ألفري وودارد

The Inquisitor

2025 · Narration

Salem's Lot

2024 · Dr. Cody

The Book of Clarence

2024 · Mother Mary

Summer Camp

2024 · Mary

Space Oddity

2023 · Dr. Olsen

Weathering

2023 · Mum

الرجل الرمادي

2022 · Margaret Cahill

Fatherhood

2021 · Marian

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

2021 · Mary Parrish (voice)

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

2021 · Alma Thomas (voice)

The Making of Clemency

2020 · Herself

الاسد الملك

2019 · Sarabi (voice)

رأفة

2019 · Warden Bernadine Williams

Juanita

2019 · Juanita

No Small Matter

2019 · Narrator (voice)

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

2019

Saint Judy

2018 · Judge Benton

Burning Sands

2017 · Professor Hughes

كابتن أمريكا: الحرب الأهلية

2016 · Miriam

So B. It

2016 · Bernadette

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016 · Self

Knucklehead

2015 · Sheila

Mississippi Grind

2015 · Sam

A Path Appears

2015 · Self

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

2015 · Mary Lou Williams (voice)

آنابيل

2014 · Evelyn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

2014 · Self

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Mistress Shaw

The Door

2013 · E

Steel Magnolias

2012 · Ouiser

Black Panther

2010 · Dondi Reece

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

2008 · Alice Pratt

American Violet

2008 · Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown

2008

Medal of Honor

2008 · Narrator

Reach for Me

2008 · Evelyn

Pictures of Hollis Woods

2007 · Edna Reilly

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

2007 · Self - Narrator

Something New

2006 · Joyce McQueen

Take the Lead

2006 · Augustine James

King Leopold's Ghost

2006 · Ilanga (voice)

The Water Is Wide

2006 · Mrs. Brown

Beauty Shop

2005 · Ms. Josephine

The Forgotten

2004 · Det. Anne Pope

The Core

2003 · Stickley

Radio

2003 · Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

2003 · Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

2003 · Mrs. Whatsit

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003 · Narrator

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002 · Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

2002 · Self

K-PAX

2001 · Claudia Villars

Disney's American Legends

2001

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

2001 · Medicine Woman (voice)

ديناصور

2000 · Plio (voice)

Lost Souls

2000 · Dr. Allen

Love & Basketball

2000 · Camille Wright

Holiday Heart

2000 · Wanda Dean

Eleanor Roosevelt

2000 · Narrator (voice)

What's Cooking?

2000 · Audrey Williams

John Henry

2000 · Polly / Narrator (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000 · Mary Parrish (voice)

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

2000 · Narrator

Mumford

1999 · Lily

Funny Valentines

1999 · Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

1999 · Clara

The Underground Railroad

1999

Down in the Delta

1998 · Loretta Sinclair

Follow Me Home

1997 · Evey

Miss Evers' Boys

1997 · Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

1997 · Maisie (voice)

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

1997 · Narrator

The Member of the Wedding

1997 · Berenice Sadie Brown

Primal Fear

1996 · Shoat

Star Trek: First Contact

1996 · Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996 · Dr. Sadlin

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996 · Tamara O'Neil

How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · Marianna

The Piano Lesson

1995 · Berniece Charles

Blue Chips

1994 · Lavada McRae

Crooklyn

1994 · Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

1994 · Mrs. Marks

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

1994 · Narrator

Heart and Souls

1993 · Penny Washington

Bopha!

1993 · Rosie Mangena

Passion Fish

1992 · Chantelle

Rich in Love

1992 · Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1992 · Ann

Grand Canyon

1991 · Jane

Blue Bayou

1990 · Jessica Filley

Miss Firecracker

1989 · Popeye Jackson

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

1989 · Mary Thomas

Scrooged

1988 · Grace Cooley

The Child Saver

1988 · Andrea Crawford

Mandela

1987 · Winnie Mandela

Extremities

1986 · Patricia

L.A. Law: Pilot

1986 · Adrianne Moore

Unnatural Causes

1986 · Maude DeVictor

Words by Heart

1985 · Claudie Sills

Puss in Boots

1985 · Princess Lovinia

Sweet Revenge

1984 · Vicki Teague

The Killing Floor

1984 · Mattie

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984 · Esther

Black Hollywood

1984 · Self

Cross Creek

1983 · Geechee

Precious Blood

1982 · Narrator

The Ambush Murders

1982 · Karisha Ellsworth

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

HealtH

1980 · Sally Benbow

Freedom Road

1979 · Katie

Remember My Name

1978 · Rita

The Trial of the Moke

1978 · Lucy Smith

2034

The Thing That Hurts

Pockets of Heaven

Hate to See You Go

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

· Self

بلدة المتقاعدين

2026 · Judy Daniels

The Last Frontier

2025 · Jacqueline Bradford

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025 · Self

Monsieur Spade

2024 · Virginia Dell

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023 · Mimi (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 · Self - Guest

ستار تريك: الطوابق السفلية

2020 · Lilly Sloane (voice)

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

2020 · Self

See

2019 · Paris

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017 · Aunt Josephine

مارڤيل: لوك كيج

2016 · Mariah Dillard

Empire

2015 · Renee

The Last Ship

2014 · Amy Granderson

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014 · Self

State of Affairs

2014 · President Constance Payton

Women, War & Peace

2011 · Narrator (voice)

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010 · Self

Memphis Beat

2010 · Lieutenant Tanya Rice

Black Panther

2010 · Dondi Reece (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Three Rivers

2009 · Dr. Sophia Jordan

True Blood

2008 · Ruby Jean Reynolds

My Own Worst Enemy

2008 · Mavis Heller

Private Practice

2007 · Dee Bennett

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · Self - Guest

Rachael Ray

2006 · Self - Guest

Class of 3000

2006

تشريح غراي

2005 · Justine Campbell

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Betty Applewhite

Static Shock

2000 · Jean Hawkins (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

1998 · Medicine Woman (voice)

The Practice

1997 · Denise Freeman

Cadillac Desert

1997 · Narrator (voice)

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

Gulliver's Travels

1996 · Queen of Brobdingnag

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995 · Winsome (voice)

فريزر

1993 · Edna (voice)

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · Dr. Roxanne Turner

HBO First Look

1992 · Self

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

L.A. Law

1986 · Adrianne Moore

Sara

1985 · Rozalyn Dupree

WonderWorks

1984 · Claudie Sills

Reading Rainbow

1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Roxanne Turner

American Playhouse

1982 · Woman who lost her stuff

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 · Self - Guest

Tucker's Witch

1982 · Marcia Fulbright

Hill Street Blues

1981

The Sophisticated Gents

1981 · Evelyn Evers

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980

The White Shadow

1978 · Sandra Wilcox

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

1977

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Mrs. Brown