You Might Know Her From

Charlayne Woodard


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You Might Know Her From Pose, Unbreakable, Glass, Secret Invasion, Cindy, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Crucible, and the original Broadway company of Aint' Misbehavin'.

Charlayne told us all about her prolific solo work as a writer and performer and how Micki Grant inspired her to carve her own way. She also discussed the working with playwrights in rehearsal from Suzan-Lori Parks and In the Blood to Arthur Miller and The Crucible film adaptation. Charlayne also gave us the skinny on working with Samuel L. Jackson in the MCU and in the M. Night Shyamalan universe. All that, plus her work on the historic Pose, working with Nell Carter on Ain't Misbehavin', and her connection to friend of the show Sandra Caldwell.

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Discussed this week:

Turn your pet into a human with AI (Anne never makes an allowance but maybe now?)

Ronnette the Intern is allegedly 8 years young

Jeremy O'Harris' play with Charlayne, Daddy

Started on bus & truck tour of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope by Micki Grant and directed by Vinnette Carroll

Played Hester, La Negrita in Suzan-Lori Parks' play In the Blood, directed by George C Wolfe and loved Reggie Montgomery

Tituba in the film adaptation of The Crucible directed by Nicholas Hytner — Arthur Miller played Reverend Parris in the table read

Was Samuel L Jackson's wife in the Marvel miniseries, Secret Invasion, where she got to wear alien green makeup

Also plays his mother in Unbreakable and then wife in Glass

Played Helena, Damon's dance teacher on Pose

Judith Jamison came for the first day of shooting Pose

Brought a trans friend to the Pose screening and we didn't connect until later that that was previous guest of YMKHF, Sandra Caldwell who had told us the same story 7 years earlier

Aunt Janice on Fresh Prince with Janet Hubert, Jenifer Lewis and Vernee Watson

Starred in a Harlem musical retelling of Cinderella called Cindy with Nell Carter

Sang "Auld Lang Syne" for her Ain't Misbehavin' audition1978 Broadway return of Ain't Misbehavin' was luckily filmed PBS

Played Gail in the tv film, Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story directed by Neema Barnette

Buffalo Girls with Melanie Griffith where Melanie was NOT in the same universe

Scene with Angela Bassett in John Sayles' Sunshine State

Sally Field in Eye for an Eye

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