Biography
At first, Carter got most of the applause--and the Tony Award to take home--but after more than a decade of celebrated theatre work, Woodard began to make a name for herself in TV and motion pictures, often in key supporting roles. Intermittently in her early career she sometimes used the birth spelling of her name, "Charlaine".
Woodard had actually won her role in "Ain't Misbehavin'" two weeks after arriving in New York from the Goodman …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Co-starred with John Glover and Judith Light in the Off-Broadway staging of "Sorrows & Rejoicings" | |
2000 | Starred in one-woman show "In Real Life", a second sequel to "Pretty Fire" performed at Seattle Repertory Theater; reprised show in 2001 in L.A. | |
2000 | Cast as Samuel L Jackson's mother in "Unbreakable" | |
1996 | Cast in the pilot of the UPN sitcom "Goode Behavior"; succeded in role by Alex Datcher when series was picked up | |
| Wrote and performed in "Next", a sequel to "Pretty Fire" | ||
1994 | Co-starred in "Buffalo Girls" miniseries | |
1992 | Wrote and starred in the autobiographical one-person play, "Pretty Fire" | |
1991 | Co-starred opposite Michael Keaton, "One Good Cop" | |
1991 | Cast as a regular on the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" | |
1982 | Appeared in TV version of "Ain't Misbehavin'" | |
1979 | Film debut, bit, "Hair" | |
1978 | TV debut, "Cindy" | |
1977 | Broadway debut, "Ain't Misbehavin'" | |