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Acting

Alfre Woodard

Career: Active from 1978 to 2026, busiest in 2000 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 60
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Passion Fish
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alfre Woodard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Dark Humor
2.1, average 2.8
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Social Commentary 10
Character Study 7
Family Drama 6
Coming-of-Age 4
Emotional Journey 4
Social Justice 4
Feel-Good Story 3
Based on True Events 3
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Supernatural Elements 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

146

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Baby of the Family

as Rachel

2020s

15 titles · average score 59

The Boroughs

78

TV show · as Judy Daniels

The Last Frontier

56

TV show · as Jacqueline Bradford

The Inquisitor

as Narration

Summer Camp

37

as Mary

Salem's Lot

47

as Dr. Cody

The Book of Clarence

61

as Mother Mary

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

85

TV show · as Mimi (voice)

Weathering

45

as Mum

The Gray Man

55

as Margaret Cahill

Fatherhood

63

as Marian

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

45

as Mary Parrish (voice)

Star Trek: Lower Decks

74

TV show · as Lilly Sloane (voice)

2010s

25 titles · average score 66

The Lion King

60

as Sarabi (voice)

Clemency

74

as Warden Bernadine Williams

Juanita

63

as Juanita

Burning Sands

65

as Professor Hughes

Marvel's Luke Cage

76

TV show · as Mariah Dillard

So B. It

52

as Bernadette

Mississippi Grind

73

as Sam

Annabelle

41

as Evelyn

State of Affairs

48

TV show · as President Constance Payton

Steel Magnolias

61

as Ouiser

Memphis Beat

62

TV show · as Lieutenant Tanya Rice

Black Panther

69

TV show · as Dondi Reece (voice)

2000s

37 titles · average score 61

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

56

as Alice Pratt

Pictures of Hollis Woods

72

as Edna Reilly

Take the Lead

58

as Augustine James

Beauty Shop

52

as Ms. Josephine

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Justine Campbell

The Forgotten

44

as Det. Anne Pope

Radio

53

as Principal Daniels

K-PAX

58

as Claudia Villars

Dinosaur

60

as Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball

77

as Camille Wright

Holiday Heart

72

as Wanda Dean

John Henry

69

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

1990s

33 titles · average score 66

Down in the Delta

62

as Loretta Sinclair

Miss Evers' Boys

68

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

Cadillac Desert

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Primal Fear

71

as Shoat

Gulliver's Travels

71

TV show · as Queen of Brobdingnag

How to Make an American Quilt

62

as Marianna

Crooklyn

72

as Carolyn Carmichael

Blue Chips

53

as Lavada McRae

Heart and Souls

63

as Penny Washington

Bopha!

70

as Rosie Mangena

Passion Fish

87

as Chantelle

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

28

as Ann

1980s

29 titles · average score 67

Miss Firecracker

56

as Popeye Jackson

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

as Mary Thomas

Mandela

65

as Winnie Mandela

Extremities

43

as Patricia

Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

Sara

TV show · as Rozalyn Dupree

The Killing Floor

76

as Mattie

Sweet Revenge

60

as Vicki Teague

Tucker's Witch

63

TV show · as Marcia Fulbright

Precious Blood

as Narrator

The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

5 titles · average score 64

Freedom Road

54

as Katie

The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

62

as Rita

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as Sandra Wilcox

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Mrs. Brown