Alfre Woodard
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Alfre Woodard (born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American actress.
Biography
She studied drama at Boston University, where she later graduated. She's made numerous guest appearances in TV and film. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1983 film Cross Creek.She also appeared as Lily Sloane, Zefram Cochrane's assistant in .
Her television credits include Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, L.A. Law, and '. Woodard has won four Emmy Awards for her television performances in Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, the television movie Miss Evers Boys, and The Practice. She's also received Emmy nominations for Words by Heart, St. Elsewhere, Unnatural Causes, a second for St. Elsewhere, A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, The Piano Lesson, Gulliver's Travels, and '. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred in the ABC series Desperate Housewives.
Woodard has appeared on stage in such plays as Map of the World, Drowning Crow, Me & Bessie, and A Winter's Tale.
Woodard lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, writer Roderick Spencer, and their two adopted children, Mavis and Duncan.
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1984 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Hill Street Blues
- 1987 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series - L.A. Law
- 1996 - Screen Actors Guild - Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries - The Piano Lesson
- 1997 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or A Special - Miss Evers' Boys
- 1998 - Screen Actors Guild - Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries - Miss Evers' Boys
- 1998 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture - Miss Evers' Boys
- 2003 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - The Practice
Nominations
- 1984 - Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress - Cross Creek
- 1985 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a special - Words By Heart Wonderworks
- 1986 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - St. Elsewhere
- 1987 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special - Unnatural Causes
- 1988 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series - St. Elsewhere
- 1990 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story The Magi
- 1993 - Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actress - Passion Fish
- 1995 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - The Piano Lesson (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
- 1996 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress for a Miniseries or Special - Gulliver's Travels
- 1998 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Homicide: Life On The Street
- 2001 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture - Holiday Heart
- 2006 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - "The Water Is Wide"
- 2006 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series- Desperate Housewives
Brief filmography
- St. Elsewhere (1985-1987) -- as Dr. Roxanne Turner
- Extremities (1986) -- as Patricia
- Scrooged (1988) -- as Grace Cooley
- Passion Fish (1992) -- as Chantelle
- The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) -- as Attorney Ann Orkin
- Heart and Souls (1993) -- as Penny Washington
- Crooklyn (1994) ... as Carolyn Carmichael
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995) -- as Marianna
- The Piano Lesson (1995) (TV) -- as Berniece
- (1996) -- as Lily Sloane
- ''Primal Fear (1996) as Judge Miriam Shoat
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997) -- as Eunice Evers
- Down in the Delta (1998) -- as Loretta Sinclair
- Mumford (1999) -- as Lily
- Love & Basketball (2000) -- as Camille Wright
- K-PAX (2001) -- as Claudia Villars
- The Singing Detective (2003) -- as Chief of Staff
- The Core (2003) -- as Talma Stickley
- Radio (2003) -- as Principal Daniels
- A Wrinkle In Time (2003) -- as Mrs. Whatsit
- The Forgotten (2004) -- as Detective Anne Pope
- Beauty Shop (2005) -- as Miss Josephine
- Desperate Housewives (2005-2006) -- as Betty Applewhite
- Something New (2006) -- as Joyce McQueen
- Take the Lead (2006)
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