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Name: Alfre Woodard
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Date of Birth:
November 08, 1952
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Place of Birth:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Mini-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 R... read moreemember My Name (1978) and H.E.A.L.T.H (1979), the Tulsa, OK, native was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Geechee in 1983's Cross Creek. She went on to further television acclaim during the decade, appearing on St. Elsewhere and winning Emmys for her recurring roles on Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law, and an ACE award for the made-for-cable Mandela (1987). In film, the actress consistently shone in roles that featured her as unconventional women who usually had a troubled past; after a memorable appearance in Miss Firecracker (1989), she went on to star in such films as Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) and John Sayles' Passion Fish (1992), for which she won a Golden Globe nomination. Other notable film appearances included those in Rich in Love (1993), Crooklyn (1994), and Maya Angelou's Down in the Delta, in which Woodard played a single mother with drug and alcohol problems who returns to her family's southern hometown. In 1999, the actress starred in two films, Funny Valentines and Mumford, Lawrence Kasdan's tale of a small-town psychologist.Woodard has also continued to work in television, earning considerable acclaim for her performances. In 1995, she won an Emmy nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Best Actress Award for her performance in the The Piano Lesson, and two years later won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award for her portrayal of the title character of Miss Evers' Boys, a nurse who consoled many of the subjects of the notorious 1930s Tuskeegee Study of Untreated Blacks with Syphilis. In addition, she has done a fair amount of narration, lending her voice to a variety of television documentaries. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
Alfre Woodard mini-bio: Alfre Woodard is the youngest of three children born to her parents in Oklahoma. She
was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written
out in gold letters. A former high school cheerleader and track star, she got the
acting bug after being pursuaded to audition for a school play by a nun at her
school. She went on to study acting at Boston University and enjoyed a brief stint
on Broadway before moving to LA. She got her first break in Remember My Name (1978)
which also starred Jeff Goldblum. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband, writer
Roderick Spencer, and their two adopted children: Mavis and Duncan. She was named
one of the Most Beautiful People in America by People Magazine.
As of September 13, 2003, she now holds the record of being the most honored African
American actress in Primetime Emmy history.
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