Judith Light is an American actress who is best known for her performance as Karen Wolek in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She is also popular for her roles in Who’s the Boss?, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ugly Betty, Dallas, and many more.
Judith has been relishing a prolific career since debuting in 1970. Along with that, she has also been relishing a blissful married life with her husband of 37 years.
Judith Light Married Life, Husband
Judith Light has been married to actor Robert Desiderio since 1985. Robert is an American actor known for appearing in One Life to Live, Search for Tomorrow, Ryan’s Hope, Heart of the City, Knots Landing, and many more.
Judith and Robert met in the early 1980s on the set of One Life to Live. Little did they know that they would be life partners in the years to come.
After dating for around four years, Judith and Robert got married in a beautiful wedding ceremony in 1985.
37 years later, Judith is happily married to her husband and has also revealed the secret behind their long last wedding.
Back in 2014, Judith opened up about the secret to her three-decade-long marriage during an interview with Parade. When asked about the secret behind their marriage, she said,
“Communication and to have great people that you model your relationship after that inspire you. Our two people are our longtime managers. They have the best relationship of anyone I have ever seen. They’ve been together 34 years. I think if you have somebody that you model yourself after if you see what works and then you apply it to your own relationship, I think that’s really one of the keys that you have people outside of you that support you and can help you in terms of your relationship.”
Likewise, during an interview with People in 2017, Judith stated that their distance has made their relationship stronger. Judith lives in New York whereas her husband lives in California.
Pouring the secret of her healthy marriage, Judith said,
“It’s been the best. I highly recommend it. He loves California, and I would never ask him to leave there and he would never ask me to leave here.”
They manage to spend plenty of time together whenever they travel to each other’s city for work.
Does Judith Light Have Children?
Since Judith and her husband are married for quite a long time, people are usually curious about whether they have children or not.
The couple doesn’t have any children together. During an interview with The New Yorker in 2019, Judith revealed why she and her husband chose not to have children. The Transparent star said,
“Motherhood is a job. It is a joyful job, and it is a demanding job. I had other things to do. It’s not that I had more to do. Had we made the other choice, I think it would have been fine. I think we would have absolutely made it work. I think we would have possibly been good parents, not necessarily great parents.”
Judith Light Net Worth
Her extensive work on stage, in film and television series, has helped her assemble both fame and fortune. Judith has been active in her professional career for more than five decades and has an estimated net worth of more than $16 million.
Recently, she was seen in the movies like The Same Storm (2021) and Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021). Her upcoming acting credit includes The Menu (2022). She will also be seen in the films like Down Low and The Young Wife which will amplify her net worth.
Short Wiki
- The American actress Judith Light was born in the year 1949 and is currently at the age of 73.
- Her birthday is on February 9 and her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
- Her parents’ names are Pearl Sue and Sidney Light. Her mother was a model whereas her father was an accountant.
- Judith attended St. Mary's Hall–Doane Academy in Burlington, New Jersey, and later joined the prestigious drama school at Carnegie Mellon University.
- She made her Broadway debut in 1975 with A Doll’s House.
