Alfre Woodard: movies and TV shows
Alfre Woodard has 179 credits in the archive: 120 films and 59 TV series, from 1951 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2026 · busiest year: 1982 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Boroughs | Judy Daniels | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2025 | The Last Frontier | Jacqueline Bradford | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV | 3.6 | 72 |
| 2025 | The Inquisitor | Narration | Film | — | 72 |
| 2024 | Monsieur Spade | Virginia Dell | TV | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2024 | Salem's Lot | Dr. Cody | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence | Mother Mary | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 2024 | Summer Camp | Mary | Film | 5.3 | 71 |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Mimi (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2023 | Space Oddity | Dr. Olsen | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2023 | Weathering | Mum | Film | 4.9 | 70 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Margaret Cahill | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2022 | The Porter | TV | 5.4 | 69 | |
| 2021 | Fatherhood | Marian | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2021 | Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street | Mary Parrish (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2021 | Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color | Alma Thomas (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Lilly Sloane (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2020 | The Making of Clemency | Herself | Film | — | 67 |
| 2019 | See | Paris | TV | 8.1 | 66 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Sarabi (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2019 | Clemency | Warden Bernadine Williams | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2019 | Clemency | Film | 6.3 | 66 | |
| 2019 | Juanita | Juanita | Film | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2019 | No Small Matter | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2019 | No Small Matter | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2019 | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2018 | Saint Judy | Judge Benton | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Aunt Josephine | TV | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2017 | Burning Sands | Professor Hughes | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Miriam | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2016 | So B. It | Bernadette | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2015 | Empire | Renee | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind | Sam | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2015 | Knucklehead | Sheila | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2015 | A Path Appears | Self | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Mary Lou Williams (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2014 | The Last Ship | Amy Granderson | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 61 |
| 2014 | Annabelle | Evelyn | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2014 | Nelson Mandela Redrawn | Self | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 2014 | State of Affairs | President Constance Payton | TV | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Mistress Shaw | Film | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2013 | The Door | E | Film | 4.0 | 60 |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2011 | Women, War & Peace | Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 58 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat | Lieutenant Tanya Rice | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Dondi Reece (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Dondi Reece | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | Dr. Sophia Jordan | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2008 | True Blood | Ruby Jean Reynolds | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Mavis Heller | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Alice Pratt | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2008 | American Violet | Alma Roberts | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2008 | Reach for Me | Evelyn | Film | 2.8 | 55 |
| 2008 | Medal of Honor | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2008 | Henry Box Brown | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Dee Bennett | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Edna Reilly | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2007 | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 53 |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 53 |
| 2006 | Class of 3000 | TV | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Augustine James | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2006 | Something New | Joyce McQueen | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2006 | King Leopold's Ghost | Ilanga (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2006 | The Water Is Wide | Mrs. Brown | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Justine Campbell | TV | 8.2 | 52 |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop | Ms. Josephine | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Betty Applewhite | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2004 | The Forgotten | Det. Anne Pope | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 2003 | The Core | Stickley | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2003 | Radio | Principal Daniels | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective | Chief of Staff | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Film | 5.2 | 50 | |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Claudia Villars | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2001 | Disney's American Legends | Film | 7.4 | 48 | |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Medicine Woman (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Jean Hawkins (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Plio (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2000 | Lost Souls | Dr. Allen | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Camille Wright | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2000 | Holiday Heart | Wanda Dean | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | Audrey Williams | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2000 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Mary Parrish (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | John Henry | Polly / Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1999 | Mumford | Lily | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1999 | The Wishing Tree | Clara | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Joyce May | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1999 | The Underground Railroad | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Medicine Woman (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | Loretta Sinclair | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Denise Freeman | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1997 | Cadillac Desert | Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 44 |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Maisie (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | Seven Candles For Kwanzaa | Narrator | Film | — | 44 |
| 1997 | Follow Me Home | Evey | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Shoat | Film | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Lily Sloane | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Queen of Brobdingnag | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1996 | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Dr. Sadlin | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Tamara O'Neil | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Winsome (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Marianna | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1994 | Crooklyn | Carolyn Carmichael | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Lavada McRae | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1994 | Aliens for Breakfast | Mrs. Marks | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Edna (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Dr. Roxanne Turner | TV | 8.1 | 40 |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls | Penny Washington | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1993 | Bopha! | Rosie Mangena | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | Self | TV | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | Chantelle | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Ann | Film | 5.1 | 39 |
| 1992 | Rich in Love | Rhody Poole | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Jane | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Jessica Filley | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Popeye Jackson | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | Mary Thomas | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Grace Cooley | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1988 | The Child Saver | Andrea Crawford | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1987 | Mandela | Winnie Mandela | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Adrianne Moore | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1986 | Extremities | Patricia | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Adrianne Moore | Film | — | 33 |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Maude DeVictor | Film | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1985 | Sara | Rozalyn Dupree | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 1985 | Words by Heart | Claudie Sills | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1985 | Puss in Boots | Princess Lovinia | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1984 | WonderWorks | Claudie Sills | TV | — | 31 |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge | Vicki Teague | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1984 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Esther | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1984 | Black Hollywood | Self | Film | — | 31 |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor | Mattie | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 30 |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Geechee | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Roxanne Turner | TV | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Woman who lost her stuff | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mattie | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Esther | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Self - Guest | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Lovinia | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Marcia Fulbright | TV | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1982 | Precious Blood | Narrator | Film | 8.5 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Karisha Ellsworth | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1982 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Woman who lost her stuff | Film | 8.5 | 29 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 28 | |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Evelyn Evers | TV | 8.5 | 28 |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | TV | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1980 | HealtH | Sally Benbow | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Katie | Film | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Sandra Wilcox | TV | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1978 | Remember My Name | Rita | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke | Lucy Smith | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | TV | 6.0 | 24 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 0 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Brown | TV | 8.8 | 1 |
| 2034 | Film | — | — | ||
| The Thing That Hurts | Film | — | — | ||
| Pockets of Heaven | Film | — | — | ||
| Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Hate to See You Go | Film | — | — |