Career

She portrayed the recurring role of Janice on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She played the role of Vonda on Roseanne, and also appeared in a recurring role on 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 film credits include the role of Tituba in The Crucible, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder, Elijah's mother in Unbreakable alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis, and Angel Kosinsky in Eye for an Eye, alongside Sally Field.

She was one of the original cast members in the Tony Award-winning Broadway 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.

Personal life

Woodard was trained at the Goodman School of Drama.

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

She is not related to actress Alfre Woodard.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Hard Feelings	Winona Lockhart
1984	Crackers	Jasmine
1989	Twister	Lola
1991	He Said, She Said	Cindy
1991	One Good Cop	Cheryl Clark
1993	Meteor Man, TheThe Meteor Man	Janice Farrell
1994	Babyfever	Eartha
1996	Eye for an Eye	Angel Kosinsky
1996	Crucible, TheThe Crucible	Tituba
1998	Around the Fire	Kate
2000	Million Dollar Hotel, TheThe Million Dollar Hotel	Jean Swift
2000	Unbreakable	Mrs. Price
2002	Sunshine State	Loretta
2013	Things Never Said	Charlotte

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Cindy	Cindy	TV film
1982	Taxi	Nina Chambers	"Nina Loves Alex"
1985	Spenser: For Hire	Dorothy Marks	"Blood Money"
1988	Wiseguy	Emanja Mora	"Blood Dance"
1988	God Bless the Child	Chandra Watkins	TV film
1988-1989	Roseanne	Vonda Green	Recurring role
1990	Different World, AA Different World	Medic	"21 Candles"
1991-1992	Days of Our Lives	Desiree McCall	TV series
1991-1993	Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, TheThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Janice	Recurring role
1994	Frasier	Arlene	"Flour Child"
1994	Sweet Justice	Harriet Battle-Wilkins	"The Power of Darkness: Parts 1 & 2"
1994	Chicago Hope	Dr. Paula Michelson	"Shutt Down"
1995	Buffalo Girls	Doosie	TV film
1996	Bless This House	Charlene	"The Bowling Method"
1996	Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	Gail Devers	TV film
1996-2000	Chicago Hope	Gina Wilkes	Recurring role
1997	Touched by Evil	Det. Duvall	TV film
2002-2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sister Peg	Recurring role
2003	Boomtown	Marvella King	"Fearless"
2003	D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear	Mildred Muhammad	TV film
2004	Strong Medicine	Margaret Morganfield	"The Real World Rittenhouse"
2004	Division, TheThe Division	Mrs. Davis	"Lost and Found"
2006	In Justice	Sister Gloria Quinn	"The Public Burning"
2006	Shark	Prof. Emily Chambers	"Fashion Police"
2006-2007	ER	Angela Gilliam	Recurring role
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Terissa Dyson	"Pilot", "The Turk"
2009	Medium	Dr. Richards	"The Man in the Mirror"
2012	Bones	Diane Rollins	"The Patriot in Purgatory"
2015	Chasing Life	Monica Bradley	"Cancer Friends with Benefits"
2015	Leftovers, TheThe Leftovers	Lois Makepeace	"A Matter of Geography"

Awards and nominations

Tony Award

• 1978: Nominated, "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" - Ain't Misbehavin'

Genie Award

• 1983: Nominated, "Best Performance by a Foreign Actress" - Hard Feelings

[ Source: Wikipedia ]