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Alfre Woodard

Highest Rated:: 100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated:: 8% 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: 8% - 100%

Number of Movies: 86

Box Office Since 2001: $496.3M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013		The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For CIVIL Rights	Actor	--
2012		Steel Magnolias (2012)	Actor	--
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Actor	--
2010		Reach for Me	Actor	--
2008	51%	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		Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty	Narrator	--
2007		AmericanEast	Actor	--
2007		Pictures of Hollis Woods	Edna Reilly	--
2006	91%	King Leopold's Ghost	Narrator	--
2006		The Water Is Wide	Mrs. Brown	--
2006	44%	Take the Lead	Augustine James	$34.7M
2006	61%	Something New	Joyce McQueen	$11.4M
2005		Dot...and More Stories to Make You Feel Good	Actor	--
2005	38%	Beauty Shop	Miss Josephine	$36.3M
2005		Martin's Big Words ... and More Stories from the African-American Tradition	Actor	--
2004	31%	The Forgotten	Anne Pope	$66.6M
2003	41%	The Core	NASA Chief Talma Stickley	$31.0M
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	--
2002		Trial of the Moke	Actor	--
2002		Searching for Debra Winger	Actor	--
2002		Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2002	80%	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Akela	$39.8M
2002		Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	Narrator	--
2002		Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2001	41%	K-PAX	Claudia Villars	$50.0M
2001		American Legends	Actor	--
2001		Half Past Autumn	Narrator	--
2001		Speak Truth to Power	Actor	--
2000	65%	Dinosaur	Plio	$135.6M
2000		The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story	Actor	--
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	--
1999		People's Century - Skin Deep: The Fight Against Legislated Racism	Narrator	--
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		Miss Evers' Boys	Actor	--
1997		The Member of the Wedding	Bernice Brown	--
1996	74%	Primal Fear	Judge Miriam Shoat	--
1996		Gulliver's Travels	Actor	--
1996		Run For The Dream:the Gail Devers Story	Actor	--
1996		Follow Me Home	Evey	--
1996		A Step Toward Tomorrow	Dr. Sandlin	--
1996	92%	Star Trek - First Contact	Lily Sloane	--
1995		The Piano Lesson	Berniece	--
1995	55%	How to Make an American Quilt	Marianna	--
1994		Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad	Actor	--
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	--
1993	55%	Heart and Souls	Penny Washington	--
1993	73%	Rich in Love	Rhody Poole	--
1993	80%	Bopha	Rosie Mangena	--
1992	100%	Passion Fish	Chantelle	--
1992	8%	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Ann	--
1991	76%	Grand Canyon	Jane	--
1990		Code of Honor	Actor	--
1990		Mandela in America	Actor	--
1989		A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Actor	--
1989	67%	Miss Firecracker	Popeye Jackson	--
1988	66%	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)	Vicki Teague	--
1984		Go Tell It on the Mountain	Esther	--
1983	64%	Cross Creek	Geechee	--
1982		For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide	Actor	--
1982		Ambush Murders	Kariha Ellsworth	--
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. Alice Pratt: It's not that I don't trust you: it is your inner thoughts that give me pause.
From The Family That Preys. Submitted by Sheree L (10 months ago)