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Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

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Alfre Woodard Biography

Known for the challenging roles she's played on film and in television, critically acclaimed actress Alfre Woodard's work has earned her an Oscar nomination, as well as four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2020, The New York Times ranked Woodard seventeenth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is also known for her work as a political activist and producer. Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Woodard began her acting career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977), she made her film debut in Remember My Name (1978). In 1983, she won major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cross Creek. In the same year, Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues. Later in the 1980s, Woodard had leading Emmy Award–nominated performances in a number of made for television movies, and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of leukemia in the pilot episode of L.A. Law. She also starred as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986, and for Guest Actress in 1988.

In the 1990s, Woodard starred in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Heart and Souls (1993), Crooklyn (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Primal Fear (1996) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996). She also drew critical praise for her performances in the independent dramas Passion Fish (1992), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Down in the Delta (1998). For her lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers' Boys (1997), Woodard won Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and several other awards. In later years, she has appeared in several blockbusters, like K-PAX (2001), The Core (2003), and The Forgotten (2004), starred in independent films, and won her fourth Emmy Award for The Practice in 2003. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and later starred in several short-lived series. She appeared in the critically acclaimed films 12 Years a Slave (2013), Juanita (2019), Clemency (2019, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) as well as the box office hits Annabelle (2014), and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and the remake of The Lion King (2019).

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Speaking Topics

  • Lunch with Alfre Woodard

  • The Importance of Activism

  • A Triumph of Talent: An Evening With Alfre Woodard

  • "Who Are These Americans?

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News
  • Alfre Woodard To Be Honored At Women Of Power Summit

    The Women of Power Summit is the nation’s No. 1 executive development and leadership conference for women of color, annually attracting more than 1,000 corporate executives, professionals, and businesswomen from across the country. The Women of Power Summit, hosted by ADP, will take place March 9-12, 2016, at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood.

  • Alfre Woodard honoured at Toronto Black Film Festival

    Ticketholders were left standing in the aisles at the Toronto Black Film Festival’s beyond-sold-out Tribute To Alfre Woodard on Saturday.

  • Alfre Woodard Named Women of Power Legacy Award Recipient

    It’s official! Esteemed actress, producer, and all-around favorite Alfre Woodard will be honored at the 2016 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit as a highly regarded Legacy Award recipient.

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  • HOW TO BOOK Alfre Woodard?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Alfre Woodard for both live and virtual events for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Alfre Woodard, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Alfre Woodard or any other celebrity of your choice.

  • HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BOOK Alfre Woodard?

    Speaking fees for Alfre Woodard, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Alfre Woodard charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Alfre Woodard, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.

  • WHO IS THE AGENT FOR Alfre Woodard?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Alfre Woodard for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Alfre Woodard for your next private or corporate function.

  • WHAT IS A FULL-SERVICE TALENT BOOKING AGENCY?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Alfre Woodard or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Alfre Woodard or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Live Event: $100,000 - $200,000
Virtual Event: $30,000 - $50,000
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Activism, Actors, Black Heritage, Business, Diversity Speakers, Empowerment, Entertainers, Entertainment, Fitness Experts, Health and Wellness, Influential Women, Inspirational Speakers, Liberal Speakers, Literary, Motivation, Personal Growth, Poetry, Political Speakers, Small Business, Social Justice, Sports, Sports Motivation, Television Personalities, Television Stars, University Speakers, Virtual Speakers, Women's Health, Women's Issues

Alfre Woodard Biography

Known for the challenging roles she's played on film and in television, critically acclaimed actress Alfre Woodard's work has earned her an Oscar nomination, as well as four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2020, The New York Times ranked Woodard seventeenth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is also known for her work as a political activist and producer. Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Woodard began her acting career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977), she made her film debut in Remember My Name (1978). In 1983, she won major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cross Creek. In the same year, Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues. Later in the 1980s, Woodard had leading Emmy Award–nominated performances in a number of made for television movies, and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of leukemia in the pilot episode of L.A. Law. She also starred as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986, and for Guest Actress in 1988.

In the 1990s, Woodard starred in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Heart and Souls (1993), Crooklyn (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Primal Fear (1996) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996). She also drew critical praise for her performances in the independent dramas Passion Fish (1992), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Down in the Delta (1998). For her lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers' Boys (1997), Woodard won Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and several other awards. In later years, she has appeared in several blockbusters, like K-PAX (2001), The Core (2003), and The Forgotten (2004), starred in independent films, and won her fourth Emmy Award for The Practice in 2003. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and later starred in several short-lived series. She appeared in the critically acclaimed films 12 Years a Slave (2013), Juanita (2019), Clemency (2019, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) as well as the box office hits Annabelle (2014), and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and the remake of The Lion King (2019).

Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Alfre Woodard and other top speakers and celebrities.

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Alfre Woodard Speaking Topics

  • Lunch with Alfre Woodard

  • The Importance of Activism

  • A Triumph of Talent: An Evening With Alfre Woodard

  • "Who Are These Americans?

Alfre Woodard Videos

  • Alfre Woodard on new film, 'Clemency,' and her history of criminal ...
    Alfre Woodard on new film, 'Clemency,' and her history of criminal ...
    Dec 21, 2019 ... Clemency" focuses on how capital punishment affects the condemned and those who put them to death. Woodard, an executive producer of...
  • Alfre Woodard & Cynthia Erivo - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation ...
    Alfre Woodard & Cynthia Erivo - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation ...
    Nov 20, 2019 ... In their Actors on Actors conversation, Alfre Woodard and Cynthia Erivo talked about their films "Clemency" and "Harriet" and how...
  • Alfre Woodard - Tufts Commencement 2019 Speaker - YouTube
    Alfre Woodard - Tufts Commencement 2019 Speaker - YouTube
    May 19, 2019 ... Actor, producer and activist Alfre Woodard delivers the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2019 on Sunday, May...
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FAQs on booking Alfre Woodard

  • How to book Alfre Woodard?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Alfre Woodard for both live and virtual events for over 20 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Alfre Woodard, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Alfre Woodard or any other celebrity of your choice.

  • How much does it cost to book Alfre Woodard?

    Speaking fees for Alfre Woodard, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Alfre Woodard charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Alfre Woodard, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.

  • Who is the agent for Alfre Woodard?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Alfre Woodard for clients worldwide for more than 20 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Alfre Woodard for your next private or corporate function.

  • What is a full-service talent booking agency?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Alfre Woodard or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Alfre Woodard or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.

Alfre Woodard is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Lunch with Alfre Woodard, The Importance of Activism, A Triumph of Talent: An Evening With Alfre Woodard and "Who Are These Americans?. The estimated speaking fee range to book Alfre Woodard for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. Alfre Woodard generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Spike Lee, Donna Brazile, Kathy Najimy, Erin Gruwell and Nikki Giovanni. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Alfre Woodard for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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Alfre Woodard Speaking Topics

  • Lunch with Alfre Woodard

  • The Importance of Activism

  • A Triumph of Talent: An Evening With Alfre Woodard

  • "Who Are These Americans?

Alfre Woodard Speaker Videos

  • Alfre Woodard on new film, 'Clemency,' and her history of criminal ...
    Alfre Woodard on new film, 'Clemency,' and her history of criminal ...
    Dec 21, 2019 ... Clemency" focuses on how capital punishment affects the condemned and those who put them to death. Woodard, an executive producer of the ...
    Alfre Woodard & Cynthia Erivo - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation ...
    Alfre Woodard & Cynthia Erivo - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation ...
    Nov 20, 2019 ... In their Actors on Actors conversation, Alfre Woodard and Cynthia Erivo talked about their films "Clemency" and "Harriet" and how Erivo started ...
  • Alfre Woodard - Tufts Commencement 2019 Speaker - YouTube
    Alfre Woodard - Tufts Commencement 2019 Speaker - YouTube
    May 19, 2019 ... Actor, producer and activist Alfre Woodard delivers the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2019 on Sunday, May 19, at the ...
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Alfre Woodard News

  • Alfre Woodard To Be Honored At Women Of Power Summit

    The Women of Power Summit is the nation’s No. 1 executive development and leadership conference for women of color, annually attracting more than 1,000 corporate executives, professionals, and businesswomen from across the country. The Women of Power Summit, hosted by ADP, will take place March 9-12, 2016, at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood.

  • Alfre Woodard honoured at Toronto Black Film Festival

    Ticketholders were left standing in the aisles at the Toronto Black Film Festival’s beyond-sold-out Tribute To Alfre Woodard on Saturday.

  • Alfre Woodard Named Women of Power Legacy Award Recipient

    It’s official! Esteemed actress, producer, and all-around favorite Alfre Woodard will be honored at the 2016 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit as a highly regarded Legacy Award recipient.

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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