Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress, who has appeared in a wide variety of films.[1] She first rose to prominence in a variety of supporting roles in the films Jawbreaker (1999), What Women Want (2000), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Elizabethtown (2005), 27 Dresses (2008), and Love & Other Drugs (2010).
| Judy Greer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Judith Therese Evans July 20, 1975 |
| Education | DePaul University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Dean E. Johnsen (m. 2011) |
Greer also expanded into other genres as a character actress with roles in such films as Adaptation (2002), The Village (2004), The Descendants (2011), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), Carrie (2013), Men, Women & Children (2014), Grandma (2015), Lemon (2017), Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019), Uncle Frank (2020) and Hollywood Stargirl (2022). She’s also appeared in blockbusters such as the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2014-2017), Jurassic World (2015), the 2018 and 2021 Halloween films and joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appearing in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).[2] [3] She made her directorial debut with the comedy-drama film A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017).
On television, Greer is best known for her starring voice role as Cheryl Tunt in the FXX animated comedy series Archer (2009–present), and as Lina Bowman in the FX sitcom Married (2014–2015). She also has appeared in The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013–2019), Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007-2011) and Kidding (2018–2020).
Early life
Greer was born Judith Therese Evans on July 20, 1975[4][5] in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother, Mollie Ann (née Greer), is a hospital administrator, and her father, Rich Evans, is a mechanical engineer.[7] Her mother was once a nun, who had left the convent after eight years, being “kicked out” for wild behavior, including owning a red bathing suit.[8]
Greer was raised Roman Catholic,[9] and grew up in Redford Township and Livonia.[10] She attended Churchill High School[10] where she was a part of the Creative and Performing Arts Program and graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[11] She later adopted her mother’s maiden name for her stage name, as several other actresses are named Judy or Judi Evans.
1997–2003: Career beginnings and Arrested Development
Greer made her film debut in the horror film Stricken (1998), playing a college student involved in a fatal prank.[12] This was followed by a small role in the Chicago-filmed drama Kissing a Fool (1998). She was cast in her first major role as Fern Mayo, a nerdy teenager who uncovers her classmates’ murder of their friend, in Darren Stein’s black comedy Jawbreaker (1999).[13] The film went on to earn a cult following.[13] Greer followed this with small parts in the romantic comedy films What Women Want (2000)[14] and The Wedding Planner (2001), opposite Jennifer Lopez.[15] She was cast in a 2002 pilot for NBC alongside Stephen Colbert, Untitled Ken Finkleman Project (Imagine Entertainment), based on the Canadian show The Newsroom from Ken Finkleman. Colbert portrayed Finkleman and Greer played his sister.[8]
Greer had a recurring role on the Fox comedy series Arrested Development (2003–2005, 2013, 2018), playing Kitty Sanchez in ten episodes total and appearing in each of the series’ three original seasons. In a 2009 interview, Greer said that she is most recognized for this role.[16] She also had supporting role in Adaptation (2002).
2004–2010: “Best friend” roles in romantic comedies
In 2004, Greer co-starred in the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner as a girl who wakes up one morning as a 30-year-old woman. Greer played Lucy, an untrustworthy fellow editor of Garner’s at a fashion magazine where both work.[17] The film was a commercial success, grossing $96.5 million worldwide, and received mostly positive reviews from critics.[18][19] Greer next played a supporting role in M. Night Shyamalan thriller The Village, about a village whose population lives in fear of creatures inhabiting the woods beyond it. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a success at the box office, grossing $256.7 million worldwide.[20][21] Retrospective reviews for the film have since been more positive, and has become regarded as one of Shyamalan’s best films.[22][23] Greer then played another supporting role in Jenna Fischer’s directorial debut, the comedy LolliLove, which premiered at the St. Louis International Film Festival to positive reviews from critics, though it was ultimately released straight-to-DVD.[24][25][26]
