Actress of The Week: Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard (/ ˈælfri ˈwʊdərd /; lahir 8 November 1952) adalah seorang aktris, produser, dan aktivis politik Amerika. Dia telah dinobatkan sebagai salah satu aktor yang paling serbaguna dan berprestasi di generasinya. Dia telah dinominasikan sekali untuk Academy Award dan Grammy Award dan 18 kali untuk Emmy Award (memenangkan empat) dan juga memenangkan Golden Globe Award dan tiga Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Woodard memulai karir aktingnya di teater. Setelah peran terobosannya dalam drama Off-Broadway Untuk Gadis Berwarna Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977), ia membuat debut filmnya di Remember My Name (1978). Pada tahun 1983, ia memenangkan pujian kritis utama dan dinominasikan untuk Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik untuk perannya di Cross Creek. Pada tahun yang sama, Woodard memenangkan Primetime Emmy Award pertamanya untuk penampilannya dalam serial drama NBC Hill Street Blues. Kemudian pada 1980-an, Woodard memimpin pertunjukan yang dinominasikan Emmy Award dalam sejumlah dibuat untuk film televisi, dan peran pemenang Emmy lainnya sebagai seorang wanita sekarat leukemia dalam episode percontohan L.A. Law. Dia juga membintangi sebagai Dr. Roxanne Turner dalam drama medis NBC St. Elsewhere, di mana dia dinominasikan untuk Primetime Emmy Award untuk Aktris Utama Terbaik dalam Serial Drama pada tahun 1986, dan untuk Aktris Tamu pada tahun 1988.

Pada 1990-an, Woodard membintangi film-film seperti Grand Canyon (1991), Heart and Souls (1993), Crooklyn (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Primal Fear (1996) dan Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Dia juga mendapat pujian kritis untuk penampilannya dalam drama independen Passion Fish (1992), yang dia memenangkan Independent Spirit Award dan dinominasikan untuk Golden Globe Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik, serta Down in the Delta (1998). Untuk peran utamanya dalam film HBO, Miss Evers 'Boys (1997), Woodard memenangkan Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, dan beberapa penghargaan lainnya. Pada tahun-tahun berikutnya, ia telah muncul di beberapa film laris, seperti K-PAX (2001), The Core (2003), dan The Forgotten (2004), membintangi film-film independen, dan memenangkan Emmy Award keempatnya untuk Praktik pada tahun 2003. Dari 2005 hingga 2006, Woodard membintangi sebagai Betty Applewhite dalam serial drama komedi ABC Desperate Housewives, dan kemudian membintangi beberapa seri berumur pendek. Dia muncul dalam film The Family That Preys (2008), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Annabelle (2014), dan Juanita (2019), dan juga bekerja sebagai aktivis dan produser politik. Pada 2019, ia menerima pujian kritis atas penampilannya dalam film drama Clemency. Woodard adalah pendiri Artis untuk Afrika Selatan Baru, sebuah organisasi yang ditujukan untuk memajukan demokrasi dan kesetaraan di negara itu. Dia adalah anggota dewan AMPAS. 

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Remember My Name	Rita
1980	Health	Sally Benbow
1982	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf		American Playhouse production
1983	Cross Creek	Beatrice "Geechee"
1984	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Esther
	Sweet Revenge	Vicki Teague
1986	Extremities	Patricia
1988	Scrooged	Grace Cooley
1989	Miss Firecracker	Popeye Jackson
1990	Blue Bayou	Jessica Filley
1991	Grand Canyon	Jane
	Pretty Hattie's Baby	Hattie	Unreleased
1992	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Attorney Ann Orkin
	Passion Fish	Chantelle
1993	Rich in Love	Rhody Poole
	Heart and Souls	Penny Washington
	Bopha!	Rosie Mangena
1994	Blue Chips	Lavada McRae
	Crooklyn	Carolyn Carmichael
	Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa	Narrator	Documentary
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Marianna
1996	Statistically Speaking	Middle aged woman	Short film
	Follow Me Home	Evey	Unreleased
	Star Trek: First Contact	Lily Sloane
	Primal Fear	Judge Miriam Shoat
	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Dr. Sandlin
1997	Cadillac Desert	Narrator
	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	Maisie the Cat	Voice role
1998	Down in the Delta	Loretta Sinclair
1999	Funny Valentines	Joyce May
	The Wishing Tree	Clara Collier
	Different Moms	Narrator	Documentary
	Mumford	Lily
2000	What's Cooking?	Audrey Williams
