Alfre Woodard Biography
Alfre Woodard is an actress, producer, and political activist who was branded among the most versatile and accomplished actors of her time.
How old is Alfre Woodard?-Age
Woodard is 68 years old as of 8 July 2021. He was born 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United State.
Alfre Woodard Family
Woodard is the daughter of entrepreneur and interior designer Marion H. Woodard and homemaker Constance Woodard. She has two elder siblings and a sister to Marionette Gibson.
Alfre Woodard Husband
Woodard is married to writer Roderick Spencer. The couple has two children Mavis Spencer and Duncan Spencer and they together live in Santa Monica, California. Their daughter, Mavis, served as Miss Golden Globe for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards.
Alfre Woodard Career
Woodard made her professional theater debut in 1974 at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In the 1977 Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, her breakthrough role was. For her three-episode arc in Hill Street Blues, Woodard received her first Primetime Emmy Award in 1983, in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category.
In a variety of made-for-television movies, Woodard received critical acclaim for her lead performances. For her parts in the films Words by Heart, Unnatural Causes, and A Mother’s Bravery, she was nominated for Emmy Awards: The Mary Thomas Story. In 1987, in the HBO film Mandela, Woodard played the role of South African activist Winnie Mandela. She did not receive an Emmy, but a CableACE Award and NAACP Image were awarded to her.
For her roles in 12 Years a Slave, Star Trek: First Touch, and Desperate Housewives, Alfre Woodard is best known. For her work in The Practice in 2003, she won her fourth Primetime Emmy Award. In March 2014, it was revealed that in the NBC political drama pilot, State Of Affairs, she will play the part of the first female President of the United States. After a single season, the series was canceled.
With 17 nominations for 16 different roles in 2013, Woodard made Emmy history. Woodard was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in November 2014. In her acceptance speech, she said she feels it’s her job to use her fame to help less fortunate people. Woodard played Mariah Dillard in Marvel’s Luke Cage, a Netflix series. In the CGI live-action remake of The Lion King, she voiced Sarabi. She has been nominated as a nominee for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Actress.
Alfre Woodard Movies
♦ 2021 Fatherhood
♦ 2019 Clemency
♦ 2019 Juanita
♦ 2019 The Lion King
♦ 2018 Saint Judy
♦ 2017 Burning Sands
♦ 2016 Captain America: Civil War
♦ 2016 So B. It
♦ 2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
♦ 2015 Mississippi Grind
♦ 2015 Knucklehead
Alfre Woodard TV Shows
♦ 2020 Make It Work!
♦ 2019 See
♦ 2018 Empire
♦ 2017–2018 A Series of Unfortunate Events
♦ 2016–2018 Luke Cage
♦ 2014–2015 The Last Ship
♦ 2014–2015 State of Affairs
♦ 2013 Copper
♦ 2012 Private Practice
♦ 2012 Steel Magnolias
♦ 2011 Grey’s Anatomy
♦ 2010–2012 True Blood
♦ 2010 Black Panther