Ms. Woodard is a two-time Obie Award winner and a Tony Award nominee. Broadway credits include the original company of Ain ' t Misbehavin ' (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). Off-Broadway credits include the revival of the Substance of Fire, by Jon Robin Baitz; The Witch of Edmonton (Obie Award); Suzan-Lori Parks' In The Blood (Obie Award); Fabulation... by Lynn Nottage; Stunning by David Adjmi; Sorrows and Rejoicings by Athol Fugard (Audelco award); and the Caucasian Chalk Circle directed by George C. Wolfe. Regional credits include Zealot by Theresa Rebeck at South Coast Rep; A Midsummer Night ' s Dream at La Jolla Playhouse; "Katherine" in The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Theatre Company; and, Purgatorio by Ariel Dorfman, at Seattle Repertory Theatre Ms. Woodard has written and performed four acclaimed solo plays: Pretty Fire (LA Drama Critics and NAACP awards); Neat (Irving and Blanche Laurie Theatre Vision Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination); In Real Life (Audelco, Backstage West Garland and NAACP awards, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations); and, The Night Watcher (LA Drama Critics and NAACP awards). Her multi-character play, Flight, is an adaptation of African and African-American folktales. Her ten minute play, Phenom, premiered at La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival. Film credits include Charles Murray's Things Never Said ; M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable ; John Sayle's Sunshine State ; Nicholas Hytner's The Crucible ; and, John Schlesinger's Eye For An Eye. Television credits include the starring role in the Showtime movie, Run For The Dream: The Gail Devers' Story ; Oprah Winfrey's The Weddin g; recurring roles on Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, ER, and Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles. Most recently, Ms. Woodard has appeared on Chasing Life, The Leftovers and The Blacklist ; and as a series regular on the as yet untitled CBS Mars Project pilot. Ms. Woodard trained at Goodman School of Drama and is a lifetime member of The Actor's Studio. She is a member of Dramatist Guild Council; the Board of Directors at The La Jolla Playhouse; and, is a fellow of the Sundance Film and Theatre Labs, Ojai Playwrights Conference and the Marble House Project.