Judith Scott (American actress)
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Judith Scott | |
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| Alma mater | Webster College |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Judith Scott is an American actress known for her roles in L.A. Doctors, Jake 2.0, and Dexter, and for her years with the Second City theatre troupe,[1][2] both in Chicago and Toronto.[3][4][5]
Born Judith Spears on Dec 22, 1965,[6][7] in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Scott is the eldest of three children born to Henrietta Eleanor (née Evans) and Julian Herbert Spears, then an officer in the United States Army Special Forces.[6][8][9] Reflecting her father's respective reassignments, the family's address shifted frequently during Scott's pre-school years, encompassing North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and even Germany.[6] Well before her 6th birthday, however, her parents divorced, and, along with her siblings and mother, she moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee,[6] where, by September 1971, the former Miss Evans had become Mrs. Marvin Scott.[10] Six years in Tennessee were followed by moves to Delaware, and, finally, to Illinois, where, following her brief attendance at Webster College and an unfulfilling one-year expedition to Paris, Scott finally found what she had been searching for in the form of Chicago's Second City (stumbled upon after exiting a nearby restroom).
I heard people laughing and decided to poke my head in. I said to myself, 'How do I get a piece of this? I want in on this party.' [...] The theater, particularly Second City, was grad school for me. I learned a lot of life lessons out of that place.[2][6]
Scott portrayed Dr. Rose Kent on Season 1 of 24. She played a recurring role as Dr. Jenna Williams on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She portrayed Esmee Pascal on the Showtime series Dexter. She has guest-starred on Numbers, Family Law, Judging Amy, The X-Files, Frasier, Crossing Jordan, House, Forever Knight and many other series.[11] She has also appeared in feature films such as the 1994 The Santa Clause movie starring Tim Allen, Guess Who, Fracture, and Flightplan.[12][13] She played Claudia in FX's Snowfall. Her upcoming projects include Geechee.[14][15]
