Alfre Woodard

**Alfre Woodard** (; 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.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1978|_Remember My Name_|Rita|||||
|1980|_Health_|Sally Benbow|||||
|1983|_Cross Creek_|Beatrice "Geechee"|||||
|1984|_Sweet Revenge_|Vicki Teague|||||
|1986|_Extremities_|Patricia|||||
|1988|_Scrooged_|Grace Cooley|||||
|1989|_Miss Firecracker_|Popeye Jackson|||||
|1990|_Blue Bayou_|Jessica Filley|||||
|rowspan="2"|1991|_Grand Canyon_|Jane||||
|_Pretty Hattie's Baby_|Hattie|Unreleased, also associate producer|||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|__|Attorney Ann Orkin||||
|_Passion Fish_|Chantelle||||||
|rowspan="3"|1993|_Rich in Love_|Rhody Poole||||
|_Heart and Souls_|Penny Washington||||||
|_Bopha!_|Rosie Mangena||||||
|rowspan="3"|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|||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||||
|rowspan="2"|1997|_Cadillac Desert_|Narrator||||
|__|Maisie|Voice|||||
|1998|_Down in the Delta_|Loretta Sinclair|Also executive producer||||
|rowspan="4"|1999|_Funny Valentines_|Joyce May|Also executive producer|||
|_The Wishing Tree_|Clara Collier||||||
|_Different Moms_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|_Mumford_|Lily||||||
|rowspan="5"|2000|_What's Cooking?_|Audrey Williams||||
|_Lost Souls_|Dr. Allen|Cameo|||||
|_John Henry_|Polly / Narrator||||||
|_Love & Basketball_|Camille Wright||||||
|_Dinosaur_|Plio|Voice|||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_K-PAX_|Claudia Villars||||
|_American Exile_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|rowspan="3"|2002|_Searching for Debra Winger_|Herself||||
|_Baby of the Family _|Rachel||||||
|__|Akela|Voice|||||
|rowspan="5"|2003|__|Chief of Staff||||
|_Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|__|Talma Stickley||||||
|_Unchained Memories_|Narrator||||||
|_Radio_|Principal Daniels||||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|__|Detective Anne Pope||||
|_All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|2005|_Beauty Shop_|Miss Josephine|||||
|rowspan="3"|2006|_Something New_|Joyce McQueen||||
|_Take the Lead_|Principal Augustine James||||||
|_King Leopold's Ghost_|Ilanga|Voice|||||
|rowspan="5"|2008|_American Violet_|Alma Roberts||||
|__|Alice Pratt||||||
|_Road to Ingwavuma_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|_AmericanEast_|Angela Jensen||||||
|_Reach for Me_|Evelyn||||||
|2010|_Have You Heard From Johannesburg_|Narrator|Documentary||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_The Door_|E|Short film|||
|_Miracle Rising: South Africa_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|_12 Years a Slave_|Mistress Harriet Shaw||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_The Hadza: Last of the First_|Narrator|Documentary|||
|_Annabelle_|Evelyn||||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band_|Mary Lou Williams / Narrator|Documentary|||
|_Mississippi Grind_|Sam||||||
|_Knucklehead_|Sheila||||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Captain America: Civil War_|Miriam Sharpe|Cameo|||
|_So B. It_|Bernadette||||||
|2017|_Burning Sands_|Professor Hughes|||||
|2018|_Saint Judy_|Judge Benton|||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_Clemency_|Warden Bernadine Williams|Also executive producer|||
|_Juanita_|Juanita|Also executive producer|||||
|_The Lion King_|Sarabi|Voice|||||
|2021|_Fatherhood_|Marian|||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_The Gray Man_|Margaret Cahill||||
|_Space Oddity_|Dr. Sue Olsen||||||
|2023|_The Book of Clarence_||||||
||_Viral_|Dr. Johnetta|Post-production||||
||_Salem's Lot_|Dr. Cody|Post-production||||
||_Summer Camp_|Mary|Post-production||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|__|Evelyn Evers|Miniseries||
|rowspan="2"|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||
|rowspan="4"|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||
|rowspan="2"|1994|_Frasier_|Edna|Voice, episode: "The Botched Language of Cranes"|
|_Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad_|Harriet Tubman|Television film|||
|1995|__|Berniece|Television film||
|1996|_Gulliver's Travels_|Queen of Brobdingnag|Miniseries||
|rowspan="3"|1997|_Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child_|Wilnoome Bear|Voice, episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"|
|__|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||
|rowspan="3"|2003|__|Denise Freeman|2 episodes|
|_Static Shock_|Jean Hawkins|Voice, episode: "Flashback"|||
|__|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||
|2010–11|_Memphis Beat_|Lt. Tanya Rice|20 episodes||
|2011|_Grey's Anatomy_|Justine Campbell|Episode: "Heart Shaped Box"||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Private Practice_|Dee Bennett|Episode: "The Next Episode"|
|_Steel Magnolias_|Ouiser|Television film|||
|2013|_Copper_|Hattie Lemaster|6 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|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|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||

### Theatre

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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||
|2004|_Drowning Crow_|Josephine Ark Trip|Biltmore Theatre, Broadway||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Alfre Woodard
- **image**: Alfre Woodard - 2019 02.jpg
- **caption**: Alfre Woodard in 2019
- **birth place**: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
- **alma mater**: Boston University
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **occupation**: Actress, producer
- **years active**: 1978–present
- **children**: 2