Judith Light
Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949)[1] is an American actor, producer and advocate.
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| Born | Judith Ellen Light February 9, 1949 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Website | www |
Light made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of A Doll's House. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek. For this role, she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She later starred as Angela Bower in the long-running ABC sitcom Who's the Boss? from 1984 to 1992, and was featured in many other television sitcoms, dramas and films. She played the recurring role of Elizabeth Donnelly in the NBC legal crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–2010) and also played Claire Meade in the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007.
She received her first nomination for a Tony Award in 2011, for her performance in the original Broadway play Lombardi. In 2012 and 2013, Light won two consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her performances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties. From 2013 to 2014, Light played the role of villainous Judith Brown Ryland in the TNT drama series, Dallas. In 2014, she began starring as Shelly Pfefferman in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios dark comedy-drama series Transparent, for which she received Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Critics' Choice Television Award nominations. In 2019, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Light is a prominent LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist. Her advocacy work began in the early 1980s, in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Early life
Light was born to a Jewish family[2] in Trenton, New Jersey,[1] the daughter of Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model, and Sidney Light, an accountant. Light graduated from high school in 1966 at St. Mary's Hall–Doane Academy in Burlington, New Jersey. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama.[1] She recalled the university as "rigorous" and "amazing".[3] Afterwards, she started out on stage, making her professional debut in Richard III at the California Shakespeare Festival in 1970.
Career
1975–1983
Light made her Broadway debut in A Doll's House in 1975.[1] She also starred in the 1976 Broadway play Herzl. Light also acted for such theatre companies as the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the Seattle Repertory Theatre.[4] In the late 1970s, Light went through a real crisis after a period of not landing any parts.[3] Broke, she almost quit acting, because she felt that she was not contributing to the theater.[3]
In 1977, Light was called by her agent to audition for an understudy role in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Having wanted never to be attached to a soap opera or a sitcom, she initially rejected the idea, until she was told that she would have a daily salary of $350.[3] At the audition, she realized that "the format reaches a lot of people", and that she could thereby "make a difference" and "make money" at the same time.[3] Instead of landing an understudy role, she was recast in the role of Karen Wolek, a role that had previously been portrayed by actresses Kathryn Breech and Julia Duffy. This role was quite lucrative for Light and spawned one of the show's most-remembered storylines; Light's character became an alcoholic prostitute after she became bored with her life as a housewife. On trial, Karen saved her friend Viki Lord Riley (Erika Slezak) from being convicted of killing Karen's pimp, Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony) by admitting to the entire town, including her faithful husband, Dr Larry Wolek (Michael Storm), that she had been a prostitute. Light's portrayal of Karen brought the show critical acclaim and is credited with garnering One Life to Live ratings successes from the late 1970s into the early 1980s.[5][6] Light's dramatic, confessional courtroom performance of a housewife-turned-prostitute on the witness stand is regarded as one of the most memorable moments in television by TV Guide.[7] In 1980, this won Light her first Daytime Emmy Award for "Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series"; the scene in which she confessed her guilt in court is held in such high esteem that it is used in acting classes to the current day.[8] Light recalled: "I was scared before those courtroom scenes. I was afraid to put myself out that much. With the agony of pulling it out piece by piece and having the prosecutor stick the knife in her gut, I couldn't help but let everything spew out of her."[9]
Light won another Emmy in the role in 1981.[10] She 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. In an effort to punish the doctor who botched the job she took an operating room hostage though it was later revealed that her husband had not had the procedure.
1984–1998
After this success on daytime, Light landed the leading role of assertive advertising executive Angela Bower on the ABC sitcom Who's the Boss?.[1] Co-starring Tony Danza, who played her housekeeper (and eventual boyfriend), the show ran for eight seasons from 1984 to 1992. The series was successful in the ratings, consistently ranked in the top ten in the final primetime ratings between the years of 1985 and 1989, and has since continued in syndication. TV Guide ranked Who's the Boss? as the 109th best sitcom of all time. Along with her work in Who's the Boss?, she also starred in several television films, including Stamp of a Killer (1987) alongside Jimmy Smits, critically acclaimed biographical drama The Ryan White Story (1989) where she played the mother of HIV/AIDS positive teenager Ryan White, and Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991), in which she played Audrey Marie Hilley.
