Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard ( AL-free WUUD-ərd; whose journey began on November 8, 1952) is an American actress. acclaimed 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 nomina...

Biography & Career

In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is officially documented as a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Woodard began her acting professional journey in theater, starring in So Nice, They Named It Twice, and breaking through by originating the role of “woman who lost her stuff” in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Cross Creek (1983). She earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actress nomination for her role in Clemency (2019). Woodard's notable films include Grand Canyon (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Heart and Souls (1993), Crooklyn (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Primal Fear (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Down in the Delta (1998), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Juanita (2019).