Alfre Woodard is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards.
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Woodard with her husband Roderick Spencer at the 1987 Emmy Awards.
Woodard at Obama Rally during the Democratic National Convention in 2008
Woodard stumps for Barack Obama in New Philadelphia, Ohio in 2008
Woodard at the premiere of 12 Years a Slave at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival
Woodard in Johnson C. Smith University in 2012In their own words 2
…When we see a film, half of what we see is what we bring to it…
On how audiences receive a film (such as the film 12 Years a Slave in which Woodard starred in) in “In Praise of the One-Scene Performance:
Even in stories written by exceptional writers, even when they write a well-crafted piece…the mother is a cliché, though it might be a good rendering of a cliché.
On how mothers are typically portrayed in “Alfre Woodard Redefines Black Motherhood On Screen In ‘Juanita’” in Shadow and Act (2019 Mar 11)
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Captain America: Civil War
The Lion King
Primal Fear
The Gray Man
12 Years a Slave
Annabelle
Radio
The Core
Dinosaur
Star Trek: First Contact
K-PAX
Salem's Lot
The Forgotten
Scrooged
Fatherhood
Take the Lead
Heart and Souls
Beauty Shop
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Mississippi Grind
Something New
Love & Basketball
The Book of Clarence
Lost Souls
The Singing Detective
How to Make an American Quilt
Blue Chips
Crooklyn
Grand Canyon
Space Oddity
Saint Judy
Clemency
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Extremities
Burning Sands
Mumford
Summer Camp
John Henry
Passion Fish179 credits on file
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Grey's Anatomy
The Daily Show
Desperate Housewives
Frasier
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Last Ship
True Blood
L.A. Law
Hill Street Blues
American Experience
Private Practice
American Playhouse
The Practice
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The Wild Thornberrys
Homicide: Life on the Street
Empire
St. Elsewhere
Marvel's Luke Cage
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Star Trek: Lower Decks
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurAwards 8
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About this person
Alfre Woodard is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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