After Who's the Boss?, Light starred in another ABC sitcom, Phenom, which ran for one season, 1993–94, before being canceled. In 1998 she starred in another short-lived sitcom, The Simple Life on CBS.[1] She spent most of the 1990s starring in made-for-TV and feature films such as Men Don't Tell and 1997's Too Close to Home, which co-starred Ricky Schroder.
1999–present
In 1999, Light returned to the stage in the off-Broadway production of Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit. She earned strong reviews for her portrayal of a university professor battling ovarian cancer, and reprised the role for the national tour.[1][11] Light shaved her head for the role of Vivian Bearing, a literature professor battling ovarian cancer, in the play.[12] She returned to television with the recurring role of Judge Elizabeth Donnelly in the NBC legal crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002.[13] She appeared in 25 episodes of the series from 2002 to 2010. In 2004 she starred in another short-lived CBS sitcom, The Stones.[14]
In 2006, Light joined the cast of the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty as Claire Meade, the mother of Alexis and Daniel. She was recurring guest-star during the first season and was promoted to series regular as of the second. She appeared in the show until the series finale in 2010. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007, and well for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2008, for her performance in show.[4] In 2011 she starred in two failed television pilots: ABC's sitcom Other People's Kids and USA Network drama Eden.[15][16] In 2014 she starred opposite Henry Winkler in another ABC pilot, The Winklers.[17]
Light appeared in a number of films in the 2000s. She co-starred opposite Chris Messina and Jennifer Westfeldt in the 2006 romantic comedy film Ira & Abby. In 2007, Light starred as a radical Christian woman in the independent film Save Me.[18] Light's character, Gayle, runs a Christian ministry known as Genesis House, which works to help gay men recover from their 'affliction.' She is challenged by the arrival of Mark, an ill gay man who reminds Gayle of her dead, gay son, and the movie chronicles the challenges of the two as they learn to accept each other as they are. In 2014 she appeared in films Last Weekend opposite Patricia Clarkson, and played the role of Melanie Lynskey's character's mother in We'll Never Have Paris.[19][20]
In 2010–11, Light appeared as a witty alcoholic Marie Lombardi on Broadway in the play Lombardi and received a nomination for the Tony Award, Featured Actress in a Play.[21] She appeared in the play Other Desert Cities on Broadway from 2011 to 2012 and won her first Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Silda.[22] In 2013, she appeared on Broadway in the play The Assembled Parties and on June 8, 2013, won her second Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of 'Faye'.[23]
In 2013, Light joined the cast of TNT's continuation of the television series Dallas, in the role of Judith Brown Ryland, mother of Harris Ryland (despite being only three years older than Mitch Pileggi who plays her TV son).[24][25] She received positive reviews for her recurring performance as villainous Judith in Dallas and Entertainment Weekly named her the "scene-stealer" of the series.[26] In 2014 she was cast opposite Jeffrey Tambor in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios dark comedy-drama series, Transparent created by Jill Soloway. She plays Shelly Pfefferman, ex-wife of the transgender character played by Tambor.[27][28] The pilot episode debuted on February 6, 2014, and later episodes premiered on September 26, 2014.[29] Light received Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film nominations for her performance.[30][31]
In 2015, Light returned to Broadway as Madame Raquin in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Thérèse Raquin starring opposite Keira Knightley and Matt Ryan.[32]
In 2017, Light was featured in the American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre series on solo performance.[33]
In 2018, Light played Marilyn Miglin in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, for which she received critical acclaim, culminating in a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.[34][35]
In 2019, she was a guest star in the Netflix series The Politician.[36] She joined the main cast of the series for the second season, which premiered in June 2020.[37]
