Rosie O'Donnell to Go Head to Head with 'Cookie' on Upcoming Episode of EMPIRE

Page Six of the New York Post reports that Rosie O'Donnell will go head to head with EMPIRE's 'Cookie' in an upcoming episode of the hit FOX drama series.

The site reports that the former 'View' host has already filmed her scenes for the show. "Rosie's been doing a stint on 'Empire,'" says a source, adding that she revealed the news on Saturday night at a Gotham Comedy Club stand-up gig. "She's playing a character, not herself," continued the source, "and she does have scenes with Cookie," played byTaraji P. Henson.

O'Donnell joins a growing list of A-list celebs who have done their own stints on the series, including Pitbull, Chris Rock, Ludacris and Kelly Rowland.

O'Donnell has hosted the TONY AWARDS three times and won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special for the 52nd annual TONY AWARDS . Her theater credits include: 'Rizzo' in Tommy Tune's 1994 revival of Grease; Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof; Love, Loss and What I Wore; and the Encores! production of No, No, Nanette. In 2004, Rosie combined her love of Broadway with 80s pop musical sensation Boy George and produced the musical Taboo.

Rosie made her dramatic television debut in CBS's HALLMARK HALL OF FAME production, Riding the Bus with My Sister, and has made guest appearances on Will and Grace, All My Children, Suddenly Susan, Spin City, Sesame Street, The Nanny, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nip/Tuck, Queer as Folk, Happily Divorced, Bomb Girls, and Showtime's Web Therapy. O'Donnell has also executive produced and hosted Stand Up Spotlight on VH1, and hosted Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards from 1997-2003. Rosie executive co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the 2009 Lifetime Original Film, America. Rosie has also been involved in several HBO documentaries. She was the co-executive producer of Rosie's Family Cruise, A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration, and "Don't Divorce Me." On the big screen, O'Donnell has starred in A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Another Stakeout, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden, Now and Then, Beautiful Girls, Harriet the Spy, Wide Awake, and was THE VOICE of "Turk" in Walt Disney's Tarzan.

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