Alfre Woodard
Collaborating Artist

Woodard currently stars in the feature film CLEMENCY, released in theaters December 2019. Among the critical praise she received for her lead role in the film, she also received a Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. On the small screen, she stars opposite Jason Momoa in the Apple TV+ series SEE, created by Steven Knight. Woodard will next appear in the Sony Pictures Film FATHERHOOD, alongside Kevin Hart. Other recent film appearances include the blockbusters CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR for Marvel and ANNABELLE for New Line. On the small screen, she most recently starred as the fierce "Mariah Dillard” in MARVEL’S LUKE CAGE and as the title character in the Netflix Original film JUANITA, which she also developed and produced. Acclaimed dramatic performances include her roles in Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE, John Sayles’ PASSION FISH, Maya Angelou’s DOWN IN THE DELTA, Peter Bratt’s FOLLOW ME HOME, Gina Prince-Blythwood’s LOVE AND BASKETBALL, Spike Lee’s CROOKLYN, Lawrence Kasdan’s GRAND CANYON and MUMFORD, Tyler Perry’s THE FAMILY THAT PREYS, Billie Woodruff’s BEAUTY SHOP with Queen Latifah, Richard Donner’s SCROOGED opposite Bill Murray, as well as MANDELA and MISS EVER’ BOYS (both for HBO Films).

Woodard has been nominated for 17 Emmy Awards (winning four), 7 SAG Awards (winning three), 3 Golden Globe Awards (winning one), 21NAACP awards (wining nine) and 2 Independent Spirit Awards (winning one). Her Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress was for her performance in Martin Ritt’s CROSS CREEK. She directed and produced NELSON MANDELA’S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES, which garnered a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Children’s Spoken Word Album”. It hosts a collaboration of talent both broad and diverse, featuring Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, and Samuel L. Jackson. In addition to her acting career, Woodard is a longtime activist who has been involved in countless nonprofit organizations including Artists for a New South Africa, a nonprofit she co-founded which is working to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and further the cause of democracy and human rights in South Africa. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed her to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. As part of her work on the Committee, Woodard adopted several high poverty and under-performing public schools around the country, including ReNew Cultural Arts Academy in New Orleans and Noel Community Arts School in Denver. She is an active advocate for the arts in education, largely through her work on the Committee’s “Turnaround Arts” initiative, which was launched in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Domestic Policy Council to narrow the achievement gap and increase student engagement through the arts.

Twitter: @AlfreWoodard