{"id":82340,"date":"2018-02-16T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/02\/16\/alfre-woodard-joins-empire-cookies-mom\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:51:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:51:06","slug":"alfre-woodard-joins-empire-cookies-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/alfre-woodard-joins-empire-cookies-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfre Woodard Joins Empire As Cookie’s Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alfre Woodard Joins Empire As Cookie’s Mom<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

February 16, 2018<\/p>\n

Source: TVLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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According to TVLine<\/a>, actress Alfre Woodard<\/strong>\u00a0has joined the cast of Fox and Lee Daniels’ drama Empire<\/strong>, where she will play Renee, the estranged mother of Cookie Lyon (played by Taraji P. Henson<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

According to the site,\u00a0Woodard, a four-time Emmy winner, will appear on a recurring basis during the second half of Empire<\/em>\u2018s current fourth season, which resumes on Wednesday, March 28 at 8\/7c.<\/p>\n

In the midseason finale, Lucious (Terrence Howard) had been drugged and kidnapped by Claudia (Demi Moore).\u00a0Fox is teasing that Woodard\u2019s character Renee \u201ccomes back into her [daughter\u2019s] life with a turbulent reunion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gig marks a reunion for the two Oscar-nominated powerhouses: They co-starred together in the 2008 pic Tyler Perry\u2019s The Family That Preys<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Woodard\u2019s recent TV credits include series-regular stints on Netflix\u2019s Luke Cage<\/strong> (which is returning for Season 2) and A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/strong>.<\/p>\n