Actor
Alfre Woodard
- Born: 8 November 1952, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Estimated net worth: $13 million
Alfre Woodard is a versatile actress known for her powerful performances in both film and television. She has received acclaim for roles in productions such as 'Cross Creek' and '12 Years a Slave.' With a career spanning several decades, Woodard is celebrated…
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About Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard is a versatile actress known for her powerful performances in both film and television. She has received acclaim for roles in productions such as 'Cross Creek' and '12 Years a Slave.' With a career spanning several decades, Woodard is celebrated for her strong presence and emotional depth, often portraying complex characters with a distinctive voice and commanding style.
- Born
- 8 November 1952, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Height
- 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
- Spouses
- Roderick Spencer (1990-present)
- Children
- 2, Mavis Spencer, Duncan Spencer
- Parents
- Woodrow Wilson, Ethel Woodard
- Estimated net worth
- $13 million
Fun facts about Alfre Woodard
- Alfre Woodard has been nominated for an Emmy Award 18 times, winning four.
- She is an accomplished producer and has a strong commitment to social issues, often participating in humanitarian efforts.
Famous Alfre Woodard quotes
“You have to be willing to get out there and take risks.”
“Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith.”
“I want to make a difference.”
Alfre Woodard filmography
Cast (177)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Boroughs TV | Judy Daniels | 7.2 |
| 2025 | The Last Frontier TV | Jacqueline Bradford | 7.2 |
| 2025 | The Inquisitor Movie | Narration | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet TV | Self | 3.9 |
| 2024 | Salem's Lot Movie | Dr. Cody | 6.0 |
| 2024 | Summer Camp Movie | Mary | 5.4 |
| 2024 | Monsieur Spade TV | Virginia Dell | 6.2 |
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence Movie | Mother Mary | 5.8 |
| 2023 | Weathering Movie | Mum | 4.8 |
| 2023 | Space Oddity Movie | Dr. Olsen | 6.0 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur TV | Mimi (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show TV | Self - Guest | 5.6 |
| 2022 | The Gray Man Movie | Margaret Cahill | 6.9 |
| 2021 | Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color Movie | Alma Thomas (voice) | 10.0 |
| 2021 | Fatherhood Movie | Marian | 7.5 |
| 2021 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street Movie | Mary Parrish (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart TV | Self | |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Lower Decks TV | Lilly Sloane (voice) | 7.6 |
| 2020 | The Making of Clemency Movie | Herself | |
| 2019 | Clemency Movie | Warden Bernadine Williams | 6.3 |
| 2019 | See TV | Paris | 8.1 |
| 2019 | The Lion King Movie | Sarabi (voice) | 7.1 |
| 2019 | No Small Matter Movie | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2019 | Juanita Movie | Juanita | 5.4 |
| 2018 | Saint Judy Movie | Judge Benton | 6.9 |
| 2017 | Burning Sands Movie | Professor Hughes | 5.8 |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events TV | Aunt Josephine | 7.4 |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage TV | Mariah Dillard | 6.9 |
| 2016 | So B. It Movie | Bernadette | 6.6 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War Movie | Miriam | 7.5 |
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind Movie | Sam | 6.0 |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band Movie | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2015 | Knucklehead Movie | Sheila | 7.0 |
| 2015 | Empire TV | Renee | 7.1 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV | Self | 4.2 |
| 2014 | State of Affairs TV | President Constance Payton | 5.6 |
| 2014 | Annabelle Movie | Evelyn | 5.8 |
| 2014 | Nelson Mandela Redrawn Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2014 | The Last Ship TV | Amy Granderson | 6.9 |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave Movie | Mistress Shaw | 7.9 |
| 2013 | The Door Movie | E | 4.0 |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias Movie | Ouiser | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Women, War & Peace TV | Narrator (voice) | 10.0 |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat TV | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | 6.9 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? TV | Self | 6.9 |
| 2010 | Black Panther Movie | Dondi Reece | 6.2 |
| 2010 | Black Panther TV | Dondi Reece (voice) | 6.9 |
| 2009 | Three Rivers TV | Dr. Sophia Jordan | 7.0 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV | Self - Guest | 4.9 |
| 2008 | Medal of Honor Movie | Narrator | 6.5 |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy TV | Mavis Heller | 6.4 |
| 2008 | Reach for Me Movie | Evelyn | 2.8 |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Movie | Alice Pratt | 6.9 |
| 2008 | True Blood TV | Ruby Jean Reynolds | 7.6 |
| 2008 | American Violet Movie | Alma Roberts | 6.7 |
