Known for Acting
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.
Born
March 31, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
San Mateo, California, USA
Filmography
32 films, 109 shows


Bobo Saves Christmas
2026 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
A struggling dad adopts a scruffy dog to reconnect with his daughter, only to have Bobo turn his life upside down. When Bobo goes missing Christmas Eve, an unlikely community comes together to find the dog who quietly changed their lives.


You're Dating a Narcissist!
2026 · 1h 31m
country: United States
An outspoken psychologist, burnt by love, takes an emergency trip to Los Angeles with her best friend to talk her smitten daughter out of marrying a man she is convinced is a narcissist.


Sisterhood, Inc.
2025 · 1h 25m
country: United States
After Megan, an ambitious CEO, loses her job, she assembles a corporate-style board of directors to manage her sister's disordered, chaotic life — and uncovers revelations of her own.


I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
2025 · 15m
country: Unknown
When a big-city developer threatens a town holiday tradition, exes Liz and Sam must team up to stop him.


Good Girl Jane
2024 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Desperate for connection, young Jane meets a group of teen misfits who offer her acceptance and camaraderie. She falls hard for their playful but domineering ringleader, Jamie, and becomes entangled in his drug operation. As her life spirals out of control, Jane must choose between Jamie and her own survival.


The Sintern
2024 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A young woman hellbent on revenge takes a job as an intern at a megachurch to expose a corrupt pastor with dark secrets.


Alone in the Dark
2022 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Bri is recently divorced and under house arrest due to her ex-husband's crimes, but when a stalker shows up, seems to have control over his surroundings.


Blonde
2022 · 2h 47m
country: United States
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.


Who Invited Them
2022 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Adam and Margo's housewarming party goes well enough except there's this one mysterious couple lingering after the other guests have left.


Bud
2021 · 11m
country: United States
A little girl has a birthday dinner with her father that she'll never forget...


Dinner Is Served
2021 · 21m
country: United States
A Chinese student at an elite U.S. boarding school realizes excellence is not enough when he tries out for a leadership position no international student has ever applied for.


Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.


Gothic Springs
2019 · 12m
country: Unknown
A year after her grandfather's alien abduction, a gothic teen girl visits her widowed grandmother only to find out what she thought was going to be a boring summer, turns out to be out of this world.


Adman
2019 · 14m
country: Unknown
What does a man, a woman, ice cream, chewing gum, dog food, beer, and a lot of other things have in common? Commercials.


Maxine The Hero
2018 · 15m
country: Unknown
A 15 year old aspiring director makes her first short film in an effort to prove that she can one day be one of the best.


Unwritten Obsession
2017 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Bestselling author Skye Chaste hasn't had any success since her hit book, "Maya's Fall", was released years ago. Now desperate for cash, Skye accepts a job to mentor one of her young fans, Holly, who is writing a novel herself.


All Exchanges Final
2017 · 29m
country: Unknown
With her sister hours from being removed from life support, a young mother is offered an unexpected opportunity to make a trade.


Reality
2015 · 1h 27m
country: Belgium
A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.


Angels in Stardust
2014 · 1h 41m
country: United States
An imaginative teenage girl, living in a mystical and dangerous community built on a deserted drive-in movie lot along the Texas/Oklahoma border, struggles to realize her potential, and escape the world she was born into.


Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
2010 · 2h 30m
country: Germany
Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.


Perfect Prey
1998 · 1h 39m
country: Unknown
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.


Justice League of America
1997 · 1h 26m
country: United States
The evil Weather Man is intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps. Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? Or will New Metro be drowned in a humongous tidal wave?


Here Come the Munsters
1995 · 1h 36m
country: United States
The Munsters come to America to search for Herman's brother-in-law Norman Hyde, only to find out that he has turned himself into Brent Jekyll, who is running for congress, and Grandpa must make a formula to change Norman back.


Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.


Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Spoof-meister, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles


Trevor
1994 · 18m
country: United States
Upon hitting puberty, a high school boy realizes that he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his homophobic parents and friends.


Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993 · 1h 35m
country: United States
The 1960s. Bobby Kennedy is in power in Washington. Marilyn Monroe is a legendary film star. For years there has been widespread speculation and rumors of a secret romance between Marilyn and Bobby. Now that story is told for the first time in this account of two very public figures whose brief romance fired the imaginations of millions and fueled debate over their mysterious and untimely deaths.


Dead Men Don't Die
1990 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.


Those She Left Behind
1989 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned completely upside-down when Sue dies suddenly and unexpectedly while giving birth to their daughter. Now in the aftermath, Scott not only has to deal with the loss of his wife, he also has the daunting task of raising his daughter all alone.
It's OK to Say No to Drugs
It's OK to Say No to Drugs
1988 · 30m
country: Unknown
Anti-drug PSA from 1988 starring a young Paul Walker.


St. Elmo's Fire
1985 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick waiter Kirby, and Wendy, a social worker with a heart of gold--realise the party is over. And as the burdens of maturity close in on the young dreamers, the complexities of adulthood and the daily struggle of growing up put their sacred friendship to the test. But everyone knows life is not a bed of roses. It won't be easy, but when all is said and done, what will it take for St. Elmo's clique to find its place in the real world?


Grad Night
1980 · 1h 25m
country: United States
In this comedy, a group of high school kids embark on a series of crazy hi-jinks and wild pranks on the night before their graduation.