1. Judith Ellen Light was born on February 9,1949 and is an American actress.
43 Facts About Judith Light
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Judith Light made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of A Doll's House.
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In 2024, Light won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Poker Face.
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Judith Light again received Primetime Emmy and Critics' Choice Award nominations for playing Marilyn Miglin in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story in 2018.
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Judith Light received her first nomination for a Tony Award in 2011, for her performance in the original Broadway play Lombardi.
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Judith Light was born to a Jewish family in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Judith Light is the daughter of Pearl Sue, a model, and Sidney Licht, an accountant.
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Judith Light graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama.
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Judith Light recalled graduating with a class of 15 actors who were there all four years.
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Judith Light made her Broadway debut in A Doll's House in 1975.
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Judith Light acted for such theatre companies as the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
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In 1977, her agent phoned Judith Light to have her audition for an understudy role in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
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Judith Light could "make a difference" and "make money" at the same time.
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Judith Light appeared in an episode of St Elsewhere in its first season, called "Dog Day Hospital", in which she played a housewife who became pregnant for the ninth time even though her husband claimed he had had a vasectomy.
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Judith Light appeared in Wife, Mother, Murderer, in which she played Audrey Marie Hilley.
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Judith Light spent most of the 1990s starring in made-for-TV and feature films including Men Don't Tell and 1997's Too Close to Home, which co-starred Ricky Schroder.
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In 1999, Judith Light returned to the stage in the off-Broadway production of Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit.
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Judith Light earned strong reviews for her portrayal of Vivian Bearing, a university professor battling ovarian cancer, and reprised the role for the national tour.
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Judith Light appeared in 25 episodes of the series from 2002 to 2010.
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In 2006, Judith Light joined the cast of the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty as Claire Meade, the mother of Alexis and Daniel.
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Judith Light was a recurring guest-star during the first season and was promoted to series regular as of the second.
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Judith Light appeared in the show until the series finale in 2010.
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Judith Light was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007, and for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2008, for her performance in show.
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In 2007, Judith Light starred as a radical Christian woman in the independent film Save Me.
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From 2010 to 2011, Judith Light appeared on Broadway as witty alcoholic Marie Lombardi in the play Lombardi, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.
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Judith Light starred in two television pilots, ABC's sitcom Other People's Kids and USA Network's drama Eden, both in 2011 and neither of which were green-lit to continue.
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Judith Light appeared on Broadway as Faye in the 2013 play, The Assembled Parties, and won her second Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her performance.
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Judith Light received positive reviews for her recurring role in Dallas, with Entertainment Weekly naming her the "scene-stealer" of the series.
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Judith Light plays Shelly Pfefferman, ex-wife of the transgender character played by Tambor.
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Judith Light appeared opposite Patricia Clarkson in the 2014 rom-com, Last Weekend, and as the mother of Melanie Lynskey's character in a comedy-drama film, We'll Never Have Paris, the same year.
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Judith Light returned to Broadway in 2015 as Madame Raquin in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Therese Raquin, starring opposite Keira Knightley and Matt Ryan.
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In 2017, Judith Light was featured in the American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre series on solo performance.
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Judith Light received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Marilyn Miglin in 2018's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, a mini-series on FX, culminating in a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
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In 2019, Judith Light guest-starred in the Netflix series, The Politician.
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Judith Light received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 12,2019.
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In 2021, Judith Light played Rosa Stevens in the biographical musical drama film Tick, Tick.
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Judith Light was cast in the comedy-drama Down Low, and comedy-drama The Young Wife starring Kiersey Clemons.
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On television, Judith Light played Courteney Cox's mother in the Starz horror comedy series Shining Vale, and Blanche Knopf in the HBO Max series Julia, both having premiered in 2022.
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Judith Light has been married to television actor Robert Desiderio since 1985.
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Judith Light has a home in Beverly Hills, California and a home in Aspen, Colorado.
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Judith Light is Jewish and considers herself religious, without being attached to institutional religion.
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Judith Light was one of the first celebrities to advocate against the social stigma encountered by LGBTQ+ people and those with AIDS.
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In 2018, Judith Light discussed the similarities between the beginnings of the LGBT rights movement and the Me Too movement.