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Aliases: آلفره وودارد

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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Movie Involvements: 91

TV Involvements: 31


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Grey's Anatomy
Average
8

Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Justine Campbell
American Experience
Average
7

American Experience

(1988) Narrator (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
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8

Homicide: Life on the Street

(1993) Dr. Roxanne Turner
L.A. Law
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7

L.A. Law

(1986) Adrianne Moore
Empire
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7

Empire

(2015) Renee
See
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8

See

(2019) Paris
Private Practice
Average
8

Private Practice

(2007) Dee Bennett
The Last Ship
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7

The Last Ship

(2014) Amy Granderson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Self
Self
2024 Dr. Cody
Mary
Virginia Dell
Mother Mary
2023 Mum
Dr. Olsen
Mimi (voice)
2022 Margaret Cahill
2021 Alma Thomas (voice)
Marian
Mary Parrish (voice)
2020 Lilly Sloane (voice)
Herself
2019 Warden Bernadine Williams
Paris
Sarabi (voice)
Narrator (voice)
N/A
Juanita
Judge Benton
2017 Professor Hughes
Aunt Josephine
2016 Self
Mariah Dillard
Bernadette
Miriam
2015 Sam
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Sheila
Self
Renee
2014 Self
President Constance Payton
Evelyn
Self
Amy Granderson
Self (archive footage)
2013 Mistress Shaw
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2012 Ouiser
2011 Narrator (voice)
2010 Lieutenant Tanya Rice
Self
Dondi Reece
Dondi Reece (voice)
2009 Dr. Sophia Jordan
Self - Guest
2008 Narrator
Mavis Heller
Evelyn
Alice Pratt
Ruby Jean Reynolds
Alma Roberts
N/A
2007 Edna Reilly
Dee Bennett
Self - Narrator
2006 N/A
Self
Self - Guest
Ilanga (voice)
Augustine James
Mrs. Brown
Joyce McQueen
2005 Ms. Josephine
Justine Campbell
2004 Betty Applewhite
Det. Anne Pope
2003 Principal Daniels
Chief of Staff
Mrs. Whatsit
Stickley
Narrator
N/A
2002 Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Self
2001 Claudia Villars
Medicine Woman (voice)
N/A
2000 Wanda Dean
Narrator
Dr. Allen
Jean Hawkins (voice)
Mary Parrish (voice)
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Plio (voice)
Camille Wright
Audrey Williams
Narrator (voice)
1999 Lily
Joyce May
Clara
N/A
1998 Loretta Sinclair
Medicine Woman (voice)
1997 Maisie (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Denise Freeman
Evey
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Berenice Sadie Brown
1996 Lily Sloane
Dr. Sadlin
Self
Tamara O'Neil
Shoat
Queen of Brobdingnag
1995 Marianna
Winsome (voice)
Berniece Charles
1994 Carolyn Carmichael
Mrs. Marks
Lavada McRae
Narrator
1993 Edna (voice)
Rosie Mangena
Penny Washington
Dr. Roxanne Turner
N/A
1992 Chantelle
Rhody Poole
Ann
Self
1991 Jane
1990 Jessica Filley
1989 Mary Thomas
Popeye Jackson
1988 Grace Cooley
Narrator (voice)
Andrea Crawford
1987 Winnie Mandela
1986 Maude DeVictor
Adrianne Moore
Adrianne Moore
Patricia
1985 Princess Lovinia
Rozalyn Dupree
Esther
Claudie Sills
1984 Self
Vicki Teague
N/A
Mattie
1983 Geechee
Herself - Narrator (voice)
1982 Marcia Fulbright
Self - Guest
Princess Lovinia
Narrator
Woman who lost her stuff
Karisha Ellsworth
1981 Evelyn Evers
N/A
1980 Sally Benbow
N/A
1979 Katie
1978 Sandra Wilcox
Lucy Smith
Rita
1977 N/A
1953 Self
1951 Mrs. Brown
N/A
Judy
Herself
Bradford
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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