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 (16)
Salem's Lot
as Dr. Cody
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
Take the Lead
as Augustine James
Beauty Shop
as Ms. Josephine
The Forgotten
as Det. Anne Pope
Radio
as Principal Daniels
K-PAX
as Claudia Villars
Dinosaur
as Plio (voice)
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lily Sloane
Primal Fear
as Shoat
Crooklyn
as Carolyn Carmichael