Alfre Woodard Add to My Celebs Age 59 Birthday Nov. 8th, 1952 Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Height 5' 3 1/2"

Alfre Woodard's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Desperate Housewives Betty Apple… My Own Worst Enemy Mavis Heller Memphis Beat Lt. Tanya R… Three Rivers Sophia Jordan Sara Rozalyn Dup…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - American Violet 2008 - The Family That Preys 2006 - Take the Lead 2005 - Beauty Shop 2004 - The Forgotten 2003 - The Singing Detective 2003 - The Core 2003 - Radio 2002 - The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2001 - K-PAX 2000 - Lost Souls 2000 - Dinosaur 1999 - Mumford 1996 - Primal Fear 1996 - Star Trek: First Contact 1995 - How To Make An American Quilt 1994 - Crooklyn 1994 - Blue Chips 1993 - Heart and Souls 1992 - Passion Fish 1991 - Grand Canyon 1988 - Scrooged 1986 - Extremities

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:

• Has one daughter, Mavis and one son, Duncan
• 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.
• She was so impressed with the script of the independent film _Follow Me Home (1996)_ (qv) that she offered to play the role of Evey without pay; much to the delight and awe of filmmaker 'Peter Bratt' (qv).
• 'Jonathan Frakes' (qv) calls her his "godmother". The two became friends as young actors in the 1970s.
• Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1990.
• 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.
• As of September 13, 2003, she now holds the record of being the most honored African American actress in Primetime Emmy history. Until her win (as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for _"The Practice" (1997)_ (qv)), she was tied with 'Cicely Tyson' (qv) at three Primetime Emmys apiece. She won her first Primetime Emmy in 1984 as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for a three-episode guest stint on _"Hill Street Blues" (1981)_ (qv), as the mother of a young boy accidentally killed by a police officer. Her second Primetime Emmy came in 1986 as Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series (a category which has since been split into male and female equivalents) for the "Pilot" episode of _"L.A. Law" (1986)_ (qv) playing a woman dying of leukemia who claims to have been a victim of gang rape. In 1997, she won her third Primetime Emmy for _Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV)_ (qv) against stiff competition from the likes of 'Meryl Streep' (qv), 'Glenn Close' (qv) and 'Stockard Channing' (qv).
• Attended Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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