She starred as Emily Francisco in Alien Nation from 1989 to 1990 and reprised her role in the five television film sequels from 1994 to 1997.

[2] She spent her summers in high school attending programs at the Boston Ballet and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

From 1989 to 1990, she appeared in the science fiction series Alien Nation as the child newcomer Emily Francisco.

After earning the Juris Doctor degree from UCLA School of Law in 2011, Woodland worked as an associate at the international law firm White & Case LLP, moving to Novian & Novian, LLP where she is Senior Counsel.

[9] Her family already had a distinguished history in California: her great-grandaunt was Julia Morgan, architect of Hearst Castle.