Alfre Woodard is an American television and film actress. She portrayed Alice Pratt in the 2008 film, The Family That Preys.
Career
After years of work, Woodard found her breakout role in hospital drama St. Elsewhere, as Dr. Roxanne Turner (a role she would reprise a decade later in Homicide: Life on the Street). Since then, while never achieving superstar status, Woodard has turned in notable work in feature films that have often not found a large audience.
Charity Work
Woodard is a cofounder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization that works to end AIDS in South Africa and increase democracy in the country, as well as to improve civil rights in the United States.
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Alfre Woodard Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
November 8, 1952: Born
1978: The Trial of the Moke
1984: Wins Emmy Award for Hill Street Blues
1984: Nominated for an Oscar for Cross Creek
1987: Wins Emmy for L.A. Law
1997: Wins Emmy Award for Miss Evers' Boys
2003: Wins Emmy Award for The Practice
2005-2006 Desperate Housewives: IMDb | Mahalo | Wikipedia | Official Site
2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods: IMDb | Wikipedia | Official Site
References
Fast Facts
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Full name
Alfre Ette Woodard
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Born
November 8, 1952
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Birth place
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Husband
Roderick Spencer
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Children
Two (adopted)
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Religion
Christian Science
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Emmy awards
Four
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Oscar nominations
One
