Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an interior designer. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre’s name written out in gold letters. A former high school cheerleader and track star, she got the acting bug after being persuaded to audition for a school play by a nun at her school. She went on to study acting at Boston University and enjoyed a brief stint on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles, California. She got her first break in Remember My Name (1978) which also starred Jeff Goldblum. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband, writer Roderick M. Spencer, and their two adopted children: Mavis and Duncan. She was named one of the Most Beautiful People in America by People Magazine.
Alfre Woodard
Movies
Radio
Set in 1976, real life Coach Jones befriends mentally disabled black student, Radio. They then form a friendship and bond over the football season. Though things take a turn for the worst when certain fans and parents feel that Radio is a distraction, and is getting in the way of…
Fun Facts
I'm an actor.
[on Bérénice Bejo's performance in The Past (2013)] As Marie in Asghar Farhadi's ""The Past
Quotes
[on her marriage] We were both taught, "You pick your friends on how they treat you - not by what they have or what they look like"". We get twice the cultures.
I'm a mom and a wife. That's what I do in the world. That's my identity. Second