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Alfre Woodard

Woodard speaking at the Barack Obama campaign in New Philadelphia, 2008
Born Alfre Ette Woodard
November 8, 1952 (1952-11-08) (age 55)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Spouse(s) Roderick Spencer (1983-)

Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won four Emmy Awards, three SAG Awards and one Golden Globe Award. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG to recognize outstanding performances by members The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

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Biography

Personal life

Woodard was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an entrepreneur and interior designer. Interior design is a practice concerned with anything that is found inside a space - walls windows doors finishes textures light furnishings and furniture [1] Woodard attended Bishop Kelley High School, a private Catholic school in Tulsa. She studied drama at Boston University, from where she later graduated. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Woodard lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, writer Roderick Spencer, and their two adopted children, Mavis and Duncan. Woodard follows Christian Science. Christian Science is believed by its supporters to be a system of spiritually scientific truths which are summed up in the two commandments having one God one Mind one Life Truth [2] She is a founder and board member of Artists for a New South Africa and is also active in the Democratic Party.

Career

Woodard has made numerous guest appearances in television series and motion pictures. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1983 film Cross Creek. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Cross Creek is a 1983 Film starring Mary Steenburgen as The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. She also appeared as Lily Sloane, Zefram Cochrane's assistant in Star Trek: First Contact and Down in the Delta as a single alcoholic mother from Chicago forced to spend a summer with her uncle in Mississippi. Star Trek First Contact is a 1996 Science fiction film and the eighth feature film based in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe Zefram Cochrane is a Fictional character in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek First Contact is a 1996 Science fiction film and the eighth feature film based in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe

Woodard's television credits include Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Puss in Boots, L.A. Law, and Homicide: Life on the Street. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. Puss in Boots is the 21st episode of the television anthology Faerie Tale Theatre. LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Homicide Life on the Street is an American Television Police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore Woodard has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for her television performances in Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, and The Practice. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Miss Evers' Boys is a 1997 HBO television film starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the decades-long The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston She has also received Emmy nominations for Words by Heart, St. Elsewhere, Unnatural Causes, a second for St. Elsewhere, A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, The Piano Lesson, Gulliver's Travels, Homicide: Life on the Street, and The Water Is Wide. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. You may be looking for UNNATURAL CAUSES Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, a documentary series broadcast on PBS in 2008 St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The Piano Lesson is a play by American Playwright August Wilson, the fourth in his series ''The Pittsburgh Cycle''. Gulliver's Travels (1726 amended 1735 officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts Homicide Life on the Street is an American Television Police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred in the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and received another Emmy nomination for her role as Betty Applewhite. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced Betty Applewhite is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Woodard has appeared on stage in such plays as Map of the World, Drowning Crow, Me & Bessie, and The Winter's Tale. The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Alfre Woodard Biography (1952-)
  2. ^ The religion of Alfre Woodard, actress

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Helen Mirren
for Losing Chase		 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made of Television
1998
for Miss Evers' Boys		 Succeeded by
Angelina Jolie
for Gia
Persondata
NAME Woodard, Alfre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulsa, Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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