Hazelle Goodman
Introduction '''Hazelle Goodman''' (born '''Hazel Goodman''';) is an actress from Trinidad and Tobago. As a child she was inspired to become an actress after viewing ''The Sound of Music'', before her family moved to New York where she was raised in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.
Career After graduating from City College of New York with a degree in drama, Goodman spent seven years developing her one-woman show called ''Hazelle!'' The show was adapted for the screen by HBO in 1995, and earned two Cable Ace nominations in the Best Comedy Special and Best Performer categories. In 1997, she became the first black actress to have a prominent role in a Woody Allen film when she portrayed Cookie, a prostitute in Allen's ''Deconstructing Harry''. Goodman also had a recurring role on ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' as Georgia Rae Mahoney, a key figure in a drug dealing family who is eventually murdered. On stage, in addition to her one-woman show, she has also portrayed the Queen in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'' and took part in the February 10, 2001, staging of Eve Ensler's ''The Vagina Monologues'' at Madison Square Garden. Goodman went on to write and star in a second one-woman show called ''To the Top, Top, Top!'' She was also an original cast member of ''Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell'', performing the late artists monologues that primarily dealt with adventure.
Filmography ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes1991''True Identity''Miles' Neighbor #11995''Heat''Hooker's Mother1997''White Lies''Coffee Shop Waitress1997''Deconstructing Harry''Cookie1999''Just One Time''Lesbian Book Group Leader2000''Chinese Coffee''Café Dante waitress2001''Hannibal''Evelda Drumgo2003''Crossing''MotherShort film2005''All the Invisible Children''Ms. WrightSegment: "Jesus Children of America"2011''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close''Hazelle Black===Television=== Year Title Role Notes1995''Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child''The Woodcutter's Wife (voice)"Rapunzel"1997-98''Homicide: Life on the Street''Georgia Rae MahoneyRecurring role2000''Ed''Ramona"Better Days"2001''Sounds from a Town I Love''TV short2001''Third Watch''Rita Golden"He Said/She Said", "Childhood Memories"2004''Law & Order''Mrs. Gordon"Can I Get a Witness?"
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