Judith Light
ABOUT JUDITH LIGHT
Best known for her recurring roles on the hit series Who's the Boss and One Life to Live. She earned a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2006 for her performance in Ugly Betty. In 2014, she began playing the role of Shelly Pfefferman on the Amazon series Transparent .
After graduating from St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy, she appeared in many stage productions, including a Broadway role in A Doll's House, in the 1970s.
She won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Other Desert Cities.
She is the daughter of model Pearl Hollander and accountant Sidney Licht. She married Robert Desiderio in 1985.
She co-starred with Tony Danza on the hit '80s family comedy Who's the Boss?
