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Alfre Woodard

Age: 57
Height: 5' 3 1/2"

Birth Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Born: Nov. 8th, 1952

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Alfre Woodard's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Desperate Housewives	Betty Applewh&hellip
My Own Worst Enemy	Mavis Heller
Three Rivers	Sophia Jordan
Sara	Rozalyn Dupree
Inconceivable	Dr. Lydia Cra&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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 in 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 (II), and their two adopted children: Mavis and Duncan. She was named one of the Most Beautiful People in America by People Magazine.

TRIVIA:

For her revelatory performance in writer-director 'John Sayles' (qv)' _Passion Fish (1992)_ (qv) she was the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's second pick (i.e. runner-up) for their best supporting actress prize in 1992.
Played Dr. Roxanne Turner in _"St. Elsewhere" (1982)_ (qv) and years later in an episode of _"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)_ (qv). 'Tom Fontana' (qv) was a writer for the first, and an executive producer for the second.
She and 'Felicity Huffman' (qv) are the only two cast members of _"Desperate Housewives" (2004)_ (qv) to have Oscar nominations.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.
Her old Tulsa, Oklahoma house located near the Broken Arrow Expressway is the same part of the Oklahoma Turnpike the Jackson family would take by bus to California for Jackson-Five performances.
'Jonathan Frakes' (qv) calls her his "godmother". The two became friends as young actors in the 1970s.
Among the Star Trek toys released for the movie _Star Trek: First Contact (1996)_ (qv), an action figure was made of Alfre in the likeness of her character Lili in the film.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1990.