# List of awards and nominations received by Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard is an American actress and producer. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and twice for a Grammy Award and 18 times for an Emmy Award (winning four) and has also won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked Woodard seventeenth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is also known for her work as a political activist and producer. Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## Major Associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1983 | Best Supporting Actress | Cross Creek | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2020 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Clemency | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Passion Fish | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 2000 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Holiday Heart | Nominated |

### Grammy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1997 | Best Spoken Word Album | Grow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (producer) | Nominated | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1984 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Hill Street Blues | Won |
| 1985 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Words By Heart Wonderworks | Nominated |
| 1986 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Unnatural Causes | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | L.A. Law | Won |
| 1988 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Piano Lesson | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Gulliver's Travels | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 1998 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special | The Wishing Tree | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | The Practice | Won |
| 2006 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Water Is Wide | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | True Blood | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Steel Magnolias | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | The Piano Lesson | Won |
| 1995 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | How to Make an American Quilt | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives | Won |
| 2006 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Steel Magnolias | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Female | Passion Fish | Won |
| 1999 | Best Female Lead | Down in the Delta | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Female Lead | Clemency | Nominated |

## Other Awards
### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Actress | Funny Valentines | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Actress | The Family That Preys | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Ensemble | American Violet | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | American Violet | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Steel Magnolias | Won |
| 2014 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |

### NAACP Image Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1989 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | Unnatural Causes | Won |
| 1990 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | Mandela | Won |
| 1992 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story The Magi | Won |
| 1993 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Passion Fish | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | The Piano Lesson | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | How to Make an American Quilt | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Star Trek: First Contact | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Down in the Delta | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special | The Wishing Tree | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Love & Basketball | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Holiday Heart | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | K-PAX | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Radio | Won |
| 2009 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | The Family That Preys | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | My Own Worst Enemy | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | American Violet | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Memphis Beat | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Memphis Beat | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Steel Magnolias | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | State of Affairs | Nominated |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best Supporting Actress | Gulliver's Travels | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |

## Film critic awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1992 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Actress | Passion Fish | 2nd place |
| 1992 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Passion Fish | 3rd place |
| 1999 | Acapulco Black Film Festival | Best Actress | Down in the Delta | Nominated |
| 2013 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Steel Magnolias | Nominated |
| 2013 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Boston Online Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1989 | Joe A. Callaway Award | Best Actress | The Winter's Tale | Won |
| 1989 | CableACE Awards | Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Mandela | Won |
| 1994 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actress | Heart and Souls | Nominated |
| 1995 | Women in Film Crystal Awards | Life Achievement Award | | Won |
| 1997 | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | The Member of the Wedding | Nominated |
| 1997 | CableACE Awards | Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 2006 | BET Awards | Best Actress | Something New | Nominated |
| 2011 | Gracie Allen Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series | Memphis Beat | Won |
| 2014 | Oklahoma Hall of Fame | | | Won |
| 2019 | Gotham Awards | Best Actress | Clemency | Nominated |
| 2023 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series | The Porter | Won |