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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

2014
Annabelle

as Evelyn

Movie
2019
The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

Movie
1988
Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

Movie
2016
Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

Movie
2013
12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

Movie
2025
The Last Frontier

as Jacqueline Bradford

TV Show