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Alfre Woodard TV movie, Pictures of Hollis Woods Alfre Woodard Pictures Alfre Woodard stars in CBS's "Three Rivers" as Dr. Sophia Jordan. Previously, Alfre Woodard 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." Alfre Woodard won her second Emmy Award for her portrayal of a rape victim on the pilot for "L.A. Law." The same year Alfre Woodard was nominated for her role in John Sayles' "Unnatural Causes." Alfre Woodard's 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). Alfre 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, Alfre Woodard was honored with an ACE Award for her portrayal of Winnie Mandela in "Mandela," starring Danny Glover. Other credits for Alfre Woodard 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.
Alfre Woodard starred in the ensemble film "How To Make An American Quilt" and Spike Lee's family drama, "Crooklyn." Alfre Woodard had a starring role in "Star Trek: First Contact" and in the thriller "Primal Fear" opposite Richard Gere. In 1984, Alfre Woodard was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Martin Ritt's "Cross Creek." Alfre 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." Alfre Woodard's 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." Alfre Woodard 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 for Alfre Woodard 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." Alfre 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, Alfre Woodard's 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." Alfre Woodard 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, Alfre 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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March 20, 2010 Not Alfre! RT @ohhSMASH: Theraflu kickin in. @thickums_magee said I sound like Alfre Woodard right now.. "MONICA!!!" Finna lay it down 5 hours agoWhen did Alfre Woodard become a bad sign for a program? It's just sad to see her talent wasted again and again. 9 hours agoRT @Yoshimikiosha: Lookin 4 AfricanAmerican Actors 4 a upcoming film starring Tyler Perry, Oprah, Halle Berry, Alfre Woodard,& Angela Bassett YKIOSHA@GMAIL.COM 13 hours agoI haven't seen American violet yet *shame on me* but I do love Alfre! RT @Toni_Thomas Love me some alfre woodard. #americanviolet 13 hours agoLove me some alfre woodard. #americanviolet 13 hours agoWatching The Family that Preys for the second time! I love Kathy Bates & Alfre Woodard 1 day agoAfter a while, folks gon think Alfre Woodard is Sanaa Lathan's mama for real lol 1 day ago#GreatestMovieEver HolidayHeart..I Love Ms.Alfre Woodard..She Needs a Lifetime Achivement #Oscar 2 days agoRT @Yoshimikiosha: Lookin 4 AfricanAmerican Actors 4 a upcoming film starring Tyler Perry, Oprah, Halle Berry, Alfre Woodard,& Angela Bassett YKIOSHA@GMAIL.COM 2 days agoWatching "Funny Valentines" with Alfre Woodard and Loretta Devine. 2 days agoI love Alfre Woodard...that is all:) 2 days agoand Alfre Woodard left in the car on a cross-country trip playing,'I Hope You Dance' this is one of Tyler's best movies to me!! 3 days agoI don't care what anyone says, when Alfre Woodard sings at her friend's wedding on A Family That Preys...I get pissed off. 3 days agoYou can't make yourself happy bringing misery to other people! -Alfre Woodard 3 days agoAlfre Woodard and Angela Bassett Remind me of each other. I know I'm not the only one. Lol #RandomIsh. 3 days agoAlfre Woodard nude must be hot! 3 days ago
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