Judy Kain
Judy was born in San Mateo, California, and began her professional acting career in Los Angeles in 1978. She has been in over 400 commercials, and 150 TV and film projects. She has won numerous awards for coaching and teaching at her own studio Keep it Real Acting Studios in addition to awards for her performance in MAD MEN gleaning the SAG AWARD for the Show. She travels all over the country teaching and inspiring actors with her vast knowledge and experience. Judy is also a published author of the Commercial Handbook called "I Booked It!" She also has a new book and online course entitled THE BUSINESS OF ACTING. She has done numerous seminars sharing her vast experience. Also, Judy hosts the Podcast HOLLYWOOD GAME CHANGERS @keepitrealacting/HGC. Being an avid Hiker, she wrote a book about her hikes all over the world called LIFE IS LIKE A HIKE...the best view comes after the Hardest climb. Her son Frankie Manes is also an actor.
139 acting credits
Acting · 139
NCIS
2003
Bones
2005
Modern Family
2009
Friends
1994
Castle
2009
Desperate Housewives
2004
9-1-1
2018
Seinfeld
1989
Bosch
2015
ER
1994
The West Wing
1999
Scrubs
2001
Mad Men
2007
The Middle
2009
Married... with Children
1987
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
This Is Us
2016
Knots Landing
1979
Hill Street Blues
1981
Quantum Leap
1989
Jane the Virgin
2014
The Drew Carey Show
1995
NYPD Blue
1993
Hunter
1984
L.A. Law
1986
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Party of Five
1994
All American
2018
The Fosters
2013
Superstore
2015
Simon & Simon
1981
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Morning Show
2019
The District
2000
Matlock
2024
Step by Step
1991
Ellen
1994
Doom Patrol
2019
BEEF
2023
Three's Company
1977
Good Girls
2018
Murphy Brown
1988
Moesha
1996
Stuck in the Middle
2016
CSI: Vegas
2021
The Conners
2018
Blossom
1990
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Perfect Strangers
1986
Life Goes On
1989
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Living Single
1993
Mama's Family
1983
Unhappily Ever After
1995
The Young and the Restless
1973
The Odd Couple
2015
Love & War
1992
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
Teachers
2016
Fantasy Island
2021
Just Add Magic
2016
Aquarius
2015
Blonde
2022
Hand of God
2014
Oh Baby
1998
Civil Wars
1991
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
Men Behaving Badly
1996
Reasonable Doubts
1991
For Your Love
1998
Roseanne
1988
1st & Ten
1984
Out All Night
1992
E/R
1984
I'm Dying Up Here
2017
The Visitor
1997
Rutherford Falls
2021
Grosse Pointe
2000
Equal Justice
1990
Angelyne
2022
FreakyLinks
2000
The Charmings
1987
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
The New Gidget
1986
I'm Sorry
2017
Santa Barbara
1984
Paradise Lost
2020
The New Adam-12
1990
Lopez
2016
Frank's Place
1987
The Oldest Rookie
1987
It's Like, You Know...
1999
Kroll Show
2013
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
Shaky Ground
1992
How We Roll
2022
Hot Line
1995
Cousins for Life
2018
Getting By
1993
Stand By Your Man
1992
The New Dragnet
1989
First Time Out
1995
The Human Factor
1992
His & Hers
1990
Daddy Dearest
1993
Manhattan, AZ
2000
Once a Hero
1987
You're Dating a Narcissist!
2026
Perfect Prey
1998
The Invaders
1995
Good Girl Jane
2024
Justice League of America
1997
Dinner Is Served
2021
Reality
2015
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
Here Come the Munsters
1995
Angels in Stardust
2014
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
Trevor
1994
Sisters
1991
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993
Who Invited Them
2022
Alone in the Dark
2022
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
2010
Sisterhood, Inc.
2025
Dead Men Don't Die
1990
Unwritten Obsession
2017
The Sintern
2024
Those She Left Behind
1989
It's OK to Say No to Drugs
1988
Gothic Springs
2019
All Exchanges Final
2017
Bud
2021
I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
2025
Adman
2019
Grad Night
1980
Maxine The Hero
2018