Judith Light

Judith Light

Known for
Acting
Born
February 9, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Ugly Betty and Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Sham poster

The Sham

Movie

2026
The Punisher: One Last Kill poster

The Punisher: One Last Kill

Movie · as Ma

2026
The Terror: Devil in Silver poster

The Terror: Devil in Silver

TV · as Dorry · 6 eps

2026
Shut Up Evan poster

Shut Up Evan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · as Sheila Baskin · 2 eps

2024
Out of My Mind poster

Out of My Mind

Movie · as Mrs. V.

2024
Before poster

Before

TV · as Lynn · 10 eps

2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! poster

Kite Man: Hell Yeah!

TV · as Helen Villigan (voice) · 6 eps

2023
The Young Wife poster

The Young Wife

Movie · as Cookie

2023
Down Low poster

Down Low

Movie · as Sandy

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Irene Smothers · 1 ep

2022
The Menu poster

The Menu

Movie · as Anne

2022
The Same Storm poster

The Same Storm

Movie · as Shirlee Salt

2022
Shining Vale poster

Shining Vale

TV · as Joan · 8 eps

2022
Julia poster

Julia

TV · as Blanche Knopf · 9 eps

2021
tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM!

Movie · as Rosa Stevens

2021
American Horror Stories poster

American Horror Stories

TV · as Virginia Mellon · 1 ep

2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall poster

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

Movie · as Self

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2019
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story poster

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

Movie · as Matron Grady

2019
Before You Know It poster

Before You Know It

Movie · as Sherrell Ghearhardt

2019
Ms. White Light poster

Ms. White Light

Movie · as Val

2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale poster

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Movie · as Shelly Pfefferman

2019
The Politician poster

The Politician

TV · as Dede Standish · 8 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Hot Air poster

Hot Air

Movie · as Judith

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Deirdre Quinn · 1 ep

2017
Manhunt poster

Manhunt

TV · as Bobi Jewell · 7 eps

2016
You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh poster

You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Movie · as Narrator

2016
American Crime Story poster

American Crime Story

TV · as Susan Carpenter-McMillan, Marilyn Miglin · 6 eps

2015
Digging for Fire poster

Digging for Fire

Movie · as Grandma

2014
We'll Never Have Paris poster

We'll Never Have Paris

Movie · as Jean

2014
Last Weekend poster

Last Weekend

Movie · as Veronika Goss

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Mrs. Wright (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Shelly Pfefferman · 39 eps

2014
Trailblazer Honors poster

Trailblazer Honors

TV · as Self - Speaker · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2012
Scrooge & Marley poster

Scrooge & Marley

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Rhymes with Banana poster

Rhymes with Banana

Movie · as Judith Light

2011
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS poster

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Movie · as Herself

2011
The Exes poster

The Exes

TV · as Marjorie · 2 eps

2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift poster

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Movie · as (archive footage)

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Maureen Cooper · 1 ep

2008
Save Me poster

Save Me

Movie · as Gayle

2006
Ira & Abby poster

Ira & Abby

Movie · as Arlene Black

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Claire Meade · 71 eps

2006
Twenty Good Years poster

Twenty Good Years

TV · as Gina · 3 eps

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2004
The Stones poster

The Stones

TV · as Barbara Stone · 10 eps

2000
Joseph: King of Dreams poster

Joseph: King of Dreams

Movie · as Zuleika (voice)

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Judith Light (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Elizabeth Donnelly · 26 eps

1998
Carriers poster

Carriers

Movie · as Maj. Carmen Travis

1998
The Simple Life poster

The Simple Life

TV · as Sara Campbell · 7 eps

1997
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End poster

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Movie · as Self

1997
Too Close to Home poster

Too Close to Home

Movie · as Diana Donahue

1997
Cow and Chicken poster

Cow and Chicken

TV · as Nurse (voice) · 1 ep

1997
I Am Weasel poster

I Am Weasel

TV · as Nurse (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Murder at My Door poster

Murder at My Door

Movie · as Irene McNair

1996
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover poster

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

Movie · as Lisa McKeever

1996
A Step Toward Tomorrow poster

A Step Toward Tomorrow

Movie · as Anna Lerner

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Christine · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Lady Killer poster

Lady Killer

Movie · as Janice Mitchell

1994
Against Their Will poster

Against Their Will

Movie · as Alice Needham

1994
Betrayal of Trust poster

Betrayal of Trust

Movie · as Barbara Noël

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Men Don't Tell poster

Men Don't Tell

Movie · as Laura MacAffrey

1993
Phenom poster

Phenom

TV · as Dianne Doolan · 22 eps

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1991
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story poster

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

Movie · as Marie Hilley

1990
In Defense of a Married Man poster

In Defense of a Married Man

Movie · as Laura Simmons

1989
The Ryan White Story poster

The Ryan White Story

Movie · as Jeanne White

1989
My Boyfriend's Back poster

My Boyfriend's Back

Movie · as Vickie Vine

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1987
Stamp of a Killer poster

Stamp of a Killer

Movie · as Cathy Proctor

1984
Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss?

TV · as Angela Bower · 196 eps

1983
Intimate Agony poster

Intimate Agony

Movie · as Marsha

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Barbara Lonnicker · 1 ep

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Stacey Hughes · 1 ep

1982
Remington Steele poster

Remington Steele

TV · as Clarissa Custer · 1 ep

1978
Rush It poster

Rush It

Movie

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Laetitia Pomerantz

1968
One Life to Live poster

One Life to Live

TV · as Karen Wolek · 3742 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep