Biography
Alfre LaWanda Jeen Woodard is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 2003
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1997
- Crystal Award · 1995
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1984
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- Audie Award — Best Female Narrator
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1984 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Reading Rainbow
Grey's Anatomy
See
Homicide: Life on the Street
King Leopold's Ghost
Static Shock
The Killing Floor
The Ambush Murders
12 Years a Slave
Desperate Housewives
The Practice
Primal Fear
Frasier
Star Trek: Lower Decks
True Blood
The Piano Lesson
Hill Street Blues
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Fatherhood
Captain America: Civil War
Private Practice
The Wishing Tree
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Disney's American Legends
The Boroughs
Radio
Love & Basketball
Star Trek: First Contact
The Last Frontier
K-PAX
Gulliver's Travels
The Lion King
Empire
John Henry
L.A. Law
The White Shadow
Knucklehead
Three Rivers
The Water Is Wide
Holiday Heart
The Wild Thornberrys
Heart and Souls
Passion Fish
Words by Heart
The Gray Man
Saint Judy
Luke Cage
The Last Ship
Steel Magnolias
Black Panther