Biography
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 12 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys.
Filmography (25)
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
The Book of Clarence
as Mother Mary
The Gray Man
as Margaret Cahill
Fatherhood
as Marian
The Lion King
as Sarabi (voice)
Mississippi Grind
as Sam
Annabelle
as Evelyn
12 Years a Slave
as Mistress Shaw
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Alice Pratt
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
Radio
as Principal Daniels
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
Lost Souls
as Dr. Allen
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
Love & Basketball
as Camille Wright
Mumford
as Lily
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
Primal Fear
as Shoat
How to Make an American Quilt
as Marianna
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael
Heart and Souls
as Penny Washington
Scrooged
as Grace Cooley