No stranger to television, Barbara Alyn Woods plays Deb Scott, Nathan’s mother, who must deal with an estranged son and a broken marriage, on the drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Woods performed regularly at The Victory Gardens Theatre before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her film career.
On the big screen, Woods appeared in Striptease, Circuitry Man, I Downloaded a Ghost, Frankie Starlight, The Waterdance and Flesh and Bone.
Woods is well-known for her role on the television series Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, where she played Diane Szalinski for three seasons. She has guest starred on numerous hit television shows including American Dreams, Providence, Ally McBeal, Touched by an Angel, Murder She Wrote, Seinfeld, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Wings. In addition, Woods was a recurring character on the award-winning show Picket Fences and Dream On and starred in the telepicture House of Secrets and Lies.
Woods and her husband, assistant director John Lind, reside in Los Angeles and Wilmington, North Carolina with their two daughters.