Alfre Woodard
American actress
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 | |
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![]() Alfre Woodard in 2019 | |
Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | November 8, 1952
Alma mater | Boston University |
Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Roderick Spencer (m. 1983) |
Children | 2 |
Filmography
changeFilm
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
References
change- ↑ Tran, Vivyan (September 7, 2012). "Celebrities spotted at the Democratic National Convention". Politico.
- ↑ "Sweet Revenge". Rotten Tomatoes. October 31, 1984. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Blue Bayou (1990) - Overview - TCM.com". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "WOMAN OF STEAL". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "A Step Toward Tomorrow". Rotten Tomatoes. November 10, 1996. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Alfre Woodard (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 22, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
- ↑ Fries, Laura (February 10, 1999). "Review: 'Funny Valentines'". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "The Wishing Tree". Rotten Tomatoes. January 1, 1999. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ McCluskey, Audrey T. (January 1, 2007). Frame by Frame Three. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253348296. Retrieved June 2, 2016 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Baby of the Family". January 1, 2000. Retrieved June 2, 2016 – via IMDb.
- ↑ "All Our Sons: Production Team". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "MUST-SEE: The Most Stunning Fashion Ad We've Ever Seen!". HuffPost. February 11, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "TV with Thinus: REVIEW. Miracle Rising: South Africa on History is a densely packed documentary with commentary both superfluous and surprising". February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "'The Hadza: Last of the First': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. October 31, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. (March 19, 2015). "Alfre Woodard and Gbenga Akinnagbe are a Dysfunctional Mother-Son Pair in Trailer for 'Knucklehead'". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Sampson, Mike (April 5, 2016). "Here's Who Alfre Woodard Plays in 'Captain America: Civil War'". ScreenCrush. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (May 31, 2016). "'So B. It' Clip: Alfre Woodard & Talitha Bateman Bring Sarah Weeks' YA Book To Life – LA Film Festival". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Kenigsberg, Ben (March 30, 2023). "'Space Oddity' Review: Failure to Launch". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (December 5, 2022). "Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, RJ Cyler, Anna Diop Join Jeymes Samuel's Book of Clarence (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ The Killing Floor, retrieved 2020-03-01
- ↑ "Alfre Woodard Joins 'Marvel's Luke Cage' For Netflix – News – Marvel.com". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Graves, Niel (February 16, 2001). "SciFi Team Using Web to Reinvent Radio Days". The New York Post.
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