Judith Light

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Family Guy

The Punisher: One Last Kill

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tony Awards

American Experience

The Good Fight

All Movies (42)

• The Punisher: One Last Kill2026 · as Ma
• Out of My Mind2024 · as Mrs. V.
• The Young Wife2023 · as Cookie
• Down Low2023 · as Sandy
• The Menu2022 · as Anne
• The Same Storm2022 · as Shirlee Salt
• tick, tick... BOOM!2021 · as Rosa Stevens
• Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall2020 · as Self
• Transparent: Musicale Finale2019 · as Shelly Pfefferman
• Before You Know It2019 · as Sherrell Ghearhardt
• Ms. White Light2019 · as Val
• Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story2019 · as Matron Grady
• Hot Air2018 · as Judith Montefiore-Salters
• You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh2016 · as Narrator
• Digging for Fire2015 · as Grandma
• We'll Never Have Paris2014 · as Jean
• Last Weekend2014 · as Veronika Goss
• Scrooge & Marley2012 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rhymes with Banana2012 · as Judith Light
• Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS2011 · as Herself
• 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift2010 · as (archive footage)
• Save Me2008 · as Gayle
• Ira & Abby2006 · as Arlene Black
• Joseph: King of Dreams2000 · as Zuleika (voice)
• Carriers1998 · as Maj. Carmen Travis
• Too Close to Home1997 · as Diana Donahue
• Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End1997 · as Self
• A Step Toward Tomorrow1996 · as Anna Lerner
• Murder at My Door1996 · as Irene McNair
• A Husband, a Wife and a Lover1996 · as Lisa McKeever
• Lady Killer1995 · as Janice Mitchell
• Against Their Will1994 · as Alice Needham
• Betrayal of Trust1994 · as Barbara Noël
• Men Don't Tell1993 · as Laura MacAffrey
• Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story1991 · as Marie Hilley
• In Defense of a Married Man1990 · as Laura Simmons
• My Boyfriend's Back1989 · as Vickie Vine
• The Ryan White Story1989 · as Jeanne White
• Stamp of a Killer1987 · as Cathy Proctor
• Intimate Agony1983 · as Marsha
• Rush It1978
• The Sham—

All TV Shows (45)

• The Terror: Devil in Silver2026 · as Dorry
• Shut Up Evan2026 · as Self
• All's Fair2025 · as Sheila Baskin
• Before2024 · as Lynn
• Kite Man: Hell Yeah!2024 · as Helen Villigan (voice)
• Poker Face2023 · as Irene Smothers
• Julia2022 · as Blanche Knopf
• Shining Vale2022 · as Joan
• American Horror Stories2021 · as Virginia Mellon
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self - Special Guest
• The Politician2019 · as Dede Standish
• Manhunt2017 · as Bobi Jewell
• The Good Fight2017 · as Deirdre Quinn
• American Crime Story2016 · as Susan Carpenter-McMillan
• American Crime Story2016 · as Marilyn Miglin
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero2014 · as Mrs. Wright (voice)
• Transparent2014 · as Shelly Pfefferman
• Trailblazer Honors2014 · as Self - Speaker
• The Exes2011 · as Marjorie
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Maureen Cooper
• Twenty Good Years2006 · as Gina
• Ugly Betty2006 · as Claire Meade
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• The Stones2004 · as Barbara Stone
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Elizabeth Donnelly
• Family Guy1999 · as Judith Light (voice)
• The Simple Life1998 · as Sara Campbell
• Cow and Chicken1997 · as Nurse (voice)
• I Am Weasel1997 · as Nurse (voice)
• Spin City1996 · as Christine
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Duckman1994 · as Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Phenom1993 · as Dianne Doolan
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Who's the Boss?1984 · as Angela Bower
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Barbara Lonnicker
• Remington Steele1982 · as Clarissa Custer
• Family Ties1982 · as Stacey Hughes
• Kojak1973
• Kojak1973 · as Laetitia Pomerantz
• One Life to Live1968 · as Karen Wolek
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee