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Judith Light Biography

The American actress Judith Light was born in 1949 in Trenton, New Jersey. Judith always knew she wanted to be an actress; after graduating from high school she entered Carnegie Mellon University as a drama major and following completion of her program she made her stage debut at the California Shakespeare Festival in 1970. Her Broadway debut came five years later in A Doll’s House.

Judith’s first foray into television came in 1977 when she was cast in the role of Karen Wolek on the soap opera One Life to Live. Judith’s depiction of Karen brought the show rising ratings and brought her critical acclaim, ultimately earning her a Daytime Emmy Award for her performances. Another Emmy, for a guest starring role in an episode of St. Elsewhere in 1981. But her big breakthrough came when Judith landed the role of Angela Bower on the ABC sitcom Who’s the Boss? in 1984. The show was a smash hit, lasting for eight seasons and becoming one of the most iconic shows of the 1980’s.

Since Who’s the Boss?, Judith Light has appeared in a number of recurring roles on television, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (in the role of Elizabeth Donnelly, from 2002 - 2010) and Ugly Betty (in the role of Claire Meade, from 2006-2010.) For the latter, Light earned another Emmy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, in 2007. In 2011, Light returned to the stage in the Broadway play Lombardi, earning her first Tony nomination in 2011, and two years later she won two Tony Awards for her performances in the Assembled Parties and Other Desert Cities.

Today, Judith Light can be seen in the role of Shelly Pfefferman in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios series Transparent. The role has so far earned her another Primetime Emmy and her first Golden Globe Award.