentary	[14]
	Annabelle	Evelyn
2015	Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band	Mary Lou Williams / Narrator	Documentary	[15]
	Mississippi Grind	Sam
	Knucklehead	Sheila		[16]
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Miriam Sharpe	Cameo	[17]
	So B. It	Bernadette		[18]
2017	Burning Sands	Professor Hughes
2018	Saint Judy	Judge Benton
2019	Clemency	Warden Bernadine Williams	Also executive producer
	Juanita	Juanita	Also executive producer
	The Lion King	Sarabi	Voice	[6]
2021	Fatherhood	Marian
2022	The Gray Man	Margaret Cahill
	Space Oddity	Dr. Sue Olsen		[19]
2023	The Book of Clarence	TBA		[20]
TBA	Viral	Dr. Johnetta	Post-production
TBA	Salem's Lot	Dr. Cody	Post-production
TBA	Summer Camp	Mary	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Trial of the Moke	Lucy	Television film
1979	Freedom Road	Katie	Television film
1980	The White Shadow	Sandra Wilcox	Episode: "Reunion: Part 1"
1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Evelyn Evers	Miniseries
1982	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf	Woman who lost her stuff	American Playhouse production
	The Ambush Murders	Kariha Ellsworth	Television film
1982–83	Tucker's Witch	Marcia Fulbright	12 episodes
1983	Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	3 episodes
1984	The Killing Floor	Mattie Custer	American Playhouse production[21]
1985	Sara	Rozalyn Dupree	13 episodes
	Words by Heart	Claudie Sills	Television film
	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Esther	American Playhouse production
	Faerie Tale Theatre	Princess Lovinia	Episode: "Puss in Boots"
1985–88	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	16 episodes
1986	L.A. Law	Adrian Moore	Episode: "Pilot"
1986	Unnatural Causes	Maude DeVictor	Television film
1987	Mandela	Winnie Mandela	Television film
1988	The Child Saver	Andrea Crawford	Television film
1989	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Mary Thomas	Television film
1994	Frasier	Edna	Voice, episode: "The Botched Language of Cranes"
	Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad	Harriet Tubman	Television film
1995	The Piano Lesson	Berniece	Television film
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Queen of Brobdingnag	Miniseries
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Wilnoome Bear	Voice, episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
	The Member of the Wedding	Berenice Sadie Brown	Television film
	Miss Evers' Boys	Eunice Evers	Television film
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Dr. Roxanne Turner	Episode: "Mercy"
2000	Holiday Heart	Wanda	Television film
2003	The Practice	Denise Freeman	2 episodes
	Static Shock	Jean Hawkins	Voice, episode: "Flashback"[6]
	A Wrinkle in Time	Mrs. Whatsit	Television film
2005–06	Desperate Housewives	Betty Applewhite	19 episodes
2006	The Water Is Wide	Mrs. Brown	Television film
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Edna Reilly	Television film
2008	My Own Worst Enemy	Mavis Heller	9 episodes
2009–10	Three Rivers	Dr. Sophia Jordan	12 episodes
2010–12	True Blood	Ruby Jean Reynolds	5 episodes
2010	Black Panther	Ramonda, Dondi Reese, Dora Milaje, Miss M'Buye	Voice, 5 episodes[6]
2010–11	Memphis Beat	Lt. Tanya Rice	20 episodes
2011	Grey's Anatomy	Justine Campbell	Episode: "Heart Shaped Box"
2012	Private Practice	Dee Bennett	Episode: "The Next Episode"
	Steel Magnolias	Ouiser	Television film
2013	Copper	Hattie Lemaster	6 episodes
2014–15	The Last Ship	Amy Granderson	3 episodes
	State of Affairs	President Constance Payton	13 episodes
2016–18	Luke Cage	"Black" Mariah Dillard Stokes[22]	23 episodes
2017–18	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Josephine Anwhistle	3 episodes
2018	Empire	Renee Holloway	4 episodes
2019–2021	See	Paris	16 episodes
2020	Make It Work!	Herself	Television special
2022	The Porter	Fay	Also executive producer
2023	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Mimi	Voice[6]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Me and Bessie	Woman	Edison Theatre, Broadway
1981	2 by South	Precious Blood	Theatre at St. Clements, New York
2001	Kindred	Dana Franklin	Audio Drama [23]
2004	Drowning Crow	Josephine Ark Trip	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway