Alfre Woodard (/ˈælfri ˈwʊdərd/; born November , ) is an American
actress, producer, and political activist. She has been named one of
the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation. She has
been nominated once each for an Academy Award and Grammy Award and
times for an Emmy Award (winning four) and has also won a Golden Globe
Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.Woodard began her acting
career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway
play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is
Enuf (), she made her film debut in Remember My Name (). In , she won
major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her role in Cross Creek. In the same year,
Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the
NBC drama series Hill Street Blues. Later in the s, Woodard had
leading Emmy Awardâ€"nominated performances in a number of made for
television movies, and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of
leukemia in the pilot episode of L.A. Law. She also starred as Dr.
Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, for which she
was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Drama Series in , and for Guest Actress in .In the s, Woodard
starred in films such as Grand Canyon (), Heart and Souls (), Crooklyn
(), How to Make an American Quilt (), Primal Fear () and Star Trek:
First Contact (). She also drew critical praise for her performances
in the independent dramas Passion Fish (), for which she won an
Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Down in the Delta (). For her
lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers' Boys (), Woodard won Golden
Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and several other awards. In later
years, she has appeared in several blockbusters, like K-PAX (), The
Core (), and The Forgotten (), starred in independent films, and won
her fourth Emmy Award for The Practice in . From to , Woodard starred
as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate
Housewives, and later starred in several short-lived series. She
appeared in the films The Family That Preys (), Years a Slave (),
Annabelle (), and Juanita (), and has also worked as a political
activist and producer. In , she received critical acclaim for her
performance in the drama film Clemency. Woodard is a founder of
Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing
democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of
AMPAS.
actress, producer, and political activist. She has been named one of
the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation. She has
been nominated once each for an Academy Award and Grammy Award and
times for an Emmy Award (winning four) and has also won a Golden Globe
Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.Woodard began her acting
career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway
play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is
Enuf (), she made her film debut in Remember My Name (). In , she won
major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her role in Cross Creek. In the same year,
Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the
NBC drama series Hill Street Blues. Later in the s, Woodard had
leading Emmy Awardâ€"nominated performances in a number of made for
television movies, and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of
leukemia in the pilot episode of L.A. Law. She also starred as Dr.
Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, for which she
was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Drama Series in , and for Guest Actress in .In the s, Woodard
starred in films such as Grand Canyon (), Heart and Souls (), Crooklyn
(), How to Make an American Quilt (), Primal Fear () and Star Trek:
First Contact (). She also drew critical praise for her performances
in the independent dramas Passion Fish (), for which she won an
Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Down in the Delta (). For her
lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers' Boys (), Woodard won Golden
Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and several other awards. In later
years, she has appeared in several blockbusters, like K-PAX (), The
Core (), and The Forgotten (), starred in independent films, and won
her fourth Emmy Award for The Practice in . From to , Woodard starred
as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate
Housewives, and later starred in several short-lived series. She
appeared in the films The Family That Preys (), Years a Slave (),
Annabelle (), and Juanita (), and has also worked as a political
activist and producer. In , she received critical acclaim for her
performance in the drama film Clemency. Woodard is a founder of
Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing
democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of
AMPAS.
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