	Lost Souls	Dr. Allen	Cameo
	John Henry	Polly / Narrator
	Love & Basketball	Camille Wright
	Dinosaur	Plio	Voice role
2001	K-PAX	Claudia Villars
	American Exile	Narrator	Documentary
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself
	Baby of the Family	Rachel
	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Akela	Voice role
2003	The Singing Detective	Chief of Staff
	Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	Narrator	Documentary
	The Core	Talma Stickley
	Unchained Memories	Narrator
	Radio	Principal Daniels
2004	The Forgotten	Detective Anne Pope
	All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11	Narrator	Documentary
2005	Beauty Shop	Miss Josephine
2006	Something New	Joyce McQueen
	Take the Lead	Principal Augustine James
	King Leopold's Ghost	Ilanga	Voice role
2008	American Violet	Alma Roberts
	The Family That Preys	Alice Pratt
	Road to Ingwavuma	Narrator	Documentary
	AmericanEast	Angela Jensen
2009	Reach for Me	Evelyn
2010	Have You Heard From Johannesburg	Narrator	Documentary
2013	The Door	E	Short film
	Miracle Rising: South Africa	Narrator	Documentary
	12 Years a Slave	Mistress Harriet Shaw
2014	The Hadza: Last of the First	Narrator	Documentary
	Annabelle	Evelyn
2015	Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band	Mary Lou Williams / Narrator	Documentary
	Mississippi Grind	Sam
	Knucklehead	Sheila
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Miriam Sharpe	Cameo
	So B. It	Bernadette
2017	Burning Sands	Professor Hughes
2018	Saint Judy	Judge Benton
2019	Clemency	Warden Bernadine Williams
	Juanita	Juanita
	The Lion King	Sarabi	Voice role, Replacing Madge Sinclair
2021	Fatherhood		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Trial of the Moke	Lucy	Television film
1979	Freedom Road	Katie	Television film
1980	The White Shadow	Sandra Wilcox	Episode: "Reunion: Part 1"
1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Evelyn Evers	Miniseries
1982	The Ambush Murders	Kariha Ellsworth	Television film
1982–1983	Tucker's Witch	Marcia Fulbright	12 episodes
1983	Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	3 episodes
1985	Sara	Rozalyn Dupree	13 episodes
1985	Words by Heart	Claudie Sills	Television film
1985–1988	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	16 episodes
1985	Faerie Tale Theatre	Princess Lovinia	Episode: "Puss in Boots"
1986	L.A. Law	Adrian Moore	Episode: "Pilot"
1986	Unnatural Causes	Maude DeVictor	Television film
1987	Mandela	Winnie Mandela	Television film
1988	The Child Saver	Andrea Crawford	Television film
1989	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Mary Thomas	Television film
1994	Frasier	Edna (voice)	Episode: "The Botched Language of Cranes"
1994	Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad	Harriet Tubman	Television film
1995	The Piano Lesson	Berniece	Television film
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Queen of Brobdingnag	Miniseries
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Wilnoome Bear (voice)	Episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
1997	The Member of the Wedding	Berenice Sadie Brown	Television film
1997	Miss Evers' Boys	Eunice Evers	Television film
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Dr. Roxanne Turner	Episode: "Mercy"
1999	The Wishing Tree	Clara	Television film
2000	Holiday Heart	Wanda	Television film
2003	The Practice	Denise Freeman	2 episodes
2003	A Wrinkle in Time	Mrs. Whatsit	Television film
2005–2006	Desperate Housewives	Betty Applewhite	19 episodes
2006	The Water Is Wide	Mrs. Brown	Television film
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Edna Reilly	Television film
2008	My Own Worst Enemy	Mavis Heller	9 episodes
2009–2010	Three Rivers	Dr. Sophia Jordan	12 episodes
2010–2012	True Blood	Ruby Jean Reynolds	5 episodes
2010	Black Panther	Queen Mother, Dondi Reese, Dora Milaje, Miss M'Buye (voices)	5 episodes
2010–2011	Memphis Beat	Lt. Tanya Rice	20 episodes
2011	Grey's Anatomy	Justine Campbell	Episode: "Heart Shaped Box"
2012	Private Practice	Dee Bennett	Episode: "The Next Episode"
2012	Steel Magnolias	Ouiser	Television film
2013	Copper	Hattie Lemaster	6 episodes
2014–2015	The Last Ship	Amy Granderson	3 episodes
2014–2015	State of Affairs	President Constance Payton	13 episodes
2016–2018	Luke Cage	Mariah Stokes[117]	23 episodes
2017–2018	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Josephine Anwhistle	3 episodes
2018	Empire	Renee Holloway	4 episodes
2019	See	Paris	Series regular