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Charlayne Woodard

You Might Know Her From

Release Date: 05/07/2026

Charlayne Woodard show art Charlayne Woodard

You Might Know Her From

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 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...

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PATREON SNEAK PEEK: We React to the 2026 Tony Noms (& Snubs) show art PATREON SNEAK PEEK: We React to the 2026 Tony Noms (& Snubs)

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Folks! The Tony nominations are and we have thoughts! We are breaking down this years noms, the snubs that we didn't see coming, we're sharing what we LOVED, what we haven't seen (but want to!), and what (and who) we're rooting for! We are so happy for our girl June Squibb (and former guest of YMKHF) and also for Hannah Cruz (an actor we have long been rooting for from her performance as Rose in her high school production of Gypsy. Yes, actually....) What have you seen? Who are YOU rooting for? What do you still want to see? And which snub hit you hardest? What role do you think Alecia Pink...

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Annie Golden show art Annie Golden

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You Might Know Her From Orange Is The New Black, Hair, Cheers, Desperately Seeking Susan, Baby Boom, The Pebble & The Penguin, and Broadway productions of Assassins, Violet, Leader of the Pack, and Into the Woods. We get into so much Broadway and punk rock history of New York legend, Annie Golden. From playing the "flower girl who will not wilt" in Hair, to Norma, the almost-mute, on Orange is the New Black, to singing with Darlene Love, singing AS Squeaky Fromme, and singing as a tree-mama in Into the Woods. She is a hoot and a beacon of light in these dark times. Get into it!...

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Keiko Agena show art Keiko Agena

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You Might Know Her From Gilmore Girls, Better Call Saul, Prodigal Son, The First, Shameless, Hair Show, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 13 Reasons Why, and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. Keiko gave us all the scoop on playing Lane on Gilmore Girls, how she REALLY felt about where her character ended up, and if she thinks there's more story to tell in Stars Hollow. Plus, improvising with Mo'Nique and Taraji, shadowing Frances McDormand as she finessed Michael Bay, and transitioning to authority figure roles when you're so iconically a "teen" on screen. Keiko was so kind and warm and maybe...

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Fueggots, we're here with drag artist DD Fuego from season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race. And what a joyful day it is to be with one of the friends of You Might Know Her From. We're old pals with DD so it's been a complete joy to watch her go from art director for NY theatre and Billy on the Street (and closeted at-home drag queen) to a New York City queen and hostess to a contestant on the biggest queer show on TV right now. DD talks about her experiences on the show, being the Miss Porkchop of the season, those final lip sync numbers, what she had up her sleeve for Snatch Game, and what we can...

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Roomies for a Weekend: We Did a Live Show in Denver show art Roomies for a Weekend: We Did a Live Show in Denver

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Folks, we did it! We did another live-recording and dipped our toe into the world of academia. Thank you to CU-Denver and Professor Stephanie Kornick for bringing us out and thank you to Beth Malone for being down to clown with us for the peoples. We are just doing a little check-in here and giving you some of mindgrapes the morning after. Won't you indulge us, babe? Patreon: Follow us on social media: on IG || on TT || Discussed this week:  We like from Good Morning, Miami Banana Split drag queen dressed as Cousin Itt for the rerturn of DD Fuego on Drag Race @ We can't find a...

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Donna Lynne Champlin show art Donna Lynne Champlin

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You Might Know Her From Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Perfect Couple, The First Lady, Birdman, and Broadway productions of Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves, and Sweeney Todd. This week, Donna Lynne gave us the goods on figuring out the rules of the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend universe and now the fans helped shaped the show’s future. We also talked about bringing the authentic Fall River accent to The Perfect Couple, nailing that one iconic scene in Birdman without any permits, and her short hand in the theatre with legends like Sondheim, Carol Burnett, and Hal Prince.    Patreon:   Follow us on...

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Betty Buckley show art Betty Buckley

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You Might Know Her From Carrie, Split, The Happening, Frantic, Oz, Eight is Enough, Tender Mercies, Wyatt Earp, Eternity, and theatrical productions of CATS, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and 1776. We talk to Tony-winner Betty Buckley about her upcoming residence at Joe’s Pub April 24-26 2026. Betty also teased the new Amanda Kramer sci-fi drama By Design, the Annie Get Your Gun rodeo pitch that never came to be, and all the Easter-egg voices she’s provided from Tender Mercies to Hair. Betty also gave us all the epic juice from starring in Brian De Palma’s Carrie...

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Vanessa Bell Calloway show art Vanessa Bell Calloway

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You Might Know Her From Shameless, One of Them Days, Coming to America, Coming 2 America, Harriet, Bebe’s Kids, Saints & Sinners, Daylight, the original cast of Dreamgirls on Broadway, and What’s Love Got To Do With It? We talked to Vanessa about her full-circle Tina Turner moment from the “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” music video to the Angela Bassett-led biopic; playing Tina’s Ikette-turned-bestie Jackie; and the stunt gone wrong in the diner. Plus barking in Coming to America, acting opposite influencers and “housewives,” and originating in the iconic OBC of...

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Harriet Sansom Harris show art Harriet Sansom Harris

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You Might Know Her From Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza, Addams Family Values,  Desperate Housewives, The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, Ratchet, The Agency: Central Intelligence, and the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Harriet Harris gave us the skinny on being directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, acting opposite Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread, and being pied in the face (at least twice) at the hands of Paul Rudnick. All that plus she walked us through all of Felicia Tillman’s delicious Desperate Housewives plotlines, the “queerness” of The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, and her influence...

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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