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Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress.[1] She made her debut in the original production of the musical Ain't Misbehavin', for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination in 1978.[2] She has played supporting roles in a number of films, include One Good Cop (1991), The Crucible (1996), Unbreakable (2000), and Glass (2019).

Charlayne Woodard
Born	Charlaine Woodard (1953-12-29) December 29, 1953 (age 68) Albany, New York, U.S.
Education	Art Institute of Chicago (BFA)
Occupation	Actress, playwright
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Alan Michael Harris ​ (m. 1991)​

Career

Woodard was one of the original Broadway cast members in the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin', and in 2009, starred in a one-person performance called The Night Watcher at Primary Stages in New York City. In 2011, this production came to the Kirk Douglas Theater and her performance won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Solo Performance. She has written four plays, titled Pretty Fire, Neat, In Real Life, which she starred in, and Flight.

On television, Woodard played the title role in the 1978 musical film Cindy. For her performance in the 1982 drama film Hard Feelings, she received Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress nomination. Later film credits include Crackers (1984), Twister (1989), The Meteor Man (1993), and Eye for an Eye (1995) alongside Sally Field. She played the role of Tituba in the 1996 drama film The Crucible, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder, and Elijah's mother in Unbreakable (2000), and its sequel, Glass (2019).

Woodard portrayed the recurring role of Janice in the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and of Vonda on the ABC sitcom Roseanne. From 2002 to 2011, she appeared in a recurring role on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sister Peg, a nun who looks out for the safety of prostitutes and junkies and occasionally helps the SVU detectives. Her other television credits include Chicago Hope, The Division, ER, and The Blacklist. In 2018, she was cast in a series regular role in the FX drama series Pose.[3]

Personal life

Woodard was trained at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University).[4]

She has been married to Alan Harris, an intellectual property lawyer, since 1991.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Cindy	Cindy	TV Movie
1979	Hair	White Boys
1981	The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths	Vocalist (voice)	Short
1982	Hard Feelings	Winona Lockhart
1984	Crackers	Jasmine
1987	The Adventures of Mr. Men	Mrs. Crumb, Jack (voice)	Direct to video, US dub
1988	God Bless the Child	Chandra Watkins	TV Movie
	Me and Him	Dancing Secretary
1989	Twister	Lola
1991	He Said, She Said	Cindy
	One Good Cop	Cheryl Clark
1993	The Meteor Man	Janice Farrell
1994	Angie	Floor Nurse
	Babyfever	Eartha
1995	Buffalo Girls	Doosie	TV Movie
1996	Eye for an Eye	Angel Kosinsky
	Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	Gail Devers	TV Movie
	The Crucible	Tituba
1997	Touched By Evil	Det. Duvall	TV Movie
1998	The Wedding	-	TV Movie
	Around the Fire	Kate
2000	The Million Dollar Hotel	Jean Swift
	Unbreakable	Mrs. Price
2001	H.M.O.	-	TV Movie
2002	Sunshine State	Loretta
2003	D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear	Mildred Muhammad	TV Movie
2005	Lackawanna Blues	Bill's Woman	TV Movie
2006	Southern Comfort	Female Detective	TV Movie
2013	Things Never Said	Charlotte
2019	Glass	Mrs. Price

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Taxi	Nina Chambers	Episode: "Nina Loves Alex"
1985	Spenser: For Hire	Dorothy Marks	Episode: "Blood Money"
1988	Wiseguy	Emanja Mora	Episode: "Blood Dance"
1988-89	Roseanne	Vonda Green	Recurring Cast: Season 1-2
1990	A Different World	Medic	Episode: "21 Candles"
1991-92	Days of Our Lives	Desiree McCall	Regular Cast
1991-93	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Janice	Recurring Cast: Season 2-3
1994	Frasier	Arlene	Episode: "Flour Child"
	Sweet Justice	Harriet Battle-Wilkins	Episode: "The Power of Darkness: Parts 1 & 2"
	Chicago Hope	Dr. Paula Michelson	Episode: "Shutt Down"
1996	Bless This House	Charlene	Episode: "The Bowling Method"
1996-00	Chicago Hope	Gina Wilkes	Recurring Cast: Season 3-5, Guest: Season 6
2002-11	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sister Peg	Guest: Season 3-4 & 8 & 12, Recurring Cast: Season 5-6
2003	Boomtown	Marvella King	Episode: "Fearless"
2004	Strong Medicine	Margaret Morganfield	Episode: "The Real World Rittenhouse"
	The Division	Mrs. Davis	Episode: "Lost and Found"
2006	In Justice	Sister Gloria Quinn	Episode: "The Public Burning"
	Shark	Prof. Emily Chambers	Episode: "Fashion Police"
2006-07	ER	Angela Gilliam	Recurring Cast: Season 13
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Terissa Dyson	Episode: "Pilot" & "The Turk"
2009	Medium	Dr. Richards	Episode: "The Man in the Mirror"
2012	Bones	Diane Rollins	Episode: "The Patriot in Purgatory"
2015	Chasing Life	Monica Bradley	Episode: "Cancer Friends with Benefits"
	The Leftovers	Lois Makepeace	Episode: "A Matter of Geography"
2016	The Blacklist	Allison Gaines	Episode: "The Director (No. 24): Conclusion"
	People of Earth	Judy	Episode: "Lost and Found"
2018-19	Pose	Helena St. Rogers	Main Cast: Season 1 & Season 2
2019	Sneaky Pete	Hickey	Recurring Cast: Season 3
	Bluff City Law	Gertrude LaRue	Episode: "When the Levee Breaks"
2019-20	Prodigal Son	Dr Gabrielle Le Deux	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2020	Bull	Dawn Taylor	Episode: "Child of Mine"
2021	All Rise	Judge Prudence Jenkins	Episode: "Caught Up in Circles"
	In Treatment	Rhonda	Recurring Cast: Season 4
	Animal Kingdom	Pamela "Pam" Johnson	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2023	Secret Invasion	Unknown Character	Cast

Awards and nominations

Year	Award nominated for Tony for Ain't Misbehaving	Category	Work	Result
1983	Genie Awards	Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress	Hard Feelings	Nominated

References

External links

• Charlayne Woodard at IMDb
• Charlayne Woodard at the Internet Broadway Database (as Charlaine Woodard)
• Charlayne Woodard at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Charlayne Woodard's Official Website
• Charlayne Woodard's Acting Reel

На других языках

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- [en] Charlayne Woodard

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[es] Charlayne Woodard

Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard ( /ˈwʊdɑːrd/ (?·i); 29 de diciembre de 1953) es una actriz de cine, televisión y teatro estadounidense.[1] Ha escrito cuatro obras de teatro, tituladas Pretty Fire, Neat, In Real Life y "Flight".

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[ru] Вудард, Шарлейн

Шарлейн Вудард (англ. Charlayne Woodard; род. 29 декабря 1953 (1953-12-29)) — американская актриса и драматург.

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