Biography
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.
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
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Homicide: Life on the Street
King Leopold's Ghost
Static Shock
The Killing Floor
The Ambush Murders
12 Years a Slave
Desperate Housewives
Star Trek: Lower Decks
The Practice
Primal Fear
Frasier
True Blood
The Piano Lesson
Hill Street Blues
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Fatherhood
Private Practice
The Wishing Tree
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Captain America: Civil War
Disney's American Legends
Radio
Love & Basketball
Star Trek: First Contact
The Boroughs
The Last Frontier
K-PAX
Gulliver's Travels
The Lion King
Empire
John Henry
L.A. Law
The White Shadow
Knucklehead
The Water Is Wide
Holiday Heart
The Wild Thornberrys
Heart and Souls
Passion Fish
Words by Heart
Three Rivers
The Gray Man
Saint Judy
Luke Cage
The Last Ship
Steel Magnolias
Black Panther