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Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Born Alfre Woodard
November 8, 1952 (1952-11-08) (age 72)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Characters played Queen Mother
Dondi Reese
Dora Milaje
M'Buye
Mimi Lafayette

Alfre Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an actress who played Queen Mother, Dondi Reese, Dora Milaje, and M'Buye on Black Panther, and currently plays Mimi Lafayette on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

Biography[]

She is the first actor to play multiple roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She played Mariah Dillard/Black Mariah in the series Luke Cage, the brother of Mahershala Ali, as well as Miriam Sharpe in the film Captain America: Civil War.

On television, she is best remembered for her Emmy winning role as Doris Robson on Hill Street Blues, Emmy nominated role as Dr. Roxanne Turner on St. Elsewhere, Emmy winning role as Adrian Moore on L.A. Law, and Jean Hawkins in Static Shock as the mother of Phil LaMarr.

In film, she is best remembered for playing Grace Cooley in Scrooged, Penny Washington in Heart and Souls, Lily Sloane in Star Trek: First Contact as the assistant of James Cromwell, Judge Miriam Shoat in Primal Fear, Plio in Walt Disney Animation Studios's Dinosaur, Mistress Harriet Shaw in Oscar winning film 12 Years a Slave, and Sarabi in Disney's photorealistic remake The Lion King as the mother of Donald Glover.

Other notable works include Remember My Name, HealtH, Palmerstown, U.S.A., The Ambush Murders, Cross Creek, Tucker's Witch, Go Tell It on the Mountain, American Playhouse, Extremities, Mandela, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, Passion Fish, Rich in Love, Crooklyn, Frasier, How to Make an American Quilt, Follow Me Home, Gulliver's Travels, A Step Toward Tomorrow, The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Down in the Delta, Funny Valentines, Mumford, The Wishing Tree, Love & Basketball, Lost Souls, K-PAX, The Wild Thornberrys, Baby of the Family, The Practice, The Core, A Wrinkle in Time, Radio, The Forgotten, Beauty Shop, Something New, Desperate Housewives, The Family That Preys, My Own Worst Enemy, Three Rivers, Memphis Beat, Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, Private Practice, Copper, Annabelle, Mississippi Grind, State of Affairs, Knucklehead, Burning Sands, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Empire, Saint Judy, Clemency, Juanita, Fatherhood, See, The Gray Man, The Porter, and Salem's Lot.

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