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Alfre Woodard
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American Violet
(FILM)
Apr. 17, 2009
Reach for Me
(FILM)
Dec. 5, 2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
(FILM)
Sep. 12, 2008
Megan Mullally Show
(TV)
Dec. 20, 2006
King Leopold's Ghost
(FILM)
Aug. 18, 2006
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Alfre Woodard Credits
HIGHLIGHTS
The youngest of three children, she was a cheerleader in high school.
Breakthrough role came in the 1977 Los Angeles stage production of
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
.
Most honored black actress in the history of the primetime Emmys as of 2006.
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Role
Category
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
-Alice Pratt
Actor
Film
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Take the Lead
2006
-Augustine James
Actor
Film
Something New
2006
-Joyce McQueen
Actor
Film
Beauty Shop
2005
-Miss Josephine
Actor
Film
The Forgotten
2004
-Anne Pope
Actor
Film
The Singing Detective
2003
-Chief of Staff
Actor
Film
Radio
2003
-Principal Reynolds
Actor
Film
The Core
2003
-NASA Chief Talma Stickley
Actor
Film
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
-Akela
Voice
Film
K-PAX
2001
-Claudia Villars
Actor
Film
Dinosaur
2000
-Plio
Voice
Film
Love & Basketball
2000
-Camille Wright
Actor
Film
What's Cooking?
2000
-Audrey Williams
Actor
Film
Mumford
1999
-Lily
Actor
Film
Down in the Delta
1998
-Loretta
Actor, Co-Producer
Film
Passion Fish
1992
-Chantelle
Actor
Film
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
-Ann
Actor
Film
Grand Canyon
1991
-Jane
Actor
Film
Scrooged
1988
-Grace Cooley
Actor
Film
Extremities
1986
-Patricia
Actor
Film
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
-Mary Thomas
Actor
TV
A Step Toward Tomorrow
-Dr. Sandlin
Actor
TV
A Wrinkle in Time
-Mrs. Whatsit
Actor
TV
Cadillac Desert
Narrator
TV
Desperate Housewives
2005-2006
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV
Remember
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
No One Is Alone
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
I Know Things Now
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
It Wasn't Meant to Happen
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Don't Look at Me
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Everybody Says Don't
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Could I Ever Leave You?
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
There Is No Other Way
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Thank You So Much
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Silly People
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
There's Something About a War
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
We're Gonna Be All Right
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
One More Kiss
(2006)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Coming Home
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
The Sun Won't Set
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Color and Light
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
I Wish I Could Forget You
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
They Asked Me Why I Believe in You
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
You'll Never Get Away From Me
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Next
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
One Wonderful Day
(2005)
-Betty Applewhite
Actor
TV Episode
Different Moms
Narrator
TV
Funny Valentines
-Joyce
Executive Producer, Actor
TV
Holiday Heart
-Wanda
Actor
TV
Innovators: A Musical Odyssey
Host
TV
Mandela's Fight for Freedom
Narrator
TV
Miss Evers' Boys
-Miss Evers
Actor
TV
My Own Worst Enemy
-Mavis Heller
Actor
TV
People's Century: 1900-1999
1998-1999
Narrator
TV
Fast Forward
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Guerrilla Wars
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Half the People
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Skin Deep
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Great Leap
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Fallout
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Young Blood
(1999)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Freedom Now
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Brave New World
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Master Race
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
On the Line
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Sporting Fever
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
People Power
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Killing Fields
(1998)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Pictures of Hollis Woods
-Edna Reilly
Actor
TV
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
-Harriet Tubman
Actor
TV
St. Elsewhere
-Dr. Roxanne Turner
Actor
TV
The Ambush Murders
Actor
TV
The Child Saver
Actor
TV
The Killing Floor
Actor
TV
The Piano Lesson
-Berneice
Actor
TV
The Water Is Wide
-Mrs. Brown
Actor
TV
The Wishing Tree
-Clara Collier
Actor
TV
Three Rivers
-Sophia Jordan
Actor
TV
Tucker's Witch
-Marcia Fulbright
Actor
TV
American Violet
2009
-Alma Roberts
Actor
Film
Follow Me Home
1997
-Evey
Actor
Film
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
-Lily Sloane
Actor
Film
Primal Fear
1996
-Judge Miriam Shoat
Actor
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
-Marianna
Actor
Film
Crooklyn
1994
-Carolyn Carmichael
Actor
Film
Blue Chips
1994
-Lavada McRae
Actor
Film
H.E.A.L.T.H.
1980
-Hotel Manager
Actor
Film
Remember My Name
1978
-Rita
Actor
Film
Rich in Love
-Rhody Poole
Actor
Film
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Special Report: Journey to Mars
-Tamara O'Neil
Actor
Film
Sporting Fever
-Narrator
Actor
Film
The Ambush Murders
-Kariha Ellsworth
Actor
Film
The Child Saver
Actor
Film
The Killing Floor
Actor
Film
The Medal of Honor
-Narrator
Voice
Film
The Member of the Wedding
-Bernice Brown
Actor
Film
The Piano Lesson
-Berniece
Actor
Film
The Sophisticated Gents
Actor
Film
The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom
-Narrator
Voice
Film
The Water Is Wide
-Mrs. Brown
Actor
Film
The Wishing Tree
Actor
Film
Words by Heart
Actor
Film
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Actor
Film
Unnatural Causes
Actor
Film
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Art of Gordon Parks
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Goldilocks
Voice
Film
Heart and Souls
-Penny Washington
Actor
Film
Her Revenge
Actor
Film
Holiday Heart
Actor
Film
Mandela
-Winnie Mandela
Actor
Film
Miss Evers' Boys
Actor
Film
Miss Firecracker
-Popeye Jackson
Actor
Film
Cross Creek
-Geechee
Actor
Film
Gulliver's Travels
Actor
Film
AmericanEast
Actor
Film
Blue Bayou
Actor
Film
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
-Narrator
Voice
Film
National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Actor
Film
People Power
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Brave New World - The Cold War Begins
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Fallout - Nuclear Energy and Destruction
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Fast Forward - Life Inside Our Ever-Shrinking World
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Freedom Now - Colonial Rule is Overthrown in Asia and Africa
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Great Leap - Communism in China
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Guerrilla Wars - Cuba, Vietnam and Afghanistan
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Half the People - Women Unite and Fight for Equality
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Killing Fields - Death on an Industrial Scale
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Master Race - Nazism Overtakes Germany
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: People Power - The End of Soviet-Style Communism
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Skin Deep - The Fight Against Legislated Racism
-Narrator
Actor
Film
People's Century: Young Blood - Baby Boomers Rock Society for Change
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Pictures of Hollis Woods
-Edna Reilly
Actor
Film
Bopha!
-Rosie Mangena
Actor
Film
Bury Me Standing
Actor
Film
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - An American Nile
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - Last Oasis
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - Mulholland's Dream
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - The Mercy of Nature
-Narrator
Actor
Film
Code of Honor
-Vicki Teague
Actor
Film
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
Actor
Film
Freedom Road
-Katie
Actor
Film
Funny Valentines
Actor
Film
Go Tell It on the Mountain
-Esther
Actor
Film
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Actor
Film
A Step Toward Tomorrow
-Dr. Sandlin
Actor
Film
A Wrinkle in Time
-Mrs. Whatsit
Actor
Film
Amazing Grace
-Narrator
Voice
Film
American Exile
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Reach for Me
2008
Actor
Film
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Highlights
The youngest of three children, she was a cheerleader in high school.
Breakthrough role came in the 1977 Los Angeles stage production of
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
.
Most honored black actress in the history of the primetime Emmys as of 2006.
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American Violet
Released: Apr. 17, 2009
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Reach for Me
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Released: Sep. 12, 2008
Felicity Huffman
Desperate Housewives
Aired: May. 21, 2006
Antonio Banderas
Take the Lead
Released: Apr. 7, 2006
Sanaa Lathan
Something New
Released: Feb. 3, 2006
Paige Hurd
Beauty Shop
Released: Mar. 30, 2005
Julianne Moore
The Forgotten
Released: Sep. 24, 2004
Carla Gugino
The Singing Detective
Released: Oct. 24, 2003
Michael Harding
Radio
Released: Oct. 24, 2003
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