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Alfre Woodard

Highest Rated:: 100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated:: 9% The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)

Birthday:: Nov 8, 1952
Birthplace:: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Bio:: Intense, versatile African-American actress Alfre Woodard attended Boston University, then made her stage bow in 1974 with Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. After a few minor appearances in films like Remember My Name (1978) and H.E.A.L.T.H (1979), the Tulsa, OK, native was nominated for an Oscar for…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 9% - 100%

Number of Movies: 81

Box Office Since 2001: $496.3M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2010		Reach for Me	Actor	--
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Actor	--
2008	50%	The Family That Preys	Alice Pratt	$37.0M
2008		Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing an Independent Black Cinema	Actor	--
2008	74%	American Violet	Alma Roberts	$0.5M
2008		Medal of Honor	Narrator	--
2007		Pictures of Hollis Woods	Edna Reilly	--
2007		AmericanEast	Actor	--
2007		Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty	Actor	--
2006	44%	Take the Lead	Augustine James	$34.7M
2006	61%	Something New	Joyce McQueen	$11.4M
2006	91%	King Leopold's Ghost	Narrator	--
2006		The Water Is Wide	Mrs. Brown	--
2005	38%	Beauty Shop	Miss Josephine	$36.3M
2005		Martin's Big Words ... and More Stories from the African-American Tradition	Actor	--
2004	30%	The Forgotten	Anne Pope	$66.6M
2003	36%	Radio	Principal Reynolds Director	$52.3M
2003	39%	The Singing Detective	Chief of Staff	$0.3M
2003		A Wrinkle in Time	Mrs. Whatsit	--
2003	42%	The Core	NASA Chief Talma Stickley	$31.0M
2002	80%	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Akela	$39.8M
2002		Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2002		Trial of the Moke	Actor	--
2002		Searching for Debra Winger	Actor	--
2002		Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2001		American Legends	Actor	--
2001	41%	K-PAX	Claudia Villars	$50.0M
2000	52%	What's Cooking?	Audrey Williams	$0.7M
2000	82%	Love and Basketball	Camille Wright	--
2000		Holiday Heart	Actor	--
2000		The Wishing Tree	Actor	--
2000		Half Past Autumn	Actor	--
2000		Speak Truth to Power	Actor	--
2000	65%	Dinosaur	Plio	$135.6M
2000		The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story	Actor	--
1999	56%	Mumford	Lily	--
1999		Underground Railroad	Host	--
1998	78%	Down in the Delta	Loretta	--
1998		The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom	Narrator	--
1997		The Member of the Wedding	Bernice Brown	--
1997		Miss Evers' Boys	Actor	--
1996		Gulliver's Travels	Actor	--
1996		Run For The Dream:the Gail Devers Story	Actor	--
1996		A Step Toward Tomorrow	Dr. Sandlin	--
1996	92%	Star Trek - First Contact	Lily Sloane	--
1996		Follow Me Home	Actor	--
1996	74%	Primal Fear	Judge Miriam Shoat	--
1995	55%	How to Make an American Quilt	Marianna	--
1995		The Piano Lesson	Berniece	--
1994	37%	Blue Chips	Lavada McRae	--
1994	76%	Crooklyn	Carolyn Carmichael	--
1994		Frederick Douglass - When the Lion Wrote History	Actor	--
1994		Race to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad	Actor	--
1994		Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad	Actor	--
1993	55%	Heart and Souls	Penny Washington	--
1993	73%	Rich in Love	Rhody Poole	--
1993	80%	Bopha	Rosie Mangena	--
1992	9%	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Ann	--
1992	100%	Passion Fish	Chantelle	--
1991	76%	Grand Canyon	Jane	--
1990		Mandela in America	Actor	--
1990		Code of Honor	Actor	--
1989		A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Actor	--
1989	67%	Miss Firecracker	Popeye Jackson	--
1988	64%	Scrooged	Grace Cooley	--
1987		Mandela	Winnie Mandela	--
1986		Genesis - A Living Conversation	Actor	--
1986		Unnatural Causes	Actor	--
1986	50%	Extremities	Patricia	--
1985		The Killing Floor	Actor	--
1984		Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing an Independent Black Cinema	Actor	--
1984		Faerie Tale Theatre - Puss-In-Boots	Actor	--
1984		Sweet Revenge (Bittersweet Revenge)(Code of Honor)(Her Revenge)	Actor	--
1984		Go Tell It on the Mountain	Esther	--
1983	64%	Cross Creek	Geechee	--
1982		Ambush Murders	Kariha Ellsworth	--
1982		For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide	Actor	--
1981		Sophisticated Gents	Actor	--
1979		HealtH (H.E.A.L.T.H.)	Hotel Manager	--
1979		Freedom Road	Katie	--
1978		Remember My Name	Rita	--

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1. Lily Sloane: Jean-Luc blow up the damned ship!
2. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: NO!
From Star Trek - First Contact. Submitted by Eric J (20 days ago)

1. Mrs. Whatsit: In all the one of who you are now. In the glory of everything you are becoming. In all that you feel, you have something the darkness does not have. Can never have, my darling.
2. Meg Murry: What? What is it?
3. Mrs. Whatsit: It is only yours if you find it for yourself.
From A Wrinkle in Time. Submitted by Gavin C (29 days ago)