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Judy Kain

Acting

Born March 31, 1955 · San Mateo, California, USA

Biography

Judy was born in San Mateo, California, and began her professional acting career in Los Angeles in 1978. She has been in over 400 commercials, and 150 TV and film projects. She has won numerous awards for coaching and teaching at her own studio Keep it Real Acting Studios in addition to awards for her performance in MAD MEN gleaning the SAG AWARD for the Show. She travels all over the country teaching and inspiring actors with her vast knowledge and experience. Judy is also a published author of the Commercial Handbook called "I Booked It!" She also has a new book and online course entitled THE BUSINESS OF ACTING. She has done numerous seminars sharing her vast experience. Also, Judy hosts the Podcast HOLLYWOOD GAME CHANGERS @keepitrealacting/HGC. Being an avid Hiker, she wrote a book about her hikes all over the world called LIFE IS LIKE A HIKE...the best view comes after the Hardest climb. Her son Frankie Manes is also an actor.

Filmography50+ titles

Friends

1994as Casting Director

The West Wing

1999as Event Planner

Seinfeld

1989as Lorraine Catalano

9-1-1

2018as Trish

This Is Us

2016as Barbara

Bones

2005as Clerk

Scrubs

2001as Irene Kelly

All American

2018as Booster 1

Mad Men

2007as Olive Healy

Castle

2009as Sara

Living Single

1993as Surly Woman

Quantum Leap

1989as Waitress

Bosch

2015as Lois

Jane the Virgin

2014as Barbara Fairwick

Rizzoli & Isles

2010as Woman

Modern Family

2009as Doris

Desperate Housewives

2004as Edna

Beef

2023as Deb Thomas

Good Girls

2018as Mrs. Harris

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Doris

ER

1994as Thomas

Step by Step

1991as Adele

CSI: Vegas

2021as Dr. Heather Chumani

The Morning Show

2019as Adelle Waters

Stuck in the Middle

2016as Mrs. McDoogan

Just Add Magic

2015as Edna

Married... with Children

1987as Sheila

Superstore

2015as Nina

The Middle

2009as Ms. Wright

NCIS

2003as Gladys Stone

Hill Street Blues

1981as Rhonda Ruben

Three's Company

1977as Joan Ferguson

Doom Patrol

2019as Geri

The Fosters

2013as Lauren

Mama's Family

1983as Miss Small

Highway to Heaven

1984as Ms. Brown

Sisters

as Mimi Fegler

Matlock

2024as Judge Celia Jones

Reality

2014as Cashier

Moesha

1996as The Cashier Woman

NYPD Blue

1993as Lois Risoli

L.A. Law

1986as Joanna

Hunter

1984as Nurse # 1

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

2019as Dog Owner

The Conners

2018as Woman at Bar

Party of Five

1994as Woman

The Young and the Restless

1973as Judge McGarrett

Cousins for Life

as Judge Vincent

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

2020as Bespectacled Secretary (uncredited)

Knots Landing

1979as Construction Manager