Alfre Ette Woodard is an American actress, voice 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 in the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues, and Dr. Roxanne Turner in 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, and Sarabi in Jon Favreau's 2019 CGI adaptation of The Lion King. She also portrayed Mary Thomas in A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, Miriam Sharpe in Captain America: Civil War, Mrs. Whatsit in A Wrinkle in Time, and Black Mariah in the Marvel/Netflix series Luke Cage. Additionally, she played Ann Orkin in The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag and Betty Applewhite in Desperate Housewives.
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- Alfre Woodard is among the actors in the MCU to be recast in a different role.
- Others include Mahershala Ali, Gemma Chan, Patton Oswalt, and Tony Curran.
