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
Complete Filmography

Out of My Mind
2024
as Mrs. V.
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not g...

The Young Wife
2023
as Cookie
On her wedding day, all that stands between a young woman and marital bliss with her soon-to-be husband is surviving the chaos and expectations of fam...

Down Low
2023
as Sandy
A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.

The Menu
2022
as Anne
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

The Same Storm
2022
as Shirlee Salt
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Rosa Stevens
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
2020
as Self
Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."

Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Shelly Pfefferman
When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they...

Before You Know It
2019
as Sherrell Ghearhardt
A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera.

Ms. White Light
2019
as Val
Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to conne...

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
2019
as Matron Grady
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lun...

Hot Air
2018
as Judith Montefiore-Salters
A right-wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16-year-old niece comes crashing into his life.

You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2016
as Narrator
A film portrayal of a pioneering aviator and best-selling author whose extraordinary public life had a deep impact on her inner world.

Digging for Fire
2015
as Grandma
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Jean
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propo...

Last Weekend
2014
as Veronika Goss
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend b...

Scrooge & Marley
2012
as Narrator (voice)
A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates...

Rhymes with Banana
2012
as Judith Light
A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and hone their craft. Convinced their mysterious new ne...

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011
as Herself
Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players. Since 1988, they have ra...

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

Save Me
2009
as Gayle
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is f...

Ira & Abby
2006
as Arlene Black
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...

Joseph: King of Dreams
2002
as Zuleika (voice)
In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspi...

Carriers
1998
as Maj. Carmen Travis
A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.

Too Close to Home
1997
as Diana Donahue
A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in order to keep him by her side. When the son's new wif...

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1997
Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massach...

A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Anna Lerner
A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.

Murder at My Door
1996
as Irene McNair
In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
1996
as Lisa McKeever
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
1996
Co-Executive Producer
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

Lady Killer
1995
as Janice Mitchell
Married woman has brief affair with younger man who turns violent when she breaks it off.

Against Their Will
1994
as Alice Needham
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless gua...

Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Barbara Noël
A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

Men Don't Tell
1993
as Laura MacAffrey
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
1991
as Marie Hilley
Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to poison her daughter. Out on bail, she fle...

In Defense of a Married Man
1990
as Laura Simmons
When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. ...

My Boyfriend's Back
1989
as Vickie Vine
A female singing group from the '60s reunites for a TV special.

The Ryan White Story
1989
as Jeanne White
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.

Stamp of a Killer
1987
as Cathy Proctor
A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.

Intimate Agony
1983
as Marsha
Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort. Judith Light (Law & Or...

Rush It
1978
A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.