Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning Alfre Woodard
voices Mimi, Lunella’s grandmother, in Disney Branded Television’s
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” based on Marvel’s hit
comic books.

Woodard starred in the feature film “Clemency” and received a
BAFTA Award nomination and a Spirit Award nomination in the Best
Female Lead category. On the small screen, she stars opposite Jason
Momoa in “See,” created by Steven Knight. Woodard also stars in
the film “Fatherhood” alongside Kevin Hart. Upcoming projects
include a role in the Joe and Anthony Russo directed film “The Gray
Man” with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, as Dr. Cody in the upcoming
adaptation of Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot,” as well as
reuniting with her “Juanita” co-star Blair Underwood in the
psychological thriller “Viral.”

Additional recent film appearances include the blockbusters “Captain
America: Civil War” and “Annabelle.” On the small screen, she
most recently starred as the fierce Mariah Dillard in “Marvel’s
Luke Cage” and as the title character in “Juanita,” which she
also developed and produced.
Acclaimed dramatic performances include roles in Steve McQueen’s
“12 Years a Slave,” John Sayles’ “Passion Fish,” Maya
Angelou’s “Down in the Delta,” Peter Bratt’s “Follow Me
Home,” Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “Love & Basketball,” Spike
Lee’s “Crooklyn,” Lawrence Kasdan’s “Grand Canyon” and
“Mumford,” Tyler Perry’s “The Family That Preys,” Billie
Woodruff’s “Beauty Shop” with Queen Latifah, Richard Donner’s
“Scrooged” opposite Bill Murray, “Mandela” and “Miss
Evers’ Boys.”

Woodard has been nominated for 17 Emmy Awards (winning four), seven
SAG Awards (winning three), three Golden Globe Awards (winning one),
23 NAACP Awards (winning nine) and two Independent Spirit Awards
(winning one). She also received an Academy Award nomination in the
Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Martin
Ritt’s “Cross Creek.”

She directed and produced “Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African
Folktales,” which garnered a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the Best
Spoken Word Album for Children category. It hosts a collaboration of
talent both broad and diverse, including Matt Damon, Don Cheadle,
Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman and Samuel L. Jackson.

In addition to her acting career, Woodard is a longtime activist who
has been involved in countless nonprofit organizations, including
Artists For A New South Africa, a nonprofit she co-founded which works
to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and further the cause of democracy
and human rights in South Africa. In 2009, former President Barack
Obama appointed her to the President’s Committee on the Arts and
Humanities. As part of her work on the Committee, Woodard adopted
several high poverty and under-performing public schools around the
country, including ReNew Cultural Arts Academy in New Orleans and Noel
Community Arts School in Denver. She is an active advocate for the
arts in education, largely through her work on the committee’s
“Turnaround Arts” initiative, which was launched in cooperation
with the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Domestic
Policy Council to narrow the achievement gap and increase student
engagement through the arts.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Woodard currently resides in Los Angeles.