In an induction ceremony on September 12, 2019, Light received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[38]
Activism
After being inspired by the LGBTQ+ community, Light began advocating for people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s. She was one of the first celebrities to advocate against the social stigma encountered by LGBTQ+ people and those with AIDS.[39] She has served on the boards of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Point Foundation, a support organization for students discriminated against based on sexual orientation or gender.[40]
Through her role in Transparent as the ex-wife of a transgender person, Light raises these issues to a broad audience. She reported "It's something that we really haven't talked about before in pop culture, we haven't talked about transgender issues, we haven't talked about mature people's sexuality."[41]
In an interview with Out, Light stated:
“It was the LGBTQ community that inspired me to be the kind of person I wanted to be. I wanted to be authentic and courageous, and for so long I wasn't. When I began doing a lot of advocacy work in the early '80s for HIV and AIDS, I saw the community and the way the community was operating against all odds, against a world and a culture and country that gave them nothing and denigrated them. ... I looked at this community and said, 'This is breathtaking. This is the kind of world and people I want to be around. These are the kind of people I want to be working with."[42]
In 2018, Light discussed the similarities between the beginnings of the LGBT rights movement and the Me Too movement.[43]
In addition to LGBT and AIDS activism, she has also spoken publicly to encourage vaccination against the flu as a way to protect vulnerable populations.[44]
Personal life
Light has been married to television actor Robert Desiderio since 1985.[45] The couple live apart: she in New York City, and he in Southern California. She has a home in Beverly Hills, California and a home in Aspen, Colorado. She is Jewish and considers herself religious, without being attached to institutional religion per se.[46] She has practiced Kundalini yoga for 20 years.[47]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End | Herself | |
| 1996 | A Step Toward Tomorrow | Anna Lerner | |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Zuleika | Voice |
| 2005 | Ira & Abby | Arlene Black | |
| 2006 | A Broken Sole | Hilary | |
| 2007 | Save Me | Gayle | |
| 2012 | Rhymes with Banana | Herself | |
| 2012 | Scrooge & Marley | Narrator | |
| 2014 | Last Weekend | Veronika Goss | |
| 2015 | We'll Never Have Paris | Jean | |
| 2015 | Digging for Fire | Grandma | |
| 2018 | Ms. White Light[48] | Val | |
| 2018 | Hot Air | Judith Montefiore-Salters | |
| 2019 | Before You Know It | Sherrell | |
| 2020 | Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall | Herself | Cameo |
| TBA | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Rosa Stevens | Filming |
Television films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Intimate Agony | Marsha | |
| 1987 | Stamp of a Killer | Cathy Proctor | |
| 1989 | The Ryan White Story | Jeanne White | |
| 1989 | My Boyfriend's Back | Vickie Vine | |
| 1990 | In Defense of a Married Man | Laura Simmons | |
| 1991 | Wife, Mother, Murderer | Marie Hilley/Robbi/Teri | |
| 1993 | Men Don't Tell | Laura MacAffrey | |
| 1994 | Betrayal of Trust | Noël | |
| 1994 | Against Their Will: Women in Prison | Alice Needham | |
| 1995 | Lady Killer | Janice Mitchell | |
| 1996 | A Strange Affair | Lisa McKeever | |
| 1996 | Murder at My Door | Irene McNair | |
| 1997 | Too Close to Home | Diana Donahue | |
| 1998 | Carriers | Maj. Carmen Travis | |
| 2001 | Born In Brooklyn | Catherine | |
| 2011 | Other People's Kids | Laura | |
| 2014 | The Winklers | Tita Winkler | |
| 2019 | Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story | Matron Grady | |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Kojak | Laetitia Palmerance | Episode: "Monkey on a String" |
| 1977–83 | One Life to Live | Karen Wolek | lead role on daily soap opera |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | Barbara Lonnicker | Episode: "Dog Day Hospital" |
| 1983 | Family Ties | Stacey Hughes | Episode: "Not an Affair to Remember" |
| 1984 | The Mississippi | N/A | Episode: "Home Again" |
| 1984 | Remington Steele | Clarissa Custer | Episode: "Dreams of Steele" |
