Alfre Woodard

Born: November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

I come from a FULL house of storytellers. If they wanted to simply tell you about someone pouring the tea, it would take about ten minutes. They would act out all the parts. I had to kind of jump in there because, as the youngest, if I wanted to get in an opinion, I had to yell and jump and really participate. In addition to participating, I was also observing. I think an actor really has to be an observant person. Not necessarily remembering facts, not observing THAT way.

SCROOGED 1988 dir. Richard Donner Starring: Bill Murray Karen Allen

Best of TRUE BLOOD TV series 12 YEARS A SLAVE 2013 dir. Steve McQueen Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Kenneth Williams TAKE THE LEAD 2006 dir. Liz Friedlander Stars: Antonio Banderas Rob Brown