Cast & creator
Judith Light
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
Also known as: Judith Ellen Light
43
film credits
47
television credits
89
1956–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elizabeth Donnelly
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Family Guy
Judith Light (voice)
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
St. Elsewhere
Barbara Lonnicker
1982
The Good Fight
Deirdre Quinn
2017
Spin City
Christine
1996
Cow and Chicken
Nurse (voice)
1997
Family Ties
Stacey Hughes
1982
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Who's the Boss?
Angela Bower
1984The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Nurse Jackie
Maureen Cooper
2009
Remington Steele
Clarissa Custer
1982
Ugly Betty
Claire Meade
2006
American Crime Story
Susan Carpenter-McMillan
2016American Crime Story
Marilyn Miglin
2016
Duckman
Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)
1994
The Punisher: One Last Kill
Ma
2026
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020
Kojak
1973Kojak
Laetitia Pomerantz
1973
American Horror Stories
Virginia Mellon
2021
Poker Face
Irene Smothers
2023
The Exes
Marjorie
2011
Manhunt
Bobi Jewell
2017
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mrs. Wright (voice)
2014
I Am Weasel
Nurse (voice)
1997
Transparent
Shelly Pfefferman
2014
All's Fair
Sheila Baskin
2025
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Dorry
2026
The Menu
Anne
2022
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Helen Villigan (voice)
2024
One Life to Live
Karen Wolek
1968
The Politician
Dede Standish
2019
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Julia
Blanche Knopf
2022
Before
Lynn
2024
Joseph: King of Dreams
Zuleika (voice)
2000
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Speaker
2014
Shining Vale
Joan
2022
Out of My Mind
Mrs. V.
2024
tick, tick... BOOM!
Rosa Stevens
2021
Phenom
Dianne Doolan
1993
Shut Up Evan
Self - Guest
2026
Twenty Good Years
Gina
2006
Down Low
Sandy
2023
The Simple Life
Sara Campbell
1998
The Young Wife
Cookie
2023
Digging for Fire
Grandma
2015
The Stones
Barbara Stone
2004
Before You Know It
Sherrell Ghearhardt
2019
We'll Never Have Paris
Jean
2014
Scrooge & Marley
Narrator (voice)
2012
My Boyfriend's Back
Vickie Vine
1989
Hot Air
Judith
2018
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
2010
Save Me
Gayle
2008
Carriers
Maj. Carmen Travis
1998
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Self
2020
The Sham
Murder at My Door
Irene McNair
1996
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Herself
2011
The Same Storm
Shirlee Salt
2022
In Defense of a Married Man
Laura Simmons
1990
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
Lisa McKeever
1996A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
Co-Executive Producer
1996
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Matron Grady
2019
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Anna Lerner
1996
The Ryan White Story
Jeanne White
1989
Ira & Abby
Arlene Black
2006
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Shelly Pfefferman
2019
Too Close to Home
Diana Donahue
1997
Last Weekend
Veronika Goss
2014
Stamp of a Killer
Cathy Proctor
1987
Rhymes with Banana
Judith Light
2012
Men Don't Tell
Laura MacAffrey
1993
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Marie Hilley
1991
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Self
1997
Ms. White Light
Val
2019
Against Their Will
Alice Needham
1994
You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Narrator
2016
Rush It
1978
Intimate Agony
Marsha
1983
Betrayal of Trust
Barbara Noël
1994
Lady Killer
Janice Mitchell
1995