+ List of Alfre Woodard awards Woodard at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2013 Award Wins NominationsAcademy AwardsBAFTA AwardsGolden Globe AwardsGrammy AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild Award Alfre Woodard is an American actress and producer. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award, twice for a Grammy Award and 18 times for an Emmy Award (winning four) and has also won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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. She is a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983Best Supporting Actress Cross Creek
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2020 Best Actress in a Leading RoleClemency
Golden Globe Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1993Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Passion Fish 1997Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Miss Evers' Boys 2000 Holiday Heart
Grammy Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Spoken Word Album Grow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be2010 Best Spoken Word Album for Children Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (producer)
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1984 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Hill Street Blues: Doris in Wonderland1985 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Words By Heart Wonderworks 1986 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series St. Elsewhere1987Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Unnatural Causes Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series L.A. Law: Pilot1988 St. Elsewhere: The Abby Singer Show 1990Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story 1995 The Piano Lesson 1996 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Gulliver's Travels 1997Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Miss Evers' Boys 1998Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Homicide: Life on the Street: Mercy 2001 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special The Wishing Tree2003Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series The Practice 2006 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie The Water Is Wide Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Pictures of Hollis Woods 2011Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series True Blood 2013 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Steel Magnolias
Screen Actors Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie The Piano Lesson Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture How to Make an American Quilt 1997 Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie Miss Evers' Boys 2005 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives 2006 2012 Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie Steel Magnolias 2013 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1993Best Supporting Female Passion Fish 1999 Best Female Lead Down in the Delta 2020 Best Female Lead Clemency
Other awards Black Reel Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult2000 Best Actress Funny Valentines 2008 The Family That Preys 2010 Best Ensemble American Violet Best Supporting Actress 2013 Steel Magnolias 2014 Best Ensemble 12 Years a Slave
NAACP Image Award YearCategoryNominated workResult 1989 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie Unnatural Causes 1990 Mandela 1992 A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story The Magi 1993Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Passion Fish 1996 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie The Piano Lesson Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture How to Make an American Quilt 1997 Star Trek: First Contact 1998 Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Miss Evers' Boys 1999 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Down in the Delta 2001 Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special The Wishing TreeOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Love & Basketball Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Holiday Heart2002 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture K-PAX2004Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Radio 2009 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture The Family That Preys Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series My Own Worst Enemy 2010Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture American Violet Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Memphis Beat 2012 2013 Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Steel Magnolias 2014Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave2015 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series State of Affairs
Satellite Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult 1997 Best Supporting Actress Gulliver's Travels 1998 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Miss Evers' Boys
Film critic awards YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 1992Los Angeles Film Critics Association AwardBest Actress Passion Fish 1992New York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting Actress 1999 Acapulco Black Film Festival Best Actress Down in the Delta 2013 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Steel Magnolias Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award Best Ensemble 12 Years a Slave Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Ensemble San Diego Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Detroit Film Critics Society Boston Online Film Critics Association 2014 Georgia Film Critics Association
Miscellaneous awards YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 1989 Joe A. Callaway AwardBest Actress The Winter's Tale1989 CableACE AwardsActress in a Movie or Miniseries Mandela1994 Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress Heart and Souls 1995 Women in Film Crystal Awards Life Achievement Award 1997CableACE AwardsSupporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries The Member of the Wedding Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Miss Evers' Boys 2006 BET Awards Best ActressSomething New2011 Gracie Allen Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series or SpecialMemphis Beat (listed as Delta Blues) 2014 Oklahoma Hall of Fame 2019 Gotham Awards Best ActressClemency2023 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series The Porter
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