Judith Light

Known for: Acting

Born: 1949-02-09 (age 77)

From: Trenton, New Jersey, USA

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.

Filmography (85)

MOVIE★ 8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026
as Ma
TV★ 6.7
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026
as Dorry
TV★ 5.5
Shut Up Evan
2026
as Self - Guest
TV★ 4.8
All's Fair
2025
as Sheila Baskin
TV★ 6.4
Before
2024
as Lynn
TV★ 6.7
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
as Helen Villigan (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Out of My Mind
2024
as Mrs. V.
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Young Wife
2023
as Cookie
MOVIE★ 5.3
Down Low
2023
as Sandy
TV★ 7.4
Poker Face
2023
as Irene Smothers
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Menu
2022
as Anne
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Same Storm
2022
as Shirlee Salt
TV★ 7.3
Julia
2022
as Blanche Knopf
TV★ 7.4
Shining Vale
2022
as Joan
MOVIE★ 7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Rosa Stevens
TV★ 7.8
American Horror Stories
2021
as Virginia Mellon
MOVIE★ 7.8
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
2020
as Self
TV
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Special Guest
MOVIE★ 6.7
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Shelly Pfefferman
TV★ 7.0
The Politician
2019
as Dede Standish
MOVIE★ 4.9
Before You Know It
2019
as Sherrell Ghearhardt
MOVIE★ 6.6
Ms. White Light
2019
as Val
MOVIE★ 7.5
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
2019
as Matron Grady
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hot Air
2018
as Judith
TV★ 7.6
Manhunt
2017
as Bobi Jewell
TV★ 7.5
The Good Fight
2017
as Deirdre Quinn
MOVIE
You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2016
as Narrator
TV★ 7.6
American Crime Story
2016
as Susan Carpenter-McMillan
MOVIE★ 5.2
Digging for Fire
2015
as Grandma
TV★ 7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
as Mrs. Wright (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Jean
TV★ 6.4
Transparent
2014
as Shelly Pfefferman
MOVIE★ 4.3
Last Weekend
2014
as Veronika Goss
TV★ 7.5
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Speaker
MOVIE★ 4.0
Scrooge & Marley
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rhymes with Banana
2012
as Judith Light
TV★ 6.6
The Exes
2011
as Marjorie
MOVIE
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
TV★ 5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.1
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Maureen Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.1
Save Me
2008
as Gayle
TV★ 8.5
Twenty Good Years
2006
as Gina
TV★ 6.4
Ugly Betty
2006
as Claire Meade
MOVIE★ 5.6
Ira & Abby
2006
as Arlene Black
TV★ 6.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
TV★ 10.0
The Stones
2004
as Barbara Stone
MOVIE★ 6.9
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
as Zuleika (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Elizabeth Donnelly
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Judith Light (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Carriers
1998
as Maj. Carmen Travis
TV★ 7.0
The Simple Life
1998
as Sara Campbell
TV★ 7.1
Cow and Chicken
1997
as Nurse (voice)
TV★ 7.2
I Am Weasel
1997
as Nurse (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Too Close to Home
1997
as Diana Donahue
MOVIE★ 2.8
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Anna Lerner
MOVIE★ 3.7
Murder at My Door
1996
as Irene McNair
TV★ 7.0
Spin City
1996
as Christine
TV★ 4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 3.6
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
1996
as Lisa McKeever
MOVIE★ 3.7
Lady Killer
1995
as Janice Mitchell
MOVIE★ 5.8
Against Their Will
1994
as Alice Needham
TV★ 7.2
Duckman
1994
as Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Barbara Noël
TV★ 4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Phenom
1993
as Dianne Doolan
MOVIE★ 6.9
Men Don't Tell
1993
as Laura MacAffrey
MOVIE★ 6.0
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
1991
as Marie Hilley
MOVIE★ 4.7
In Defense of a Married Man
1990
as Laura Simmons
MOVIE★ 6.8
My Boyfriend's Back
1989
as Vickie Vine
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Ryan White Story
1989
as Jeanne White
TV★ 6.5
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stamp of a Killer
1987
as Cathy Proctor
TV★ 7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
as Angela Bower
MOVIE★ 5.0
Intimate Agony
1983
as Marsha
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Barbara Lonnicker
TV★ 7.1
Remington Steele
1982
as Clarissa Custer
TV★ 7.2
Family Ties
1982
as Stacey Hughes
MOVIE★ 5.0
Rush It
1978
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
TV★ 7.3
One Life to Live
1968
as Karen Wolek
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE
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