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Judith Light

Acting

Born February 9, 1949 · 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2013
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2012
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2011 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Punisher: One Last Kill

2026as Ma

The Same Storm

2022as Shirlee Salt

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Elizabeth Donnelly

Out of My Mind

2024as Mrs. V.

American Horror Stories

2021as Virginia Mellon

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

2020as Self

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021as Rosa Stevens

Manhunt

2017as Bobi Jewell

American Crime Story

2016as Marilyn Miglin

Poker Face

2023as Irene Smothers

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

2019as Matron Grady

The Good Fight

2017as Deirdre Quinn

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Terror

2018as Dorry

Family Guy

1999as Judith Light (voice)

Who's the Boss?

1984as Angela Bower

Julia

2022as Blanche Knopf

The Menu

2022as Anne

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014as Mrs. Wright (voice)

Family Ties

1982as Stacey Hughes

Kojak

1973as Laetitia Pomerantz

Nurse Jackie

2009as Maureen Cooper

Cow and Chicken

1997as Nurse (voice)

Remington Steele

1982as Clarissa Custer

The Politician

2019as Dede Standish

Joseph: King of Dreams

2000as Zuleika (voice)

The Exes

2011as Marjorie

American Experience

1988as Narrator (voice)

Betrayal of Trust

1994as Barbara Noël

The Ryan White Story

1989as Jeanne White

Before

2024as Lynn

Transparent

2014as Shelly Pfefferman

Ugly Betty

2006as Claire Meade

Against Their Will

1994as Alice Needham

St. Elsewhere

1982as Barbara Lonnicker

Ira & Abby

2006as Arlene Black

Too Close to Home

1997as Diana Donahue

The Young Wife

2023as Cookie

Down Low

2023as Sandy

Digging for Fire

2015as Grandma

Hot Air

2018as Judith Montefiore-Salters

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

Intimate Agony

1983as Marsha

All's Fair

2025as Sheila Baskin

Before You Know It

2019as Sherrell Ghearhardt

We'll Never Have Paris

2014as Jean

In Defense of a Married Man

1990as Laura Simmons

A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996as Anna Lerner

Last Weekend

2014as Veronika Goss

Scrooge & Marley

2012as Narrator (voice)