Alfre Woodard acts.
Alfre Woodard . Woodard began her acting career in theater . She also starred as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere , for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986 , and for Guest Actress in 1988 . For her lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers ' Boys ( 1997 ) , Woodard won Golden Globe , Emmy , Screen Actors Guild Awards , and several another awards .