| 2008 | Henry Box Brown Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods Movie | Edna Reilly | 6.6 |
| 2007 | Private Practice TV | Dee Bennett | 7.5 |
| 2007 | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty Movie | Self - Narrator | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Class of 3000 TV | Unknown character | 6.8 |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.7 |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray TV | Self - Guest | 5.1 |
| 2006 | King Leopold's Ghost Movie | Ilanga (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2006 | Take the Lead Movie | Augustine James | 6.9 |
| 2006 | Something New Movie | Joyce McQueen | 6.4 |
| 2006 | The Water Is Wide Movie | Mrs. Brown | 7.0 |
| 2005 | Inconceivable TV | Dr. Lydia Crawford | 9.0 |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop Movie | Ms. Josephine | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy TV | Justine Campbell | 8.2 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives TV | Betty Applewhite | 7.9 |
| 2004 | The Forgotten Movie | Det. Anne Pope | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Radio Movie | Principal Daniels | 7.4 |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective Movie | Chief of Staff | 5.1 |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in Time Movie | Mrs. Whatsit | 6.3 |
| 2003 | The Core Movie | Stickley | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Movie | Narrator | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Movie | Unknown character | 5.2 |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger Movie | Self | 6.4 |
| 2001 | K-PAX Movie | Claudia Villars | 7.2 |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie Movie | Medicine Woman (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2001 | Disney's American Legends Movie | Unknown character | 7.1 |
| 2000 | Holiday Heart Movie | Wanda Dean | 7.1 |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Movie | Narrator | 7.5 |
| 2000 | Lost Souls Movie | Dr. Allen | 5.1 |
| 2000 | Static Shock TV | Jean Hawkins (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story Movie | Mary Parrish (voice) | 9.0 |
| 2000 | John Henry Movie | Polly / Narrator (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur Movie | Plio (voice) | 6.6 |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball Movie | Camille Wright | 7.3 |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? Movie | Audrey Williams | 5.5 |
| 2000 | Eleanor Roosevelt Movie | Narrator (voice) | 8.0 |
| 1999 | Mumford Movie | Lily | 6.6 |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines Movie | Joyce May | 7.7 |
| 1999 | The Wishing Tree Movie | Clara | 7.5 |
| 1999 | The Underground Railroad Movie | Unknown character | 7.0 |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta Movie | Loretta Sinclair | 6.3 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys TV | Medicine Woman (voice) | 7.0 |
| 1997 | Seven Candles For Kwanzaa Movie | Narrator | |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Movie | Maisie (voice) | 6.1 |
| 1997 | Cadillac Desert TV | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1997 | The Practice TV | Denise Freeman | 7.6 |
| 1997 | Follow Me Home Movie | Evey | 5.0 |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys Movie | Eunice Evers, R.N. | 6.5 |
| 1997 | The Member of the Wedding Movie | Berenice Sadie Brown | 6.0 |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact Movie | Lily Sloane | 7.3 |
| 1996 | A Step Toward Tomorrow Movie | Dr. Sadlin | 4.5 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show TV | Self | 6.4 |
| 1996 | Primal Fear Movie | Shoat | 7.7 |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars Movie | Tamara O'Neil | 5.8 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels TV | Queen of Brobdingnag | 7.3 |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt Movie | Marianna | 6.4 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV | Winsome (voice) | 6.3 |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson Movie | Berniece Charles | 7.6 |
| 1994 | Crooklyn Movie | Carolyn Carmichael | 6.8 |
| 1994 | Aliens for Breakfast Movie | Mrs. Marks | 5.7 |
| 1994 | Blue Chips Movie | Lavada McRae | 6.1 |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain Movie | Narrator | 9.0 |
| 1993 | Frasier TV | Edna (voice) | 7.7 |
| 1993 | Bopha! Movie | Rosie Mangena | 5.4 |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls Movie | Penny Washington | 7.0 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street TV | Dr. Roxanne Turner | 8.1 |
| 1992 | Passion Fish Movie | Chantelle | 7.0 |
| 1992 | Rich in Love Movie | Rhody Poole | 6.4 |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Movie | Ann | 5.1 |
| 1992 | HBO First Look TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon Movie | Jane | 6.4 |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou Movie | Jessica Filley | 10.0 |
| 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story Movie | Mary Thomas | 7.0 |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker Movie | Popeye Jackson | 5.8 |
