Changes: Alfre Woodard

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Alfre Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, and political activist. She is best known for her roles as Rita in Remember My Name, Beatrice "Geechee" in Cross Creek, Jane in Grand Canyon, Doris Robson on the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues, and Dr. Roxanne Turner on the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere.

For Disney, she voiced Maisie in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Polly Henry/Narrator in the short film John Henry, and Plio in the 2000 CGI film, Dinosaur. She also played Miriam Sharpe in Captain America: Civil War, Mrs. Whatsit in A Wrinkle in Time, Mary Thomas in "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story", Ann Orkin in The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, and Mariah Dillard on the Marvel/Netflix series Luke Cage. Additionally, she voiced Sarabi in the 2019 CGI live-action adaptation of The Lion King.

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 |image = Alfre Woodard.jpg
 |name = Alfre Woodard
-|born = Alfre Ette Woodard<br>[[November 8]], [[1952]] (age 66)<br>Tulsa, [[Oklahoma]], [[United States]]
+|born = Alfre Ette Woodard<br>[[November 8]], [[1952]] (age 67)<br>Tulsa, [[Oklahoma]], [[United States]]
 |occupation(s) = Actress, producer, political activist
 |years active = [[1978]]-present
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 ||nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American}}'''Alfre Woodard''' is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, and political activist. She is best known for her roles as Rita in ''{{WikipediaLink|Remember My Name}}'', Beatrice "Geechee" in ''{{WikipediaLink|Cross Creek}}'', Jane in ''{{WikipediaLink|Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon}}'', Doris Robson on the [[NBC]] drama series ''{{WikipediaLink|Hill Street Blues}}'', and Dr. Roxanne Turner on the NBC medical drama series ''{{WikipediaLink|St. Elsewhere|St. Elsewhere}}''.
-For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], she voiced [[Maisie]] in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue]]'', [[Polly Henry]]/Narrator in the short film ''[[John Henry]]'', and [[Plio]] in the [[2000]] CGI film ''[[Dinosaur]]''. She also played Miriam Sharpe in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', [[Mrs. Whatsit]] in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'', Mary Thomas in "[[A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story]]", Ann Orkin in ''[[The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag]]'', and [[Mariah Dillard]] on the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]/[[Netflix]] series ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]''. Additionally, she will voice [[Sarabi]] in the [[2019]] CGI live-action adaptation of ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], she voiced [[Maisie]] in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue]]'', [[Polly Henry]]/Narrator in the short film ''[[John Henry]]'', and [[Plio]] in the [[2000]] CGI film, ''[[Dinosaur]]''. She also played Miriam Sharpe in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', [[Mrs. Whatsit]] in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'', Mary Thomas in "[[A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story]]", Ann Orkin in ''[[The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag]]'', and [[Mariah Dillard]] on the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]/[[Netflix]] series ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]''. Additionally, she voiced [[Sarabi]] in the [[2019]] CGI live-action adaptation of ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]''.
 ==Disney Roles==
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 Polly.jpg|'''[[Polly Henry]]'''<br>(''[[John Henry]]'')
 Plio.jpg|'''[[Plio]]''' <br>(''[[Dinosaur]]'')
+Mrs. Whatsit 2003.jpg|'''[[Mrs. Whatsit]]'''<br>(''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'')
 Miriam Sharpe.jpg|'''Miriam Sharpe'''<br>(''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'')
 Mariah Dillard.jpg|'''[[Mariah Dillard]]'''<br>(''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'')
-Mrs. Whatsit 2003.jpg|'''[[Mrs. Whatsit]]'''<br>(''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'')
+The Lion King (2019 film) Sarabi We.png|'''[[Sarabi]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'';<br>[[2019]] live-action adaptation)
-The Lion King (2019 film) (31).png|'''[[Sarabi]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'';<br>[[2019]] live-action adaptation)
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 ==Gallery==
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+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
 Alfre Woodard SDCC.jpg|Alfre Woodard speaks at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con.
 The Lion King (2019) - Alfre Woodard with Sarabi.jpg|Alfre Woodard with Sarabi for the 2019 live-action adaptation of ''The Lion King''.
 Alfre Woodard TLK19 premiere.jpg|Alfre Woodard at premiere of ''The Lion King'' remake in July 2019.
+Alfre Woodard TIFF19.jpg|Alfre Woodard attending the 2019 Toronto International Film Fest.
 </gallery>
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 [[Category:1950s births]]
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-[[Category:American voice actresses]]
+[[Category:African American people]]
-[[Category:African American actors]]
 [[Category:The Brave Little Toaster]]
 [[Category:Dinosaur]]
-[[Category:American stage actors]]
 [[Category:Females]]
 [[Category:People]]
 [[Category:People from Oklahoma]]
-[[Category:American film actresses]]
 [[Category:Marvel Comics]]
-[[Category:American actresses]]
+[[Category:American people]]
 [[Category:Captain America]]
 [[Category:Luke Cage]]
 [[Category:Disney Post-Renaissance]]
 [[Category:Voice actresses]]
-[[Category:American television actresses]]
 [[Category:A Wrinkle in Time]]
 [[Category:The Lion King]]
+[[Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
+[[Category:Producers]]