Alfre Woodard
Acting
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.
Known for
2025The Inquisitor
Narration
2024Summer Camp
Mary
2024The Book of Clarence
Mother Mary
2024Salem's Lot
Dr. Cody
2023Weathering
Mum
2023Space Oddity
Dr. Olsen
2022The Gray Man
Margaret Cahill
2021Fatherhood
Marian
2021Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Alma Thomas (voice)
2021Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Mary Parrish (voice)
2019The Lion King
Sarabi (voice)
2019Clemency
Warden Bernadine Williams
2019Juanita
Juanita
2019The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019No Small Matter
Narrator (voice)
2018Saint Judy
Judge Benton
2017Burning Sands
Professor Hughes
2016So B. It
Bernadette
2016Captain America: Civil War
Miriam
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
2015Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
2015Mississippi Grind
Sam
2015Knucklehead
Sheila
2015A Path Appears
Self