Alfre Woodard

Birth Place: Tulsa, OK
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: November 8, 1952, Scorpio
Profession: Actor; producer
While this handsome, African-American actress has never truly risen to star status, she is an accomplished performer of stage and screen who, strangely, never seems to age. She's played a host of diverse characters — doctor, detective, judge, junkie, teacher — yet she is consistently believable. Her television work, which includes stints on St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues as well as a number of TV-movies, has won her critical praise and four Emmy awards. A married mother of two, Woodard has always maintained a low personal profile, even when she signed on to one of TV's hottest shows, Desperate Housewives, in 2005.
Alfre Woodard Fast Facts:
The youngest of three children, she was a cheerleader in high school.
Breakthrough role came in the 1977 Los Angeles stage production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Most honored black actress in the history of the primetime Emmys as of 2006.
On her career boost as a result of playing mysterious Betty Applewhite in Desperate Housewives: "After 30 years as a performer, I figured I was on people's radar already, but noooo!" she told TV GUIDE in 2005. "Now people shout at me in the streets. 'Hey, Betty! What are you doing? You're a weird lady!'"

Alfre Woodard Relationships:
Constance Woodard - Mother
Duncan Spencer - Son
Marion H. Woodard - Father
Mavis Spencer - Daughter
Roderick Spencer - Husband

Alfre Woodard Awards:
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
2001 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
1988 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
2003 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
1986 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1984 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
1985 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
2006 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
2006 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1983 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Winner

College:

Boston University, Boston, MA (BFA in Theater, 1974)