AlfreWoodard.com
Unofficial fan site of Alfre Woodard
Career:
Woodard has made numerous guest appearances in television series and motion pictures. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1983 film Cross Creek. She also appeared as Lily Sloane, Zefram Cochrane's assistant in Star Trek: First Contact and Down in the Delta as a single alcoholic mother from Chicago forced to spend a summer with her uncle in Mississippi.
Copyright © 2008-2009
Woodard's television credits include Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Puss in Boots, L.A. Law, and Homicide: Life on the Street. Woodard has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for her television performances in Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, and The Practice. She has also received Emmy nominations for Words by Heart, St. Elsewhere, Unnatural Causes, a second for St. Elsewhere, A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, The Piano Lesson, Gulliver's Travels, Homicide: Life on the Street, and The Water Is Wide. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred in the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and received another Emmy nomination for her role as Betty Applewhite. Woodard has appeared on stage in such plays as Map of the World, Drowning Crow, Me & Bessie, and The Winter's Tale. She starred in Tyler Perry's latest film The Family That Preys.
Filmography:
1: Bury Me Standing (2010) (in production) .... Gloria
2:"My Own Worst Enemy" .... Mavis Heller / ... (13 episodes, 2008)
3: Reach for Me (2008) .... Evelyn
4: The Family That Preys (2008) .... Alice Pratt
... aka Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (USA: complete title)
5: American Violet (2008) .... Alma Roberts
6: Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) (TV) .... Edna Reilly
7: "Desperate Housewives" .... Betty Applewhite (20 episodes, 2005-2006)
8: Take the Lead (2006) .... Augustine James
9: The Water Is Wide (2006) (TV) .... Mrs. Brown
10: Something New (2006/I) .... Joyce McQueen
11: "Inconceivable" .... Dr. Lydia Crawford (2 episodes, 2005)
12: Beauty Shop (2005) .... Ms. Josephine
13: The Forgotten (2004) .... Det. Anne Pope
14: Radio (2003) .... Principal Daniels
15: "Static Shock" .... Jean Hawkins (1 episode, 2003)
16: A Wrinkle in Time (2003) (TV) .... Mrs. Whatsit
17: The Core (2003) .... Stickley
18: "The Practice" .... Denise Freeman (2 episodes, 2003)
19: The Singing Detective (2003) .... Chief of Staff
20: The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (voice) .... Akela (Cheetah Mother)
21: Baby of the Family (2002) .... Rachel
22: K-PAX (2001) .... Dr. Claudia Villars
23: Holiday Heart (2000) (TV) .... Wanda
24: Lost Souls (2000) (uncredited) .... Dr. Allen
25: Dinosaur (2000) (voice) .... Plio
26: Love & Basketball (2000) .... Camille Wright
27: What's Cooking? (2000) .... Audrey Williams
28: "The American Experience" .... Narrator (2 episodes, 1994-2000)
29: John Henry (2000) (voice) .... Polly/Narrator
30: Mumford (1999) .... Lily
31: Funny Valentines (1999) (TV) .... Joyce May
32: The Wishing Tree (1999) .... Clara
33: Secrets (1998/I)
34: Down in the Delta (1998) .... Loretta Sinclair
35: "Homicide: Life on the Street" .... Dr. Roxanne Turner (1 episode, 1998)
36: Slave Ship (1997) (TV) .... Narrator
37: Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV) .... Eunice Evers, R.N.
38: The Member of the Wedding (1997) (TV) .... Berenice Sadie Brown
39: "Adventures from the Book of Virtues" .... Harriet Tubman (1 episode, 1997)
40: The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) (V) (voice) .... Maisie
41: "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" .... Winoome Bear (1 episode, 1997)
42: Star Trek: First Contact (1996) .... Lily Sloane
43: A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996) .... Dr. Sandlin
44: Primal Fear (1996) .... Judge Miriam Shoat
45: Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996) (TV) .... Tamara O'Neil
46: Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) .... Queen of Brobdingnag
47: Follow Me Home (1996) .... Evey
48: The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) (TV) .... Host
49: How to Make an American Quilt (1995) .... Marianna
50: The Piano Lesson (1995) (TV) .... Berniece Charles
51: Statistically Speaking (1995)
52: "Frasier" .... Edna (1 episode, 1994)
53: Crooklyn (1994) .... Carolyn Carmichael
54: Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) (TV) .... Harriet Tubman
55: Blue Chips (1994) .... Lavada McRae
56: Aliens for Breakfast (1994) (TV)
57: Bopha! (1993) .... Rosie Mangena
58: Heart and Souls (1993) .... Penny Washington
59: Rich in Love (1993) .... Rhody Poole
60: Passion Fish (1992) .... Chantelle
61: The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) .... Attorney Ann Orkin
62: Grand Canyon (1991) .... Jane
63: Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991)
64: Blue Bayou (1990) (TV) .... Jessica Filley
65: A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) (TV) .... Mary Thomas
66: Miss Firecracker (1989) .... Popeye Jackson
67: Scrooged (1988) .... Grace Cooley
68: "St. Elsewhere" .... Dr. Roxanne Turner (13 episodes, 1985-1988)
69: The Child Saver (1988) (TV) .... Andrea Crawford
70: Mandela (1987) (TV) .... Winnie Mandela
71: The Line (1987) (TV) .... Denise Powell
72: Unnatural Causes (1986) (TV) .... Maude DeVictor
73: "L.A. Law" .... Adrianne Moore (1 episode, 1986)
74: Extremities (1986) .... Patricia
75: "Faerie Tale Theatre" .... Princess Lovinia (1 episode, 1985)
76: "Sara" (1985) TV series .... Rozalyn Dupree (unknown episodes)
77: Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) (TV) .... Esther
78: "American Playhouse" .... Mattie (2 episodes, 1982-1985)
79: Words by Heart (1985) (TV) .... Claudie
80: Sweet Revenge (1984) (TV) .... Vicki Teague
81: "Hill Street Blues" .... Doris Robson (3 episodes, 1983)
82: Cross Creek (1983) .... Geechee
83: "Tucker's Witch" (1982) TV series .... Marcia Fulbright (unknown episodes)
84: The Ambush Murders (1982) (TV) .... Kariha Ellsworth
85: Precious Blood (1982) (TV)
86: The Sophisticated Gents (1981) (TV) .... Evelyn Evers
87: "Enos" .... Darlene (1 episode, 1981)
88: "The White Shadow" .... Sandra Wilcox (1 episode, 1980)
89: HealtH (1980) .... Sally Benbow
90: Freedom Road (1979) (TV) .... Katie
91: Remember My Name (1978) .... Rita
92: The Trial of the Moke (1978) (TV)