| 1984 | You Are the Jury | Elizabeth Harding | Episode: "The Case of the People of Florida vs. Joseph Landrum" |
| 1984–92 | Who's the Boss? | Angela Bower | 196 episodes |
| 1986 | Charmed Lives | Angela Bower | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1993–94 | Phenom | Dianne Doolan | 22 episodes |
| 1996–97 | Duckman | Ursula Bacon "Honey" Chicken | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken | Nurse (voice) | Episode: "Space Cow/The Legend of Sailcat" |
| 1998 | The Simple Life | Sara Campbell | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Spin City | Christine | Episode: "O Mother, Where Art Thou?" |
| 2002–10 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Elizabeth Donnelly | 25 episodes |
| 2004 | The Stones | Barbara Stone | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | Twenty Good Years | Gina | 3 episodes |
| 2006–10 | Ugly Betty | Claire Meade | 55 episodes |
| 2011 | Nurse Jackie | Maureen Cooper | Episode: "Rat Falls" |
| 2012–15 | The Exes | Marjorie | 3 episodes |
| 2013–14 | Dallas | Judith Brown Ryland | 18 episodes |
| 2014 | Raising Hope | Louise | Episode: "Dinner with Tropes"[49] |
| 2014–19 | Transparent | Shelly Pfefferman | 32 episodes |
| 2017 | Doubt | Carolyn Rice | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | I'm Sorry | Judy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Mrs. Wright (voice) | Episode: "My Mischievous Son" |
| 2018 | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Marilyn Miglin | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Deidre Quinn | Episode: "Day 492" |
| 2018–19 | Queen America | Regina | 3 episodes |
| 2019–present | The Politician | Dede Standish | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Manhunt: Deadly Games | Bobi Jewell | 7 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | A Doll's House | Helene | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
| 1976 | Measure for Measure | Francisca | Delacorte Theater |
| 1976 | Herzl | Julie Herzl | Palace Theatre |
| 1999–2000 | Wit | Vivian Bearing | Union Square Theatre |
| 2001 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| 2002 | Sorrows and Rejoicings | Second Stage Theatre | |
| 2005 | Colder Than Here | Myra | Lucille Lortel Theatre |
| 2010–11 | Lombardi | Marie Lombardi | Circle in the Square Theatre |
| 2011–12 | Other Desert Cities | Silda Grauman | Booth Theatre |
| 2013 | The Assembled Parties | Faye | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre |
| 2015 | Thérèse Raquin | Madame Raquin | Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 |
| 2016 | All The Ways To Say I Love You | Faye | MCC Theater |
| 2017 | God Looked Away | Estelle | Pasadena Playhouse |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Film or series | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Soapy Awards | Outstanding Actress | One Life to Live | Won |
| 1980 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won | |
| Soapy Awards | Outstanding Actress | Won | ||
| 1981 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won | |
| 1998 | GLAAD Media Awards | Vision Award | Won | |
| 2007 | TV Land Awards | Favorite Working Mom | Who's the Boss? | Nominated |
| Prism Awards | Best Performance in a Comedy Series | Ugly Betty | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | TV Land Awards | Mad Ad Man or Woman of the Year | Who's the Boss? | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Ugly Betty | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Lombardi | Nominated |
| Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Other Desert Cities | Won |
| Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | ||
| 2013[50] | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | The Assembled Parties | Won |
| Tony Awards[51] | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | ||
| 2015 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Transparent | Nominated |
| 2016 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Thérèse Raquin | Nominated | |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Won | ||
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Transparent | Nominated |
| 2018 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Nominated |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Tony Award | Isabelle Stevenson Award | Recognition of her advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and in the fight against HIV/AIDS. | Won |
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