Barbara Alyn Woods

Barbara Alyn Woods is an American actress. She is known for her roles in television series One Tree Hill and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. She is the mother of actors Natalie Alyn Lind, Emily Alyn Lind, and Alyvia Alyn Lind.

Career Woods has acted professionally since 1988. She is known for portraying Deborah "Deb" Scott on the WB/CW teen drama series One Tree Hill. She starred in the show from 2003 to 2009 and appeared on the final season in 2012. She started out recurring in season 1 and was upgraded to full series regular status in November sweeps. Due to the format change of the show she only appeared in four episodes of season 5 but returned as a series regular in season 6.

Woods played the lead role in the 1993 USA Network prime-time soap opera Eden, which was canceled after 26 episodes. Woods posed nude for the June 1993 issue of Playboy as part of a promotion for the television series Eden. She was married to John Lind (an assistant director), whom she met on the set of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. They were married in 1999 and divorced in 2021. They have three daughters, Natalie, Emily and Alyvia, who are all film and television actresses.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 Sable Cheri Episode 1.07 "Mob" 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation Kareen Brianon Episode 2.06 "The Schizoid Man" 1989 Married... with Children Vicky Episode 3.08 "The Gypsy Cried" 1989 Open House Noreen Episode 1.07 "Let's Get Physicals" 1990 Mr. Belvedere Paula Episode 6.20 "Mumsy" 1990 Equal Justice Lisa Cummings / Heidi Peckle Episode 1.05 "Start of the Fire" 1991 The Golden Girls Woman Episode 7.03 "Beauty and the Beast" 1991 Empty Nest Stewardess Episode 4.12 "My Nurse Is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble..." 1992 Vinnie & Bobby Miss O'Seasons Episode 1.02 "It's in the Bag" 1992 Herman's Head Danielle Episode 2.01 "Stop Me Before I Help Again" 1992 A House of Secrets and Lies Kim Television film 1992, 1995 Dream On Phoebe / Linda Episodes 3.21 "It Came from Beneath the Sink" and 6.05 "9 1/2 Days" 1993 Sweating Bullets Tess Episode 3.30 "Tess" 1993 Wings Sheila Episode 5.10 "Come Fly with Me" 1993 Eden Eve Sinclair Main role, 26 episodes 1994 One West Waikiki Heather Randall Episode 1.03 "Terminal Island" 1994 Picket Fences Stacey Halford Episodes 2.14 "Supreme Courting" and 3.08 "May It Please the Court" 1995 Seinfeld Debby Episode 6.13 "The Scofflaw" 1995 Dead Weekend Amelia Television film 1996 Murder, She Wrote Dyan Emery Episode 12.16 "Murder Among Friends" 1996 Touched by an Angel Penny Russell Episode: "Birthmarks" 1999 Ally McBeal Kelly Philbrick Episode 2.22 "Love's Illusions" 1997–2000 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Diane Szalinski Main role, 66 episodes 2002 Providence Heidi Episode 5.05 "Things That Go Bump in the Night" 2003 American Dreams Mrs. Mason Episodes 1.12 "Great Expectations" and 2.02 "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" 2003–2009, 2012 One Tree Hill Deborah "Deb" Scott Main role (seasons 1–4, 6)Guest role (seasons 5, 9)—106 episodes 2004 I Downloaded a Ghost Catherine Blackstone Television film 2009 Desperate Housewives Laura Miller Episode 6.05 "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" 2010 The Gates Barbara Jansen Episodes 1.04–1.06 "The Monster Within", "Repercussions", "Jurisdiction" 2014 The Goldbergs Mrs. Caldwell Episodes 1.12 "You're Under Foot" and 1.14 "You Opened the Door" 2014 Death Clique Lana Television film 2021–2022 Chucky Michelle Cross Recurring role