
Judy Kain
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Trevor
1994

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994

Who Invited Them
2022

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994

Alone in the Dark
2022

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993

Here Come the Munsters
1995

Grad Night
1980

Reality
2015

Angels in Stardust
2014

Perfect Prey
1998

Adman
2019

Good Girl Jane
2024

Bud
2021

Blonde
2022

The Sintern
2024

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
2010

All Exchanges Final
2017

Unwritten Obsession
2017

Those She Left Behind
1989

Dead Men Don't Die
1990

Maxine The Hero
2018

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020

Justice League of America
1997

St. Elmo's Fire
1985

Gothic Springs
2019

Dinner Is Served
2021

I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
2025

It's OK to Say No to Drugs
1988

Sisterhood, Inc.
2025

You're Dating a Narcissist!
2026

Modern Family
2009

The Odd Couple
2015

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015

The Visitor
1997

CSI: Vegas
2021

Hunter
1984

Castle
2009

Good Girls
2018

The Morning Show
2019

Seinfeld
1989

Quantum Leap
1989

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996

Married... with Children
1987

Jane the Virgin
2014

Stuck in the Middle
2016

Oh Baby
1998

The Fosters
2013

Unhappily Ever After
1995

Angelyne
2022

This Is Us
2016

Crazy like a Fox
1984

Friends
1994

The Conners
2018

Men Behaving Badly
1996

Out All Night
1992

Murphy Brown
1988

E/R
1984

Three's Company
1977

Hill Street Blues
1981

1st & Ten
1984

NYPD Blue
1993

Moesha
1996

Highway to Heaven
1984

Once a Hero
1987

Highway to Heaven
1984

The Oldest Rookie
1987

The Charmings
1987

The Oldest Rookie
1987

The New Gidget
1986

Frank's Place
1987

Perfect Strangers
1986

Knots Landing
1979

Santa Barbara
1984

Simon & Simon
1981

Mama's Family
1983

Step by Step
1991

Step by Step
1991

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996

It's Like, You Know...
1999

For Your Love
1998

Manhattan, AZ
2000

FreakyLinks
2000

Grosse Pointe
2000

ER
1994

The West Wing
1999

The District
2000

Desperate Housewives
2004

His & Hers
1990

Roseanne
1988

Equal Justice
1990

L.A. Law
1986

The New Adam-12
1990

Life Goes On
1989

The New Dragnet
1989

Civil Wars
1991

Stand By Your Man
1992

The Human Factor
1992

Reasonable Doubts
1991

Sisters
1991

Reasonable Doubts
1991

Mad Men
2007

The Middle
2009

Just Add Magic
2016

Kroll Show
2013

Aquarius
2015

Lopez
2016

Getting By
1993

Shaky Ground
1992

Ellen
1994

Daddy Dearest
1993

Blossom
1990

Love & War
1992

Hot Line
1995

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

First Time Out
1995

The Invaders
1995

Kindred: The Embraced
1996

Party of Five
1994

Living Single
1993

The Drew Carey Show
1995

Hand of God
2014

The Fosters
2013

NCIS
2003

I'm Dying Up Here
2017

Teachers
2016

Cousins for Life
2018

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019

The Young and the Restless
1973

Paradise Lost
2020

I'm Sorry
2017

Superstore
2015

9-1-1
2018

Fantasy Island
2021

Bones
2005

Rutherford Falls
2021

Bosch
2015

All American
2018

Doom Patrol
2019

How We Roll
2022

Matlock
2024

Scrubs
2001