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Actor Alfre Woodard at Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. *Alfre Woodard has joined Alfred Molina and Michelle Monaghan in the indie feature “Saint Judy,” about a landmark immigration case that changed the way women are treated around the world, […]

(L-R) Juanita ( Alfre Woodard) and Jess (Adam Beach) Alfre Woodard takes a bold and courageous leap of faith in the Netflix, not to be missed film “Juanita,” streaming internationally. EURweb talked to her and cast members at the Metrograph in New York just hours before the movie was released globally. Directed by Clark Johnson […]

[…] Black films ever to be screened at one event and honor the best storytellers and artists for their work.” PAFF 25 will celebrate the work of actress Alfre Woodard with The Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by PAFF Co-Founder Ja’net Dubois during the Opening Night Gala, Thursday February 9th held at the DGA Headquarters in Los […]

Actress Alfre Woodard during Comic-Con International 2016 at San Diego Convention Center on July 21, 2016 in San Diego, California *Alfre Woodard has signed on to appear in DreamWorks’ upcoming ghost tale “Haunted,” based on the Henry James novella Turn of the Screw, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (“28 Weeks Later”) will direct the […]

Getty * Alfre Woodard recently opened up about her acclaimed film “Clemency,” in which she stars as a death row warden facing her 12th execution.  Directed by Chinonye Chukwu , “Clemency” won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019, making her the first Black woman to receive the honor.  Chukwu has now […]

* Alfre Woodard played hostess to this year’s Pre-Oscar party celebrating Black women in film in the penthouse at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, according to HipHollywood. “It’s all my sistah’s and we don’t ever get to see each other,” Woodard said. “Maybe one person coming and going, so everyone really looks forward to this day.” Viola […]

*We thought you’d like a sneak peek at tonight’s “Empire” on Fox at 8/7c. The episode features Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard, making her first appearance on the hit show.  The 18-time Emmy Nominated Actress will play Cookie’s (Taraji P. Henson) mom. In the episode, ‘False Face,’ Cookie, recalls her complex relationship with her mother while […]

Blair Underwood and Alfre Woodard *Blair Underwood returns to his native Petersburg, Virginia this spring to shoot the feature film “Juanita.” Alfre Woodard co-stars in the project, which is based on the novel “Dancing on the Edge of the Roof” by Sheila Williams. The title character is a nurse’s aide, mother and grandmother, who breaks […]

*Well, look-a-heah will ya. It’s Alfre Woodard in a new Netflix flick. In “Juanita,” Woodard gets a romantic-comedy vehicle of her very own. In the film, launching on March 8, 2019, Juanita is fed up with her life and leaves her grown kids behind to hit the road in search of a fresh start. Directed by […]

Getty *Laurence Fishburne and Alfre Woodard have joined the ensemble cast of “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” the highly anticipated animated series slated to premiere in 2022.  Actress and singer Diamond White (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” Disney’s “The Lion Guard”) will star as Lunella Lafayette (aka Moon Girl) in the series with Woodard […]

Nancy Pelosi, Alfre Woodard Christen Navy Ship John Lewis in San Diego *A year to the day after the death of former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, friends, colleagues, 6 members of his family and more gathered in San Diego for the U.S. Navy christening of the USNS John Lewis. The late civil rights icon, whose […]

Marcus Henderson *Marcus Henderson, last seen in Jordan Peele’s blockbuster “Get Out,” has joined Alfre Woodard in “Juanita,” with “The Wire” director Clark Johnson attached to helm, reports Deadline. As previously reported, the drama follows Juanita (Woodard) who, fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, takes a Greyhound bus to Montana […]

*On CBS’ “The Talk,” actress  Alfre Woodard opened up about hosting her eighth annual pre-Oscars “Sistahs Soiree” celebrating African American and Latina women who have been nominated in the Oscars acting categories. Woodard shares her inspiration behind the event: “I wanted to gather all the women of color, different colors…who have ever been nominated in […]

Common (L) and Mykelti Williamson *Common and Mykelti Williamson will star alongside Alfre Woodard in the indie drama “Saint Judy,” which has started production in Los Angeles, reports Variety. As previously reported, Michelle Monaghan stars in the story of Judy Wood, a single mother in her mid-30’s who began work in immigration law and represented an […]

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