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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1989
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2002
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2015
Family Guy
2006
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2026
American Experience
2000
Tony Awards
2004
St. Elsewhere
1983
The Good Fight
2018
Family Ties
1983
Cow and Chicken
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
89
Producing
1
2026
The Punisher: One Last Kill
as Ma
2026
The Terror: Devil in Silver
as Dorry
2026
Shut Up Evan
as Self - Guest
2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2025
All's Fair
as Sheila Baskin
2024
Out of My Mind
as Mrs. V.
2024
Before
as Lynn
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Helen Villigan (voice)
2023
The Young Wife
as Cookie
2023
Down Low
as Sandy
2023
Poker Face
as Irene Smothers
2022
The Menu
as Anne
2022
The Same Storm
as Shirlee Salt
2022
Shining Vale
as Joan
2022
American Horror Stories
as Virginia Mellon
2022
Julia
as Blanche Knopf
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Rosa Stevens
2021
American Crime Story
as Susan Carpenter-McMillan
2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Self
2020
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
2020
Manhunt
as Bobi Jewell
2019
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
as Matron Grady
2019
Before You Know It
as Sherrell Ghearhardt
2019
Ms. White Light
as Val
2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Shelly Pfefferman
2019
The Politician
as Dede Standish
2018
Hot Air
as Judith
2018
American Crime Story
as Marilyn Miglin
2018
The Good Fight
as Deirdre Quinn
2017
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Mrs. Wright (voice)
2016
You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
as Narrator
2016
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2015
Digging for Fire
as Grandma
2015
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Speaker
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
We'll Never Have Paris
as Jean
2014
Last Weekend
as Veronika Goss
2014
Transparent
as Shelly Pfefferman
2012
Scrooge & Marley
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Rhymes with Banana
as Judith Light
2012
The Exes
as Marjorie
2011
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
as Herself
2011
Nurse Jackie
as Maureen Cooper
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2008
Save Me
as Gayle
2006
Ira & Abby
as Arlene Black
2006
Family Guy
as Judith Light (voice)
2006
Ugly Betty
as Claire Meade
2006
Twenty Good Years
as Gina
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
The Stones
as Barbara Stone
2004
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
2002
Spin City
as Christine
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Elizabeth Donnelly
2000
Joseph: King of Dreams
as Zuleika (voice)
2000
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Carriers
as Maj. Carmen Travis
1998
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1998
The Simple Life
as Sara Campbell
1997
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
as Self
1997
Too Close to Home
as Diana Donahue
1997
Cow and Chicken
as Nurse (voice)
1997
I Am Weasel
as Nurse (voice)
1996
Murder at My Door
as Irene McNair
1996
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
as Lisa McKeever
1996
A Step Toward Tomorrow
as Anna Lerner
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Duckman
as Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)
1995
Lady Killer
as Janice Mitchell
1994
Against Their Will
as Alice Needham
1994
Betrayal of Trust
as Barbara Noël
1993
Men Don't Tell
as Laura MacAffrey
1993
Phenom
as Dianne Doolan
1991
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
as Marie Hilley
1990
In Defense of a Married Man
as Laura Simmons
1989
The Ryan White Story
as Jeanne White
1989
My Boyfriend's Back
as Vickie Vine
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1987
Stamp of a Killer
as Cathy Proctor
1984
Remington Steele
as Clarissa Custer
1984
Who's the Boss?
as Angela Bower
1983
Intimate Agony
as Marsha
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Barbara Lonnicker
1983
Family Ties
as Stacey Hughes
1978
Rush It
1977
Kojak
as Laetitia Pomerantz
1973
Kojak
1968
One Life to Live
as Karen Wolek
The Sham