Alfre Woodard To Recur on "Empire"

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Alfre Woodard Joins "Empire" Cast as Cookie's Mother
by Michael Ausiello
Feb. 16, 2018


An ax-wielding Demi Moore is going to be the least of Cookie Lyon’s problems when "Empire" returns this spring. TVLine has learned exclusively that Alfre Woodard has been tapped to play Renee, the estranged (and extremely formidable, natch) mother of Taraji P. Henson’s leading lady.

Woodard — a four-time Emmy winner — will appear on a recurring basis during the second half of "Empire‘s" current fourth season, which resumes on Wednesday, March 28 at 8/7c. The actress began shooting her arc earlier this month.

The gig marks a reunion for the two Oscar-nominated powerhouses: They co-starred together in the 2008 pic Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys.

http://tvline.com/2018/02/16/empire-...om-renee-cast/

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