Alfre Woodard

Filmography

• Aliens for Breakfast

  Mrs. Marks

• Sara

  cast member

• 2019

  Clemency

  Executive Producer
  Bernardine Williams

• 2019

  The Lion King

  voice of Sarabi

• 2016

  Captain America Civil War

  Miriam

• 2016

  Maya Angelou And Still I Rise

  on-screen participant

• 2014

  Annabelle

  Evelyn

• 2014

  Mississippi Grind

  Sam

• 2014

  12 Years a Slave

  Mistress Shaw
  Mistress Shaw

• 2009

  The Bottom Line

  narrator

• 2009

  Reach for Me

  Evelyn

• 2008

  Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys

  Alice Pratt

• 2008

  American Violet

  Alma Roberts

• 2007

  Pictures of Hollis Woods

  Edna Reilly

• 2006

  The Water Is Wide

  Mrs. Brown

• 2006

  Something New

  Joyce McQueen

• 2006

  Could I Leave You?

  Betty

• 2006

  One more Kiss

  Betty

• 2006

  We're Gonna Be all Right

  Betty

• 2006

  Silly People

  Betty

• 2006

  There's Something about a War

  Betty

• 2006

  Take the Lead

  Augustine James

• 2006

  Thank You So Much

  Betty

• 2006

  There Is No Other Way

  Betty

• 2005

  Beauty Shop

  Ms Josephine

• 2005

  Next

  Betty Applewhite

• 2005

  You'll Never Get Away With It

  Betty Applewhite

• 2005

  You Could Drive a Person Crazy

  Betty Applewhite

• 2005

  Color and Light

  Betty

• 2005

  The Sun Won't Set

  Betty

• 2005

  That's Good, That's Bad

  Betty

• 2005

  Coming Home

  Betty

• 2005

  They Asked Me Why I Believe in You

  Betty

• 2005

  One Wonderful Day

  Betty Applewhite

• 2005

  Goodbye for Now

  Betty Applewhite

• 2004

  The Forgotten

  Anne Pope

• 2003

  A Wrinkle in Time

  Mrs Whatsit

• 2003

  Radio

  Principal Daniels

• 2003

  The Core

  Stickley

• 2003

  The Singing Detective

  chief of staff

• 2003

  Alfre Woodard

  interviewee

• 2002

  The Wild Thornberrys Movie

  voice of Akela, cheetah mother

• 2002

  Searching for Debra Winger

  on-screen participant

• 2001

  K-pax

  Claudia Villars

• 2001

  What's Cooking?

  Audrey Williams

• 2000

  Waterproof

  cast member

• 2000

  Dinosaur

  voice of Plio

• 2000

  Love & Basketball

  Camille Wright

• 2000

  Lost Souls

  [prison supervisor]

• 1999

  Half past Autumn The Life and Work of Gordon Parks

  narrator

• 1999

  Mumford

  Lily

• 1998

  Down in the Delta

  Co-producer
  Loretta

• 1998

  Secrets

  Olivia

• 1998

  Mercy

  Dr Roxanne Turner

• 1997

  Cadillac Desert

  narrator

• 1997

  Miss Evers' Boys

  cast member

• 1996

  Second Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

  presenter

• 1996

  Follow Me Home

  cast member

• 1996

  Special Report: Journey to Mars

  Tamara O'Neill

• 1996

  A Step toward Tomorrow

  Dr Sandin

• 1996

  Primal Fear

  Judge Shoat

• 1996

  Star Trek First Contact

  Lily Sloane

• 1996

  Gulliver's Travels

  Queen of Brobdingnag

• 1995

  The Piano Lesson

  cast member

• 1995

  How-to-make-an-american-quilt

  Marianna

• 1994

  Blues Highway

  narrator

• 1994

  Facts of Life

  narrator

• 1994

  Countdown to Freedom Ten Days That Changed South Africa

  narrator

• 1994

  Crooklyn

  Carolyn

• 1994

  Blue Chips

  Lavada McRae

• 1994

  Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

  cast member

• 1993

  A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

  Mary Thomas

• 1993

  Bopha!

  cast member

• 1993

  Heart and Souls

  Penny

• 1992

  Passion Fish

  Chantelle

• 1992

  The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

  Attorney Ann Orkin

• 1992

  Rich in Love

  Rhody Poole

• 1991

  Grand Canyon

  Jane

• 1990

  Pretty Hattie's Baby

  cast member

• 1990

  Blue Bayou

  cast member

• 1989

  Orleans

  cast member

• 1989

  Miss Firecracker

  'Popeye' Jackson

• 1988

  The Child Saver

  cast member

• 1988

  Scrooged

  Grace Cooley

• 1987

  Mandela

  Winnie Mandela

• 1987

  The Line

  cast member

• 1987

  La Law

  cast member

• 1986

  Unnatural Causes

  cast member

• 1986

  Extremities

  Patricia

• 1986

  Dye Job

  cast member

• 1985

  Words by Heart

  cast member

• 1985

  Go Tell It on the Mountain

  Esther

• 1984

  The Killing Floor

  Mattie Custer

• 1984

  Sweet Revenge

  cast member

• 1983

  Cross Creek

  Geechee

• 1982

  Precious Blood

  cast member

• 1982

  The Ambush Murders

  cast member

• 1982

  For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf

  cast member

• 1980

  Health

  Sally Benbow

• 1979

  Freedom Road

  Katie

• 1978

  The Trial of the Moke

  cast member

• 1978

  Remember My Name

  Rita