Alfre Woodard

Full filmography

• The Boroughs (2026) as Judy Daniels
• The Last Frontier (2025) as Jacqueline Bradford
• Number One on the Call Sheet (2025) as Self
• The Inquisitor (2025) as Narration
• Monsieur Spade (2024) as Virginia Dell
• Salem's Lot (2024) as Dr. Cody
• The Book of Clarence (2024) as Mother Mary
• Summer Camp (2024) as Mary
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as Mimi (voice)
• Space Oddity (2023) as Dr. Olsen
• Weathering (2023) as Mum
• The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
• The Gray Man (2022) as Margaret Cahill
• The Porter (2022) Executive Producer
• Fatherhood (2021) as Marian
• Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street (2021) as Mary Parrish (voice)
• Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021) as Alma Thomas (voice)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) as Lilly Sloane (voice)
• The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (2020) as Self
• The Making of Clemency (2020) as Herself
• See (2019) as Paris
• The Lion King (2019) as Sarabi (voice)
• Clemency (2019) as Warden Bernadine Williams
• Clemency (2019) Executive Producer
• Juanita (2019) as Juanita
• No Small Matter (2019) as Narrator (voice)
• No Small Matter (2019) Executive Producer
• The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts (2019)
• Saint Judy (2018) as Judge Benton
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017) as Aunt Josephine
• Burning Sands (2017) as Professor Hughes
• Captain America: Civil War (2016) as Miriam
• Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) as Mariah Dillard
• So B. It (2016) as Bernadette
• Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016) as Self
• Empire (2015) as Renee
• Mississippi Grind (2015) as Sam
• Knucklehead (2015) as Sheila
• A Path Appears (2015) as Self
• Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015) as Mary Lou Williams (voice)
• The Last Ship (2014) as Amy Granderson
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
• Annabelle (2014) as Evelyn
• Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014) as Self
• State of Affairs (2014) as President Constance Payton
• 12 Years a Slave (2013) as Mistress Shaw
• The Door (2013) as E
• Steel Magnolias (2012) as Ouiser
• Women, War & Peace (2011) as Narrator (voice)
• Who Do You Think You Are? (2010) as Self
• Memphis Beat (2010) as Lieutenant Tanya Rice
• Black Panther (2010) as Dondi Reece (voice)
• Black Panther (2010) as Dondi Reece
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
• Three Rivers (2009) as Dr. Sophia Jordan
• True Blood (2008) as Ruby Jean Reynolds
• My Own Worst Enemy (2008) as Mavis Heller
• Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008) as Alice Pratt
• American Violet (2008) as Alma Roberts
• Reach for Me (2008) as Evelyn
• Medal of Honor (2008) as Narrator
• Henry Box Brown (2008)
• Private Practice (2007) as Dee Bennett
• Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) as Edna Reilly
• Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty (2007) as Self - Narrator
• Rachael Ray (2006) as Self - Guest
• The Megan Mullally Show (2006) as Self - Guest
• Class of 3000 (2006)
• Take the Lead (2006) as Augustine James
• Something New (2006) as Joyce McQueen
• King Leopold's Ghost (2006) as Ilanga (voice)
• The Water Is Wide (2006) as Mrs. Brown
• Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Justine Campbell
• Beauty Shop (2005) as Ms. Josephine
• Desperate Housewives (2004) as Betty Applewhite
• The Forgotten (2004) as Det. Anne Pope
• The Core (2003) as Stickley
• Radio (2003) as Principal Daniels
• The Singing Detective (2003) as Chief of Staff
• A Wrinkle in Time (2003) as Mrs. Whatsit
• Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
• Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) as Narrator
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
• Searching for Debra Winger (2002) as Self
• K-PAX (2001) as Claudia Villars
• Disney's American Legends (2001)
• The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001) as Medicine Woman (voice)
• Static Shock (2000) as Jean Hawkins (voice)
• Dinosaur (2000) as Plio (voice)
• Lost Souls (2000) as Dr. Allen
• Love & Basketball (2000) as Camille Wright
• Holiday Heart (2000) as Wanda Dean
• What's Cooking? (2000) as Audrey Williams
• Eleanor Roosevelt (2000) as Narrator (voice)
• The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000) as Mary Parrish (voice)
• John Henry (2000) as Polly / Narrator (voice)
• Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) as Narrator
• Mumford (1999) as Lily
• The Wishing Tree (1999) as Clara
• Funny Valentines (1999) as Joyce May
• The Underground Railroad (1999)
• The Wild Thornberrys (1998) as Medicine Woman (voice)
• Down in the Delta (1998) as Loretta Sinclair
• The Practice (1997) as Denise Freeman
• Cadillac Desert (1997) as Narrator (voice)
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) as Maisie (voice)
• Miss Evers' Boys (1997) as Eunice Evers, R.N.
