Charlayne Woodard
Biography
Charlayne Woodard is an American playwright and actress who began her professional career in 1976 with the road company of Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope. Born in Albany, she made her Broadway debut in a 1977 revival of Hair, appeared in the film version of Hair, and joined the original company of Ain't Misbehavin', earning Tony and Drama Desk nominations. She has written and performed five solo plays, among them Neat, Pretty Fire, and The Night Watcher. Her stage work brought two Obie Awards, for In the Blood and The Witch of Edmonton. On screen, she appeared in Crackers (1984), The Crucible (1996), Unbreakable (2000), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), and Glass (2019), and was a series regular on Pose. She also played the title role in Run For The Dream: The Gail Devers' Story and appeared in Secret Invasion.
72years old
Turns 73 on December 29in 78 days
- Born Albany
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Charlaine Woodard
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 35 years1984 to 2019
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A first
Woodard played Cindy in the ABC Movie of the Week, and she became the first black Cinderella shown on TV or film.
First role
In 1976, Woodard launched her professional career with the road company of Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope. Micki Grant wrote the show, and Vinette Carroll directed it, the first black female director on Broadway.
Behind the camera
Charlayne Woodard has written five solo plays and also performed in them: Neat, Pretty Fire, In Real Life, The Night Watcher and Flight.
Charlayne Woodard movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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M. Night Shyamalan directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Elizabeth LawrenceUnbreakable (2000) and The Crucible (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.