Biography
Judy Greer
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Who is Judy Greer?
Judy Greer is an American actress whose breakthrough moment came in the role of Erin the file girl in the 2000 American romantic fantasy-comedy movie, ‘What Women Want’ alongside actors like Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. She has had major success appearing in movies as a character actress or a supporting actress like the 2011 American drama movie, ‘The Descendants’ where she appeared as Julie Spear alongside actors like George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, and Amara Miller.
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| Full Name | Judith Therese Evans |
| Date of Birth | July 20, 1975 |
| Birth Place | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Parent(s) | Mollie Ann Greer Rich Evans |
| Profession | Actress, Voice Actress, Comedian, Director. |
| Nationalty | American |
| Spouse | Dean E. Johnsen |
| Net worth | US $5 million |
Biography, Family, and Age
Greer’s full name is Judith Therese Evans. She was born on 20 July 1975 in Detroit, Michigan to her mother, Mollie Ann Greer who was a hospital administrator, and to her father, Rich Evans who worked as a mechanical engineer. Besides this, she is currently 45 years old with the zodiac sign of Cancer.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Judy holds an American nationality and belongs to the mixed ethnicity of German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish ethnicity. She was born and raised as a Catholic but later she persuaded her parents to let her attend a Presbyterian Church which practices Presbyterianism – a form of Protestant Christianity. However, she stated in an interview that she was no running a Catholic.
Greer has a banana-shaped body figure with a measure of 34-25-34 inches. Furthermore, she has a pair of beautiful blue-tinted eyes with light brown dyed hair.
Height
Judy’s height is 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78m/178cms).
Weight
Judy’s weight is s around 61kgs (135lbs).
Education
Judy studied and completed her high-school at Churchill High School, one of the three central public high schools located in the city of Livonia, Michigan. For further studies, she studied and graduated in the year 1997 from ‘The Theatre School at DePaul University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts.
Personal Life
Husband and Children
Greer is married to the executive producer of the American television talk show ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, Dean E. Johnsen. She has no children of her own but she does have two step-children from her husband’s previous marriage.
Social: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
She is active on social media platforms. Her Instagram account (@missjudygreer) has over 329 thousand followers and her Twitter account (@missjudygreer) has over 101 thousand followers. Moreover, her official page on Facebook has over 505 thousand followers with well over 47 thousand followers.
Career
Movies
She made her debut in the entertainment industry with the role of Cynthia in the 1998 movie, ‘Stricken’ and with a small role of a secretary in the 1998 American romantic comedy movie, ‘Kissing a Fool’ alongside Judy Greer. Likewise, in the year 1999, Judy Greer appeared in movies ‘The Reel’, ‘Jawbreaker’, ‘Three Kings’ and ‘The Big Split’ and in the year 2000, she can be seen playing in movies like ‘What Planet are You From?’, ‘Sunset Strip’, ‘The Specials’, ‘Desperate But Not Serious’ and ‘What Women Want’.
In between the years 2001 and 2010, she has appeared in movies like ‘The Wedding Planner’, ‘Rules of Love’, ‘I Love Your Work’, ’13 Going on 30’, ‘In Memory of My Father’, ‘The TV Set’, ‘The Grand’, ‘Money Game’, ‘The Casting Director’ and ‘Love and Other Drugs’. In the year 2011, Judy Greer can be seen playing the role of Karen, Julie and Linda in movies ‘The Key Man’, ‘The Descendants’ and ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ respectively. Likewise, she had numerous roles in movies like ‘Republicans, Get in My Vagina’, ‘Carrie’, ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’, ‘Addicted to Fresno’, ‘All We Had’ and ‘Halloween’ in between the years 2012 and 2018.
She has also had the recurring role of Maggie Lang in the 2015 and 2018 American superhero movie, ‘Ant-Man’ alongside Judy Greer and Kevin Feige and ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ respectively. Furthermore, she gave her directorial debut when she directed the movie, ‘A Happening of Monumental Proportions’ in the year 2017. The same year, Judy Greer also helped with the motion capture of Cornelia in the American science fiction action movie, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’.
Her recent work includes the roles of Kitty Bledsoe and Diana Richman in the 2020 movies, ‘Uncle Frank’ and ‘Valley Girl’. Moreover, Judy Greer is also said to star in the upcoming movies ‘Lady of the Manor’ where she portrays the role of Lady Wadsworth and ‘America: The Motion Picture’ where she lent her voice for the role of Martha Dandridge.
Television Shows
Judy Greer gave her debut performance on television with the role of Cindy for an episode of ‘Early Edition’ in the year 1997.
Likewise, she has appeared for an episode each in series like ‘Oh Baby’ in the year 1998, ‘Maggie Winters’ in the year 1999, ‘Just Shoot Me!’ in the year 2003, ‘CSI: Miami’ in the year 2005, ‘My Name is Monkey’ in the year 2006 and ‘Glenn Martin, DDS’ in the year 2009 and ‘How I Met Your Mother’ in the year 2010. She has also had roles in series like ‘Royal Pains’, ‘Masters of Sex’, ‘Portlandia’, ‘Do You Want to See a Dead Body’, and ‘Blaze and the Monster Machines’ in the last decade.
She has also had recurring roles in series like ‘Ask the StoryBots’ in the year 2016, ‘Kidding’ and ‘Let’s Go Luna!’ in the year 2018.
What kinds of Awards and Nominations has Judy Greer Achieved?
Judy Greer has won the Denver Film Festival Awards’ John Cassavetes Award in the year 2011.
Net Worth
As of the year 2021, Judy Greer has an approximate net worth of $5 million.