• Seven Candles For Kwanzaa (1997) as Narrator
• Follow Me Home (1997) as Evey
• The Member of the Wedding (1997) as Berenice Sadie Brown
• The Daily Show (1996) as Self
• Primal Fear (1996) as Shoat
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996) as Lily Sloane
• Gulliver's Travels (1996) as Queen of Brobdingnag
• A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996) as Dr. Sadlin
• Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996) as Tamara O'Neil
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Winsome (voice)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Marianna
• The Piano Lesson (1995) as Berniece Charles
• Crooklyn (1994) as Carolyn Carmichael
• Blue Chips (1994) as Lavada McRae
• Aliens for Breakfast (1994) as Mrs. Marks
• Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) as Narrator
• Frasier (1993) as Edna (voice)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Dr. Roxanne Turner
• Heart and Souls (1993) as Penny Washington
• Bopha! (1993) as Rosie Mangena
• HBO First Look (1992) as Self
• Passion Fish (1992) as Chantelle
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) as Ann
• Rich in Love (1992) as Rhody Poole
• Grand Canyon (1991) as Jane
• Blue Bayou (1990) as Jessica Filley
• Miss Firecracker (1989) as Popeye Jackson
• A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) as Mary Thomas
• American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
• Scrooged (1988) as Grace Cooley
• The Child Saver (1988) as Andrea Crawford
• Mandela (1987) as Winnie Mandela
• L.A. Law (1986) as Adrianne Moore
• Extremities (1986) as Patricia
• L.A. Law: Pilot (1986) as Adrianne Moore
• Unnatural Causes (1986) as Maude DeVictor
• Sara (1985) as Rozalyn Dupree
• Words by Heart (1985) as Claudie Sills
• Puss in Boots (1985) as Princess Lovinia
• WonderWorks (1984) as Claudie Sills
• Sweet Revenge (1984) as Vicki Teague
• Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) as Esther
• Black Hollywood (1984) as Self
• The Killing Floor (1984) as Mattie
• Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Cross Creek (1983) as Geechee
• St. Elsewhere (1982) as Roxanne Turner
• American Playhouse (1982) as Woman who lost her stuff
• American Playhouse (1982) as Mattie
• American Playhouse (1982) as Esther
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Self - Guest
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Princess Lovinia
• Tucker's Witch (1982) as Marcia Fulbright
• Precious Blood (1982) as Narrator
• The Ambush Murders (1982) as Karisha Ellsworth
• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982) as Woman who lost her stuff
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• The Sophisticated Gents (1981) as Evelyn Evers
• Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980)
• HealtH (1980) as Sally Benbow
• Freedom Road (1979) as Katie
• The White Shadow (1978) as Sandra Wilcox
• Remember My Name (1978) as Rita
• The Trial of the Moke (1978) as Lucy Smith
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977)
• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Mrs. Brown
• 2034
• The Thing That Hurts
• Pockets of Heaven
• Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” as Self
• Hate to See You Go