Judith Heumann
Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability community and a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. She has been appointed Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State. She previously served as the Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, where she was responsible for the Developmental Disability Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration. From June 2002- 2006, Judith E. Heumann served as the World Bank's first Adviser on Disability and Development. In this position, Heumann led the World Bank's disability work to expand the Bank's knowledge and capability to work with governments and civil society on including disability in the Bank discussions with client countries; its country-based analytical work; and support for improving policies, programs, and projects that allow disabled people around the world to live and work in the economic and social mainstream of their communities. She was Lead Consultant to the Global Partnership for Disability and Development. From 1993 to 2001, Heumann served in the Clinton Administration as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education. Heumann was responsible for the implementation of legislation at the national level for programs in special education, disability research, vocational rehabilitation and independent living, serving more than 8 million youth and adults with disabilities. For more than 30 years, Heumann has been involved on the international front working with disabled people's organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people. She represented Education Secretary, Richard Riley, at the 1995 International Congress on Disability in Mexico City. She was a US delegate to the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. She has been active with Disabled Peoples' International, Rehabilitation International and numerous Independent Living Centers throughout the world. She co-founded the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley California and the World Institute on Disability in Oakland California. Heumann graduated from Long Island University in 1969 and received her Masters in Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. She has received numerous awards including being the first recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award in recognition of efforts to significantly improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Long Island University in Brooklyn, an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign, and an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Toledo. In November 2020, Judy won a Critics' Choice Award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary for her involvement in the Netflix documentary, CRIP CAMP, which was produced by Barack and Michelle Obama.
Judith Hill
Judith wrote her first song at the age of four. She has backed such artists as Stevie Wonder, Elton John and the late Michael Jackson. Hers is one of the stories told in director Morgan Neville's acclaimed 20 Feet From Stardom, a film that shines the spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21stcentury. The film has won the Film Critics Award, Independent Spirit Award, and an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Hill, who was also featured on the film's soundtrack, was a contestant on season four of "The Voice." Judith duets with Josh Groban on his current single, "Remember When It Rained." Judith opened for Groban on his Fall 2013 "In The Round" arena tour.
Judith Hoag
Judith Woodward Hoag is an American actress from Newburyport, Massachusetts who is known for playing April O'Neil from the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and Gwen Piper from Halloweentown. She acted in other films including Michael Bay's 1998 film Armageddon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, a deleted scene of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, I Am Number Four and Hitchcock.
Judith Hoersch
Judith Hoersch was born March 15th in Cologne, Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Right after high school she attended drama school Cologne. An accomplished screen and stage actress best known for the ITV Drama Albert's Memorial (2009), The Driver (2014) and a huge number of German television dramas and shows such Tatort, Der Kriminalist, Im Spessart sind die gesture los and many more. On the big screen she gained attention as Karin in Lieben (2006), Buddy (2013), Guys and Balls and will be internationally seen in Gore Verbinskis Horror Thriller A Cure for Wellness (2017) She has continued working with various acclaimed directors since then, such as Gore Verbinski, Jamie Payne, David Richards, Hannu Salonen, Michael 'Bully' Herbig, Connie Walther, Stephan Wagner and many more.
Judith Huegún
Judith Huegún is an actress, known for Elcano y Magallanes. La primera vuelta al mundo (2019).
Judith Israel
Judith Israel is an actress, known for Guru, the Mad Monk (1970).
Judith Ivey
Veteran stage actress Judith Ivey is a two-time Tony Award winner; she won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Steaming (1983), and later, Hurlyburly (1985). Her performances in Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1992), and a revival of The Heiress (2013) were both nominated for Tony Awards. Ivey's television and film work extends over four decades; that as it may be, she is often associated with her one-year run as Texan B.J. Poteet on Designing Women (1986), replacing Julia Duffy, who had replaced Delta Burke in 1991. She also appeared in The Devil's Advocate (1997), What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) (for which she received an Emmy nomination), Will & Grace (1998), Nurse Jackie (2009), Grey's Anatomy (2005), Big Love (2006), White Collar (2009), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
Judith Jacob
Judith Jacob was born on December 13, 1961 in England. She is an actress, known for The Five (2016), EastEnders (1985) and The Mark Steel Lectures (2003).
Judith Jamison
Judith Jamison was born on May 10, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), The Cosby Show (1984) and A Tribute to Alvin Ailey (1990). She was previously married to Miguel Godreau and Barry Feinstein.
Judith Johnson
Judith Johnson is known for I Called Him Morgan (2016).
