Alfre Woodard stars in CBS's "Three Rivers" as Dr. Sophia Jordan. Previously, she starred in NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" as Mavis Heller and in ABC's "Desperate Housewvies" as Betty Applewhite.
A four-time Emmy Award-winner, Alfre Woodard was first honored in 1984 for her performance as the grieving mother of a child killed by a police officer in the acclaimed series "Hill Street Blues." She won her second Emmy Award for her portrayal of a rape victim on the pilot for "L.A. Law." The same year she was nominated for her role in John Sayles' "Unnatural Causes." Her third Emmy Award earned was for Best Actress in a Television Mini-Series or Movie in "Miss Ever's Boys" (for which she also received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a cable Ace Award).
Woodard received another Emmy Award in 2003 for her guest starring role in "The Practice." Previous nominations include two in consecutive years for "Words By Heart" and for a role on the series "St. Elsewhere." Woodard was nominated again in 1990 for "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story." In addition, she was honored with an ACE Award for her portrayal of Winnie Mandela in "Mandela," starring Danny Glover. Other credits include television movies "The Member Of The Wedding," Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," "Holiday Heart" (for which she was nominated for a 2000 Best Actress Golden Globe Award), as well as three Hallmark Hall of Fame productions, all on the Network; the television adaptation of August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson," which earned her a Best Actress Award from the Screen Actors Guild and an Emmy Award nomination; "The Water Is Wide;" and "Pictures of Hollis Woods," co-starring Sissy Spacek, for which she was nominated for an Emmy.
Woodard starred in the ensemble film "How To Make An American Quilt" and Spike Lee's family drama, "Crooklyn." She had a starring role in "Star Trek: First Contact" and in the thriller "Primal Fear" opposite Richard Gere. In 1984, Woodard was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Martin Ritt's "Cross Creek." Woodard's other starring film projects include John Sayles' "Passion Fish," Morgan Freeman's South African drama "Bopha!" also starring Danny Glover, Bruce Beresford's "Rich In Love," William Freidkin's "Blue Chips" and Ron Underwood's comedy "Heart And Souls."
Her additional film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon," the comedy "Scrooged," "Miss Firecracker" opposite Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins, and Robert Altman's "Health." She made her motion picture debut in Alan Rudolph's "Remember My Name." She was most recently seen in "American Violet;" Tyler Perry's "The Family That Preys" opposite Kathy Bates and she starred along side Antonio Banderas in "Take The Lead." Additional credits include "Something New;" "Beauty Shop" opposite Queen Latifah; "The Forgotten" with Julianne Moore; "Radio" with Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris and Deborah Winger; "The Core;" "The Singing Detective" with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr.; "K-Pax" opposite Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges; "Love 'N Basketball;" Wesley Snipes' production of "Down in The Delta" directed by Dr. Maya Angelou; Gurinder Chadha's "What's Cooking" and Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford." Woodard has lent her voice to animation, portraying the cheetah mother in "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" as well as a lemur named Plio in "Dinosaur."
Always drawn to the theater, her stage credits include Broadway's "Drowning Crow," the 1985 New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Hare's "Map of The World" and the 1989 production of "A Winter's Tale." She also starred in "A Christmas Carol" and "Leander Stillwell" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, "Horatio" and Edward Bond's "Saved" at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C., "Me and Bessie" on Broadway and at San Francisco's ACT.
Most recently, Woodard directed the audiobook "Nelson Mandela's Favorite Folktales," which had her collaborating with talents such as Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackson, Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. The audiobook which was released on July 7, 2009, hit #1 on the Amazon audiobook chart.
A four-time Emmy Award-winner, Alfre Woodard was first honored in 1984 for her performance as the grieving mother of a child killed by a police officer in the acclaimed series "Hill Street Blues." She won her second Emmy Award for her portrayal of a rape victim on the pilot for "L.A. Law." The same year she was nominated for her role in John Sayles' "Unnatural Causes." Her third Emmy Award earned was for Best Actress in a Television Mini-Series or Movie in "Miss Ever's Boys" (for which she also received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a cable Ace Award).
Woodard received another Emmy Award in 2003 for her guest starring role in "The Practice." Previous nominations include two in consecutive years for "Words By Heart" and for a role on the series "St. Elsewhere." Woodard was nominated again in 1990 for "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story." In addition, she was honored with an ACE Award for her portrayal of Winnie Mandela in "Mandela," starring Danny Glover. Other credits include television movies "The Member Of The Wedding," Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," "Holiday Heart" (for which she was nominated for a 2000 Best Actress Golden Globe Award), as well as three Hallmark Hall of Fame productions, all on the Network; the television adaptation of August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson," which earned her a Best Actress Award from the Screen Actors Guild and an Emmy Award nomination; "The Water Is Wide;" and "Pictures of Hollis Woods," co-starring Sissy Spacek, for which she was nominated for an Emmy.
Woodard starred in the ensemble film "How To Make An American Quilt" and Spike Lee's family drama, "Crooklyn." She had a starring role in "Star Trek: First Contact" and in the thriller "Primal Fear" opposite Richard Gere. In 1984, Woodard was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Martin Ritt's "Cross Creek." Woodard's other starring film projects include John Sayles' "Passion Fish," Morgan Freeman's South African drama "Bopha!" also starring Danny Glover, Bruce Beresford's "Rich In Love," William Freidkin's "Blue Chips" and Ron Underwood's comedy "Heart And Souls."
Her additional film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon," the comedy "Scrooged," "Miss Firecracker" opposite Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins, and Robert Altman's "Health." She made her motion picture debut in Alan Rudolph's "Remember My Name." She was most recently seen in "American Violet;" Tyler Perry's "The Family That Preys" opposite Kathy Bates and she starred along side Antonio Banderas in "Take The Lead." Additional credits include "Something New;" "Beauty Shop" opposite Queen Latifah; "The Forgotten" with Julianne Moore; "Radio" with Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris and Deborah Winger; "The Core;" "The Singing Detective" with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr.; "K-Pax" opposite Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges; "Love 'N Basketball;" Wesley Snipes' production of "Down in The Delta" directed by Dr. Maya Angelou; Gurinder Chadha's "What's Cooking" and Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford." Woodard has lent her voice to animation, portraying the cheetah mother in "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" as well as a lemur named Plio in "Dinosaur."
Always drawn to the theater, her stage credits include Broadway's "Drowning Crow," the 1985 New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Hare's "Map of The World" and the 1989 production of "A Winter's Tale." She also starred in "A Christmas Carol" and "Leander Stillwell" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, "Horatio" and Edward Bond's "Saved" at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C., "Me and Bessie" on Broadway and at San Francisco's ACT.
Most recently, Woodard directed the audiobook "Nelson Mandela's Favorite Folktales," which had her collaborating with talents such as Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackson, Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. The audiobook which was released on July 7, 2009, hit #1 on the Amazon audiobook chart.
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