| 1988 | Scrooged Movie | Grace Cooley | 6.8 |
| 1988 | American Experience TV | Narrator (voice) | 6.5 |
| 1988 | The Child Saver Movie | Andrea Crawford | 7.5 |
| 1987 | Mandela Movie | Winnie Mandela | 4.8 |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes Movie | Maude DeVictor | 7.4 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law TV | Adrianne Moore | 7.0 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: Pilot Movie | Adrianne Moore | |
| 1986 | Extremities Movie | Patricia | 6.2 |
| 1985 | Puss in Boots Movie | Princess Lovinia | 5.0 |
| 1985 | Sara TV | Rozalyn Dupree | 8.3 |
| 1985 | Words by Heart Movie | Claudie Sills | 7.0 |
| 1984 | Black Hollywood Movie | Self | |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge Movie | Vicki Teague | 6.7 |
| 1984 | WonderWorks TV | Claudie Sills | |
| 1984 | Go Tell It on the Mountain Movie | Esther | 6.3 |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor Movie | Mattie | 8.0 |
| 1983 | Cross Creek Movie | Geechee | 6.6 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow TV | Self - Narrator (voice) | 8.4 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere TV | Roxanne Turner | 5.7 |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch TV | Marcia Fulbright | 5.2 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre TV | Princess Lovinia | 8.1 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre TV | Self - Guest | 8.1 |
| 1982 | Precious Blood Movie | Narrator | 8.5 |
| 1982 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Movie | Woman who lost her stuff | 8.5 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Esther | 6.6 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Mattie | 6.6 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Woman who lost her stuff | 6.6 |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders Movie | Karisha Ellsworth | 8.0 |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents TV | Evelyn Evers | 8.5 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues TV | Unknown character | 7.6 |
| 1980 | HealtH Movie | Sally Benbow | 5.4 |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. TV | Unknown character | 6.3 |
| 1979 | Freedom Road Movie | Katie | 5.2 |
| 1978 | The White Shadow TV | Sandra Wilcox | 7.1 |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke Movie | Lucy Smith | 6.0 |
| 1978 | Remember My Name Movie | Rita | 6.1 |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? TV | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Mrs. Brown | 8.8 |
| TBA | 2034 Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | The Thing That Hurts Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” Movie | Self | |
| TBA | Hate to See You Go Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Pockets of Heaven Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Baby of the Family Movie | Rachel |
Crew (3)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Porter TV | Executive Producer · Production | 5.4 |
| 2019 | Clemency Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.3 |
| 2019 | No Small Matter Movie | Executive Producer · Production |
Latest releases
- The Inquisitor2025
- Salem's Lot2024 / TMDB 6.0
- Summer Camp2024 / TMDB 5.4
- The Book of Clarence2024 / TMDB 5.8
- Weathering2023 / TMDB 4.8
- Space Oddity2023 / TMDB 6.0
Questions about Alfre Woodard
What are Alfre Woodard's major career highlights?
Alfre Woodard's major career highlights include her performances in 'Cross Creek,' '12 Years a Slave,' and her role in the TV series 'Luke Cage.' She has received numerous awards for her work, including four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Has Alfre Woodard won any Oscars?
Alfre Woodard has not won an Oscar, but she has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Cross Creek' in 1984.
What was Alfre Woodard's first film?
Alfre Woodard's first film was 'Remember My Name,' released in 1978, where she played a supporting role. This marked the beginning of her extensive film career.
What are some of Alfre Woodard's most successful films?
Some of Alfre Woodard's most successful films include '12 Years a Slave,' 'Cross Creek,' and 'The Family That Preys.' These films have received critical acclaim and showcased her acting range.
What is Alfre Woodard's personal life like?
Alfre Woodard is married to Roderick Spencer since 1990, and they have two children together. She is known for her commitment to social issues and often engages in humanitarian work.
What is Alfre Woodard's estimated net worth?
Alfre Woodard's estimated net worth is approximately $13 million, reflecting her successful career in acting and producing across film and television.
What are some milestones in Alfre Woodard's filmography?
Milestones in Alfre Woodard's filmography include her roles in '12 Years a Slave,' 'Star Trek: First Contact,' and 'The Help.' She has also made significant contributions to television, particularly in series like 'The Practice.'
What awards has Alfre Woodard received?
Alfre Woodard has received numerous awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for a Golden Globe. Her work has been recognized across various platforms.