Fans of FOX’s ‘Empire’ are in for quite a treat with the return of the new episodes later in March.
It has been announced that Emmy Award Winner Alfre Woodard will join the Lyon family as a guest-star on Empire. She is set to play “Renee,” Cookie’s mother who comes back into her life with a turbulent reunion.
Alfre Woodard’s work as an actor has earned her an Academy Award nomination, four Emmy Awards and 17 Emmy nominations, three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and a Golden Globe. She appeared on screen in titles such as Crooklyn, Love and Basketball, and more recently 12 Years a Slave and Captain America: Civil War. She also will be voicing “Sarabi” in new The Lion King movie.
The highly anticipated return of Empire will air all-new episodes beginning Wednesday, March 28 @ 8/7c on FOX.