Judy Kain

Acting

Judy Kain

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.

Acting credits

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) poster
6.9

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.

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

2020

You're Dating a Narcissist! poster
6.7

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.

You're Dating a Narcissist!

2026

Blonde poster
5.9

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.

Blonde

2022

St. Elmo's Fire poster
6.1

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?

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

Here Come the Munsters poster
5.2

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.

Here Come the Munsters

1995

Sisterhood, Inc. poster
5.5

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.

Sisterhood, Inc.

2025

Good Girl Jane poster
5.4

Struggling to fit in in her new school and reeling from the fallout of her parent’s recent divorce, lonely LA high schooler Jane falls in with a rambunctious crowd, and becomes smitten with their charming drug supplier, Jamie.

Good Girl Jane

2024

Who Invited Them poster
5.5

Adam and Margo's housewarming party goes well enough except there's this one mysterious couple lingering after the other guests have left.

Who Invited Them

2022

Angels in Stardust poster
5.7

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.

Angels in Stardust

2014

Gothic Springs poster
8.2

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.

Gothic Springs

2019

Dinner Is Served poster
6.3

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.

Dinner Is Served

2021

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women poster
5.1

Spoof-meister, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

1994

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter poster
6.3

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.

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

1994

Bud poster
6.0

A little girl has a birthday dinner with her father that she'll never forget...

Bud

2021

Perfect Prey poster
6.5

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.

Perfect Prey

1998

Reality poster
7.1

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.

Reality

2015

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair poster
7.5

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.

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair

1993

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want poster
3.5

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.

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

2010

Justice League of America poster
3.7

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?

Justice League of America

1997

Trevor poster
7.0

Upon hitting puberty, a high school boy realizes that he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his homophobic parents and friends.

Trevor

1994

Dead Men Don't Die poster
4.7

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.

Dead Men Don't Die

1990

Alone in the Dark poster
5.0

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.

Alone in the Dark

2022

Unwritten Obsession poster
5.4

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.

Unwritten Obsession

2017

Adman poster
5.7

What does a man, a woman, ice cream, chewing gum, dog food, beer, and a lot of other things have in common? Commercials.

Adman

2019