
Profile
Famous as :
ActressBirth Name :
Alfre Ette WoodardBirth Date :
November 08, 1952Birth Place :
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USAClaim to fame :
As Geechee in "Cross Creek" (1983)
True Blood (2010)
- TV
stars as Ruby Jean Reynolds
Black Panther (2010) - TV
stars as Dondi Reece / Queen Mother / Dora Milaje
Memphis Beat (2010)
- TV
stars as Lt. Tanya Rice
Maggie Hill (2009) - TM
stars as Virginia
Three Rivers (2009)
- TV
stars as Dr. Sophia Jordan
My Own Worst Enemy (2008)
- TV
stars as Mavis Heller
American Violet (2008)
stars as Alma Roberts
The Family That Preys (2008)
aka Tyler Perry's The Family That Preysstars as Alice Pratt
Reach for Me (2008)
stars as Evelyn
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) - TM
stars as Edna Reilly
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty (2007)
stars as Narrator (voice)
The Water Is Wide (2006) - TM
stars as Mrs. Brown
Something New (2006)
stars as Joyce McQueen
Take the Lead (2006)
stars as Augustine James
Beauty Shop (2005)
stars as Ms. Josephine
Desperate Housewives (2005)
- TV
stars as Betty Applewhite
Inconceivable (2005) - TV
stars as Dr. Lydia Crawford
The Forgotten (2004)
aka Stranger (Philippines: English title: review title)stars as Det. Anne Pope
The Singing Detective (2003)
stars as Chief of Staff
The Practice (2003) - TV
stars as Denise Freeman
The Core (2003)
aka Corestars as Stickley
Radio (2003)
stars as Principal Daniels
A Wrinkle in Time (2003) - TM aka Un raccourci dans le temps (Canada: French title)
stars as Mrs. Whatsit
Baby of the Family (2002)
stars as Rachel
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
stars as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
K-PAX (2001) aka K-PAX - Alles ist moglich (Germany)
stars as Dr. Claudia Villars
Holiday Heart (2000) - TM
stars as Wanda
John Henry (2000)
stars as Polly/Narrator (voice)
What's Cooking? (2000)
stars as Audrey Williams
Love & Basketball (2000)
stars as Camille Wright
Dinosaur (2000)
stars as Plio (voice)
Mumford (1999)
stars as Lily
Funny Valentines (1999) - TM
stars as Joyce May
The Wishing Tree (1999)
stars as Clara
Down in the Delta (1998)
stars as Loretta Sinclair
Secrets (1998)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) - VI
stars as Maisie (voice)
The Member of the Wedding (1997) - TM
stars as The Member of the Wedding
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) - TM
stars as Eunice Evers, R.N.
Primal Fear (1996)
stars as Shoat
Follow Me Home (1996)
stars as Evey
Gulliver's Travels (1996) - TM
stars as Queen of Brobdingnag
Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996) - TM
stars as Tamara O'Neil
A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996)
stars as Dr. Sandlin
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) aka Star Trek 8
stars as Lily Sloane
The Piano Lesson (1995) - TM
stars as Berniece Charles
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
stars as Marianna
Statistically Speaking (1995)
Crooklyn (1994)
stars as Carolyn Carmichael
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) - TM
stars as Harriet Tubman
Blue Chips (1994)
stars as Lavada McRae
Aliens for Breakfast (1994) - TM
Rich in Love (1993)
stars as Rhody Poole
Bopha! (1993)
stars as Rosie Mangena
Heart and Souls (1993)
stars as Penny Washington
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
stars as Attorney Ann Orkin
Passion Fish (1992)
stars as Chantelle
Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991)
Grand Canyon (1991)
stars as Jane
Blue Bayou (1990) - TM
stars as Jessica Filley
Miss Firecracker (1989)
stars as Popeye Jackson
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) - TM
stars as Mary Thomas
The Child Saver (1988) - TM
stars as Andrea Crawford
Scrooged (1988)
stars as Grace Cooley
The Line (1987) - TM
stars as Denise Powell
Mandela (1987) - TM
stars as Winnie Mandela
Extremities (1986)
stars as Patricia
Unnatural Causes (1986) - TM
stars as Maude DeVictor
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) - TM
stars as Esther
Words by Heart (1985) - TM aka Wonderworks: Words by Heart
stars as Claudie
St. Elsewhere (1985) - TV
stars as Dr. Roxanne Turner
Sara (1985) - TV
stars as Rozalyn Dupree
Sweet Revenge (1984) - TM aka Bittersweet Revenge
stars as Vicki Teague
Cross Creek (1983)
stars as Geechee
Hill Street Blues (1983) - TV
stars as Doris Robson
Precious Blood (1982) - TM
American Playhouse (1982) - TV
stars as Mattie
Tucker's Witch (1982) - TV
stars as Marcia Fulbright
The Ambush Murders (1982) - TM
stars as Kariha Ellsworth
The Sophisticated Gents (1981) - TM
stars as Evelyn Evers
HealtH (1980)
stars as Sally Benbow
Freedom Road (1979) - TM
stars as Katie
The Trial of the Moke (1978) - TM
Remember My Name (1978)
stars as Rita












