Alfre Woodard
Acting
Born 1952-11-08 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · TV
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · TV
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV
See
2019 · TV
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV
Memphis Beat
2010 · TV
Sara
1985 · TV
Three Rivers
2009 · TV
State of Affairs
2014 · TV
The Last Frontier
2025 · TV
Tucker's Witch
1982 · TV
My Own Worst Enemy
2008 · TV
True Blood
2008 · TV
Black Panther
2010 · TV
The Boroughs
Releases May 21, 2026
Empire
2015 · TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV
The Last Ship
2014 · TV
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017 · TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV
The Practice
1997 · TV
The Sophisticated Gents
1981 · TV
American Experience
1988 · TV
Frasier
1993 · TV
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · TV
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · TV
Private Practice
2007 · TV
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV
L.A. Law
1986 · TV
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · TV
Static Shock
2000 · TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV
Reading Rainbow
1983 · TV
Women, War & Peace
2011 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
The White Shadow
1978 · TV
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV
Class of 3000
2006 · TV
Monsieur Spade
2024 · TV
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980 · TV
HBO First Look
1992 · TV
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · TV
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · TV
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · TV
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · TV
Rachael Ray
2006 · TV