
Judy Kain
Acting
Born 1955-03-31 · San Mateo, California, USA
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

NCIS
2003 · TV

Bones
2005 · TV

The Young and the Restless
1973 · TV

The Fosters
2013 · TV

How We Roll
2022 · TV

The Odd Couple
2015 · TV

Friends
1994 · TV

Modern Family
2009 · TV

Mad Men
2007 · TV

Married... with Children
1987 · TV

9-1-1
2018 · TV

Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV

Castle
2009 · TV

For Your Love
1998 · TV

Hand of God
2014 · TV

Seinfeld
1989 · TV

Scrubs
2001 · TV

Manhattan, AZ
2000 · TV

ER
1994 · TV

BEEF
2023 · TV

Bosch
2015 · TV

Grosse Pointe
2000 · TV

Reasonable Doubts
1991 · TV

This Is Us
2016 · TV

The West Wing
1999 · TV

The Middle
2009 · TV

Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · TV

Paradise Lost
2020 · TV

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · TV

Hunter
1984 · TV

Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV

The Drew Carey Show
1995 · TV

Jane the Virgin
2014 · TV

L.A. Law
1986 · TV

Quantum Leap
1989 · TV

Knots Landing
1979 · TV

NYPD Blue
1993 · TV

Superstore
2015 · TV

All American
2018 · TV

The Morning Show
2019 · TV

Matlock
2024 · TV

Highway to Heaven
1984 · TV

Party of Five
1994 · TV

Doom Patrol
2019 · TV

Stuck in the Middle
2016 · TV

Step by Step
1991 · TV

Good Girls
2018 · TV

The District
2000 · TV

Simon & Simon
1981 · TV

Living Single
1993 · TV

CSI: Vegas
2021 · TV

Moesha
1996 · TV

Three's Company
1977 · TV

Ellen
1994 · TV

The Conners
2018 · TV

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015 · TV

Mama's Family
1983 · TV

Life Goes On
1989 · TV

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · TV

Blossom
1990 · TV