Alfre Woodard - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1978 - 2011

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November 08, 1952 in Tulsa, OK

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by Rebecca Flint Marx biography

Intense, versatile African-American actress Alfre Woodard attended Boston University, then made her stage bow in 1974 with Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. After a few minor appearances in films like Remember My Name (1978) and H.E.A.L.T.H (1979), the Tulsa, OK, native was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Geechee in 1983's Cross Creek. She went on to further television acclaim during the decade, appearing on St. Elsewhere and winning Emmys for her recurring roles on Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law, and an ACE award for the made-for-cable Mandela (1987).

In film, the actress consistently shone in roles that featured her as unconventional women who usually had a troubled past; after a memorable appearance in Miss Firecracker (1989), she went on to star in such films as Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) and John Sayles' Passion Fish (1992), for which she won a Golden Globe nomination. Other notable film appearances included those in Rich in Love (1993), Crooklyn (1994), and Maya Angelou's Down in the Delta, in which Woodard played a single mother with drug and alcohol problems who returns to her family's southern hometown. In 1999, the actress starred in two films, Funny Valentines and Mumford, Lawrence Kasdan's tale of a small-town psychologist.

Woodard has also continued to work in television, earning considerable acclaim for her performances. In 1995, she won an Emmy nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Best Actress Award for her performance in the The Piano Lesson, and two years later won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award for her portrayal of the title character of Miss Evers' Boys, a nurse who consoled many of the subjects of the notorious 1930s Tuskeegee Study of Untreated Blacks with Syphilis. In addition, she has done a fair amount of narration, lending her voice to a variety of television documentaries.

Title	Year	User Rating
Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness Voice	2011
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots Voice	2010
Memphis Beat: Season 01 Actor	2010
American Violet Actor	2008
Bury Me Standing Actor	2008
Medal of Honor Voice	2008
My Own Worst Enemy [TV Series] Actor	2008
Reach for Me Actor	2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Actor	2008
AmericanEast Actor	2007
National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty Voice	2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods Actor	2007
King Leopold's Ghost Voice	2006
Something New Actor	2006
Take the Lead Actor	2006
The Water Is Wide Actor	2006
Beauty Shop Actor	2005
Desperate Housewives: Goodbye for Now Actor	2005
Desperate Housewives: One Wonderful Day Actor	2005
Desperate Housewives: Season 02 Actor	2005
The Forgotten Actor	2004
A Wrinkle in Time Actor	2003
Radio Actor	2003
The Core Actor	2003
The Singing Detective Actor	2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Voice	2002
Searching for Debra Winger Participant	2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie Voice	2002
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Actor	2002
American Exile Voice	2001
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Art of Gordon Parks Voice	2001
K-PAX Actor	2001
Dinosaur Voice	2000
Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Goldilocks Voice	2000
Holiday Heart Actor	2000
Love & Basketball Actor	2000
The Wishing Tree Actor	2000
What's Cooking? Actor	2000
Funny Valentines Actor	1999
Mumford Actor	1999
People's Century: Fast Forward - Life Inside Our Ever-Shrinking World Voice	1999
People's Century: Guerrilla Wars - Cuba, Vietnam and Afghanistan Voice	1999
People's Century: Half the People - Women Unite and Fight for Equality Voice	1999
People's Century: Skin Deep - The Fight Against Legislated Racism Voice	1999
People's Century: Young Blood - Baby Boomers Rock Society for Change Voice	1999
Underground Railroad Participant	1999
Down in the Delta Actor, Co-producer	1998
Homicide: Life on the Street: Mercy Actor	1998
People Power Voice	1998
People's Century: Fallout - Nuclear Energy and Destruction Voice	1998
People's Century: Killing Fields - Death on an Industrial Scale Voice	1998
Sporting Fever Voice	1998
The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom Voice	1998
Miss Evers' Boys Actor	1997
People's Century: Freedom Now - Colonial Rule Is Overthrown in Asia and Africa Voice	1997
People's Century: Great Leap - Communism in China Voice	1997
People's Century: Master Race - Nazism Overtakes Germany Voice	1997
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa Voice	1997
The Member of the Wedding Actor	1997
A Step Toward Tomorrow Actor	1996
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - An American Nile Voice	1996
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - Last Oasis Voice	1996
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - Mulholland's Dream Voice	1996
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - The Mercy of Nature Voice	1996
Follow Me Home Actor	1996
Genesis - A Living Conversation: Volume 1 Actor	1996
Genesis - A Living Conversation: Volume 2 Actor	1996
Genesis - A Living Conversation: Volume 3 Actor	1996
Genesis - A Living Conversation: Volume 4 Actor	1996
Genesis - A Living Conversation: Volume 5 Actor	1996
Gulliver's Travels Actor	1996
Primal Fear Actor	1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars Actor	1996
Star Trek: First Contact Actor	1996
How to Make an American Quilt Actor	1995
The Piano Lesson Actor	1995
Amazing Grace Voice	1994
Blue Chips Actor	1994
Crooklyn Actor	1994
Frasier: The Botched Language of Cranes Actor	1994
Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History Interviewee	1994
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Actor	1994
Bopha! Actor	1993
Heart and Souls Actor	1993
Rich in Love Actor	1993
Passion Fish Actor	1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Actor	1992
Grand Canyon Actor	1991
Blue Bayou Actor	1990
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story Actor	1989
Miss Firecracker Actor	1989
Scrooged Actor	1988
The Child Saver Actor	1988
Mandela Actor	1987
Extremities Actor	1986
L.A. Law [TV Series] Actor	1986
Unnatural Causes Actor	1986
The Killing Floor Actor	1985
Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing An Independent Black Cinema Participant	1984
Code of Honor Actor	1984
Faerie Tale Theatre: Puss-In-Boots Actor	1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain Actor	1984
Words by Heart Actor	1984
Cross Creek Actor	1983
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide Actor	1982
The Ambush Murders Actor	1982
The Sophisticated Gents Actor	1981
Freedom Road Actor	1979
H.E.A.L.T.H. Actor	1979
Remember My Name Actor	1978
The Trial of the Moke Actor	1978
People's Century: Brave New World - The Cold War Begins Voice		NOT YET RELEASED
People's Century: People Power - The End of Soviet-Style Communism Voice		NOT YET RELEASED

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