Judith Ellen Light (born February , ) is an American actor, producer,
and advocate.Light made her professional stage debut in , before
making her Broadway debut in the revival of A Doll's House. Her
breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live
from to , 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 to , 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 (â€") and also played Claire Meade in
the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty (â€"), for which she was nominated for
a Primetime Emmy Award in .She received her first nomination for a
Tony Award in , for her performance in the original Broadway play
Lombardi. In and , 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 to , Light played the role of
villainous Judith Brown Ryland in the TNT drama series, Dallas. In ,
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 , 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 s, in the early days of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic.
and advocate.Light made her professional stage debut in , before
making her Broadway debut in the revival of A Doll's House. Her
breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live
from to , 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 to , 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 (â€") and also played Claire Meade in
the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty (â€"), for which she was nominated for
a Primetime Emmy Award in .She received her first nomination for a
Tony Award in , for her performance in the original Broadway play
Lombardi. In and , 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 to , Light played the role of
villainous Judith Brown Ryland in the TNT drama series, Dallas. In ,
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 , 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 s, in the early days of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic.
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