WINNIE MANDELA
Alfre played opposite Danny Glover as the long-suffering martyred wife of Nelson Mandela. This was before Winnie was deposed as a fraud. But Alfre shone in this stellar, small screen role and has shown verve ever since.
Oscars don't count when you got talent. I mean Angelina Jolie got one for playing a brat. Besides the Oscars could spell the death knell for some careers, think Cuba Gooding Jnr.
Alfre doesn't need one to shine, she's an actress and delivers every time along with the others, Whoopi, Angela,Phyllicia Rashaad and Debbie Allen.