---
name: "Judith Ivey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/judith-ivey"
fi1m_id: "judith-ivey"
imdb_id: "nm0412382"
tmdb_id: 19239
wikidata_id: "Q533613"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 September 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:24:26.298117+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Judith Ivey

## Identity

Judith Ivey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/judith-ivey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** judith-ivey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0412382
- **TMDB ID:** 19239
- **Wikidata ID:** Q533613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Ivey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19239

Actor. Born 4 September 1951 in El Paso, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 September 1951, El Paso, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Ivey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19239

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Women Talking*](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Judith Ivey is an American actress and theatre director. She was born on 4 September 1951 in El Paso, Texas, and studied at Illinois State University.

Ivey is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for *Steaming* (1983) and *Hurlyburly* (1985). She received further Tony nominations for *Park Your Car in Harvard Yard* (1992) and a revival of *The Heiress*. Her screen work includes the films *The Devil's Advocate* (1997) and *Women Talking* (2022), in which she played Agata.

On television she has appeared in series including *Designing Women*, *Grey's Anatomy*, *White Collar* and *New Amsterdam*, and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the television film *What the Deaf Man Heard* (1997).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Women Talking* (2022), Fi1m 76, as Agata — [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, as Gwen — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Women Talking* (2022), as Agata — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *The Accidental Wolf* (2020), series, as Nancy
- *Through the Glass Darkly* (2020), as Mama Carmichael
- *The Bit Player* (2019), as Betty Shannon
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), series, as Virginia Stauton
- *Cortez* (2017), as Sandy
- *Big Stone Gap* (2014), as Nan MacChesney
- *Modern Love* (2012), as Molly McElvane
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Ruth Colville
- *A Bird of the Air* (2011), as Eleanor Reeves
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Sharon — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Past Life* (2010), series, as Laney
- *White Collar* (2009), series, as Ellen Parker
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, as Paula — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *Pictures of Hollis Woods* (2007), as Beatrice Gilcrest
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), as Belle Block
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Renee Clayton — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater* (2006), as Margo Jones
- *Related* (2005), series, as Bob's Mom
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Barbara Robbins — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *What Alice Found* (2003), as Sandra
- *Queens Supreme* (2003), series, Actor
- *Rose Red* (2002), series, as Cathy Kramer
- *The Stand-In* (1999), as Mrs. Rosensweig
- *Mystery, Alaska* (1999), as Joanne Burns
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Alice Parker, Jenny's Attorney
- *Half a Dozen Babies* (1999), as Doris Stauffer
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Eleanor Markus
- *Without Limits* (1998), as Barbara Bowerman
- *What the Deaf Man Heard* (1997), as Lucille
- *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), as Celine's Mom
- *The Devil's Advocate* (1997), as Mrs. Lomax
- *Washington Square* (1997), as Aunt Elizabeth Almond
- *The Summer of Ben Tyler* (1996), as Narrator (voice)
- *Buddies* (1996), series, as Maureen DeMoss
- *Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story* (1995), as Laura McCormick
- *Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter* (1994), as Kerry Wells
- *The 5 Mrs. Buchanans* (1994), series, as Alexandria 'Alex' Buchanan
- *On Promised Land* (1994), as Olivia
- *Duckman* (1994), series, as Mother Mirabelle (voice)
- *The Critic* (1994), series, as Eleanor Sherman (voice)
- *Other Mothers* (1993), as Counselor
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Lorraine (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *There Goes the Neighborhood* (1992), as Peedi Rutledge
- *Frogs!* (1991), as Passionatta
- *Decoration Day* (1990), as Terry Novis
- *Love Hurts* (1990), as Susan Volcheck
- *Down Home* (1990), series, as Kate McCrorey
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), as Connie
- *In Country* (1989), as Anita
- *Miles from Home* (1988), as Frances
- *Hello Again* (1987), as Zelda
- *Sister, Sister* (1987), as Charlotte Bonnard
- *We Are the Children* (1987), Actor
- *Brighton Beach Memoirs* (1986), as Blanche
- *Designing Women* (1986), series, as Bonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet
- *The Long Hot Summer* (1985), series, as Noel Varner
- *Compromising Positions* (1985), as Nancy Miller
- *The Woman in Red* (1984), as Didi
- *Piaf* (1984), as Madeline
- *Harry & Son* (1984), as Sally
- *The Lonely Guy* (1984), as Iris
- *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), as Sister Margaret
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, as Gwen — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Louise
- *The Shady Hill Kidnapping* (1982), as Louise
- *The Enemy* (1974), as Betsy
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Terry Novis, Lucille

## Gallery

- ![Judith Ivey](https://film.one/media/person/21793/gallery-0697776a2e15.jpg) Judith Ivey — Henry Grossman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Judith_Ivey_in_Precious_Sons_1986.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Judith Ivey](https://film.one/media/person/21793/gallery-515ad5f02fae.jpg) Judith Ivey — Image via TMDB
- ![Judith Ivey](https://film.one/media/person/21793/gallery-866761d2ad1b.jpg) Judith Ivey — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 2013: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 2010: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1992: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1985: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1983: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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