In 2005, Greer first played a female werewolf in Wes Craven’s horror film Cursed, starring Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg. The film was a failure at the box office and was widely panned by critics; Craven later expressed disappointment in the film.[27] Greer then starred in the comedy-drama The Great New Wonderful, which depicts the lives of several New Yorkers one year after the September 11th attacks. In her character’s vignette, Greer played a woman struggling to keep her marriage together. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to mostly positive reviews.[28] Ty Burr of the Boston Globe called the film “an actor’s playpen”, and remarked that “Greer has been stuck so long in goofball supporting roles that she tears into this part — a smart, loving mother frightened of her own son — as if it were prime rib.”[29] Following an appearance in the drama In Memory of My Father, Greer featured in Cameron Crowe’s tragic-romantic comedy Elizabethtown, starring Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Alec Baldwin, and Susan Sarandon. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and garnered negative reviews from critics.[30]
Following an appearance in Paul Weitz’s comedy American Dreamz, Greer starred in the comedy-drama The TV Set (both 2006), as a personal manager to a scriptwriter (David Duchovny) of a television series.[31] The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to generally positive reviews from critics.[32][33] Dana Stevens of Slate noted that “[…] Judy Greer, an Anne Heche lookalike with Lisa Kudrow’s comic timing, nearly steals the movie as Mike’s desperately chirpy manager.”[34] Greer also starred in short-lived CBS comedy-drama series Love Monkey (2006).[35] The following year, Greer made brief appearances in the independent road film The Go-Getter and the comedy The Grand (both 2007).[36][37] During this period, Greer became a frequent guest star for producer Chuck Lorre, having appeared in his sitcoms Two and a Half Men (2007-2015), The Big Bang Theory (2010), and Mom (2015).[38]
In 2008, Greer starred opposite Zach Galifianakis in the independent satire Visioneers, and played the best friend of Katherine Heigl’s character in the romantic comedy 27 Dresses.[39][40] The latter film received mostly negative reviews from critics, but was a commercial success, grossing $162.6 million worldwide.[41][42] Greer played a similar role in the romantic drama Love Happens (2009), starring Jennifer Aniston.[43] Greer also took on the leading role in the ABC sitcom Miss Guided (2008), in which she played a guidance counselor working at a high school. The series was cancelled after one season.[44] That same year, Greer appeared as a yoga instructor in the “Get a Mac” advertisements, which also featured John Hodgman and Justin Long.[45] Beginning in 2009, Greer has provided the voice of Cheryl Tunt in the FX animated adult sitcom Archer, as well as Wendy Park in the Nick at Nite stop-motion animated sitcom Glenn Martin, DDS (2009-2011).[46]
In 2010, Greer first starred in the comedy Barry Munday, in which she played a woman who becomes pregnant by a lonely womanizer (Patrick Wilson). The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival to mixed reviews from critics.[47] Joe Leydon of Variety praised Greer’s performance, commending the actress for bringing “some welcome emotional truth” to her “almost too convincing” role.[48] Following roles in the family comedy Marmaduke and the romantic crime comedy Henry’s Crime, Greer featured in the comedy-drama Peep World.[49][50] Greer played Laura Meyerwitz, a pregnant wife whose husband (Michael C. Hall) is revealed to have an addiction to pornography from his brother’s thinly-veiled novel about their family. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in spite of largely negative reviews, critics singled out Greer’s performance for praise.[51][52] Both Manohla Dargis of The New York Times and Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News considered Greer’s performance to be the most “genuine” of the cast.[53][54] Greer also played a supporting role in the romantic comedy-drama Love & Other Drugs, which was a commercial success, grossing $102.8 million worldwide.
Personal life
Greer is married to Dean E. Johnsen, an executive producer of Real Time with Bill Maher.[169] She is a stepmother to Johnsen’s two children from his previous marriage.[170] The couple resides in Los Angeles.[9]
Greer grew up Catholic, although at the age of 10, she convinced her parents to let her go to a Presbyterian church, claiming that she thought she would be closer to God there. The real reason was that she thought the boys were cuter at that church.[8] During a 2014 interview, Greer stated that she is no longer a practicing Catholic.[171]
In 2014, she told Glamour, “I had been wanting to try to learn how to meditate, and I did research on the different types of meditation. TM seemed the easiest, and I liked that it wasn’t religious in any way.”[172]
Greer is a member of the board of directors of Project Chimps, a sanctuary for former research chimpanzees funded in large part by the Humane Society of the United States. She is a registered Democrat.
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Net Worth
The Estimated Net worth is $80K – USD $85k.
| Monthly Income/Salary (approx.) | $80K – $85k USD |
| Net Worth (approx.) | $4 million- $6 million USD |