
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

The West Wing

Seinfeld

9-1-1

This Is Us

Bones

Scrubs

All American

Mad Men

Castle

Living Single

Quantum Leap

Bosch

Jane the Virgin

Rizzoli & Isles

Modern Family

Desperate Housewives

Beef

Good Girls

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

ER

Step by Step

CSI: Vegas

The Morning Show

Stuck in the Middle

Just Add Magic

Married... with Children

Superstore

The Middle

NCIS

Hill Street Blues

Three's Company

Doom Patrol

The Fosters

Mama's Family

Highway to Heaven

Sisters

Matlock

Reality

Moesha

NYPD Blue

L.A. Law

Hunter

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

The Conners

Party of Five

The Young and the Restless

Cousins for Life

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Knots Landing