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Alfre Woodard

Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 12 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys.

Filmography

2024
Salem's Lot

as Dr. Cody

Movie
2022
The Gray Man

as Margaret Cahill

Movie
2019
The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

Movie
2016
Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

Movie
2014
Annabelle

as Evelyn

Movie
2013
12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

Movie
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

Movie
2003
Radio

as Principal Daniels

Movie
2003
The Core

as Stickley

Movie
2001
K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

Movie
2000
Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

Movie
1996
Primal Fear

as Shoat

Movie
1988
Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

Movie
2025
The Last Frontier

as Jacqueline Bradford

TV Show