Jude Herrera | |
---|---|
Born | New Mexico, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | AMDA, NYC University of New Mexico |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1995–present |
Jude Herrera is an American actress. She began her career in theater and made her onscreen debut starring with Ann-Margret and Kris Kristofferson in the television movie, Blue Rodeo , for director Peter Werner.
Herrera was born in central New Mexico to her mother, a kindergarten teacher and former Franciscan nun, and her maternal grandparents (grandmother née Salazar). She was raised in a tight-knit Roman Catholic family in central and northern New Mexico. One of her great grandfathers served as the first chief of police of Española, N.M., also helping nearby communities of Ohkay Owingeh and Santa Fe. Highly educated and well-respected, this grandfather would become a great influence on Herrera. [1]
Herrera began formal dance training at age six and was performing publicly at age seven. She was introduced to acting by her mid-school English teacher who also ran the drama club. By her senior year of high school, while performing in a run of Brighton Beach Memoirs , Herrera decided to pursue acting as a career. She was working as an engineer intern for a U.S. D.O.E. lab at the time. Herrera graduated from a private performing arts conservatory in Manhattan and also enrolled at the University of New Mexico, majoring in religious studies and minoring in communication. While at UNM, she was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. [2]
Herrera's onscreen debut was portraying a deaf youth in Blue Rodeo , a 1996 CBS Sunday Night Movie of the Week based on a novel of the same name by Jo-Ann Mapson. [3] She has since appeared in television shows such as ER , Felicity , and Walker, Texas Ranger , as well as in independent and studio films.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | The Postman | Carrier | |
1997 | Melting Pot | Dolores | |
1998 | East of Hope Street | Alicia Montalvo | |
1998 | Yellow Wooden Ring | Greta | short film |
1998 | Restons Groupés | Desawenta | |
1998 | Legend of Two-Path | Ascopah | docu-drama |
1999 | The Green Mile | Bitterbuck's Daughter | deleted scene [4] |
2000 | The Independent | Carole/Blue Sky | |
2001 | Tortilla Soup | Eden | |
2001 | The Doe Boy | Geri | |
2002 | The Flats | Paige | |
2007 | Tortilla Heaven | Dinora | |
2010 | Inhale | Claudia | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1996 | Blue Rodeo (TV Movie) | Bonnie Tsotsie | TV movie |
1997 | ER | Pedes Nurse | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
1998 | Felicity | (Guest-star role) | Episode: "Drawing the Line: Part 1" |
1999 | Walker Texas Ranger | Rachel Falcon | Episode: "Team Cherokee Part I" Episode: "Team Cherokee Part II" |
1999 | Air America | (Guest-star role) | Episode: "Engraved Danger" |
2000 | Camp P | (Recurring role) | TV pilot for MTV |
2006 | Wildfire | Leanne Diaz | Episode: "A Good Convict is Hard to Find" |
2008 | Living Hell (aka Organizm) | Pfc. Una Fernandes | TV movie |
2011 | Let Them Shine | Dee | TV movie |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | FAITA Awards | Outstanding New Performance | Won | |
1998 | New Orleans Urban Film Festival | Best Actor Award | Won | |
2000 | FAITA Awards | Performance Award (Guest Star) | Won | |
2001 | American Indian Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress Award | Won | |
2008 | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Performance of a Lead Latino/a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated (Shared) | |
Kim Stanley was an American actress who was primarily active in television and theatre but also had occasional film performances.
Kellie Suzanne Waymire was an American stage, television, and film actress. She was known for her television roles on Six Feet Under, Friends, and Star Trek: Enterprise.
Gale Sondergaard was an American actress.
Madge Dorita Sinclair CD was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's mate and Simba's mother, in the Disney animated feature film The Lion King (1994). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series for her role as "Empress" Josephine in Gabriel's Fire in 1991.
Ann Blyth is a retired American actress and singer. She began her career in radio as a child before transitioning to Broadway, where she appeared in Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine (1941–42). Blyth signed with Universal Studios in the 1940s and made her film debut in Chip Off the Old Block (1944), followed by a series of musical comedies. Her breakout role came in Mildred Pierce (1945), where she played the scheming Veda Pierce, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian-American actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, in the television drama series Reign.
Beatrice Whitney Straight was an American theatre, film and television actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was both an Academy Award and Tony Award winner, as well as an Emmy Award nominee.
Ann Robinson is an American former actress and stunt horse rider, perhaps best known for her work in the science-fiction classic The War of the Worlds (1953) and in the 1954 film Dragnet, in which she starred as a Los Angeles police officer opposite Jack Webb and Ben Alexander.
Mary Jo Catlett is an American actress. She is a main cast member on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, providing the voice of Mrs. Puff. She is also known for originating the role of Ernestina in the 1964 Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! and for playing Pearl Gallagher, the third housekeeper on Diff'rent Strokes.
Harold Vernon Goldstein, better known as Harold Gould, was an American character actor. He appeared as Martin Morgenstern on the sitcom Rhoda (1974–78) and Miles Webber on the sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–92). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Gould acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays. He was known for playing elegant, well-dressed men, and he regularly played Jewish characters and grandfather-type figures on television and in film.
Debra Jo Rupp is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Kitty Forman in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006) and its Netflix sequel series That '90s Show (2023–2024). Rupp also had roles in the NBC sitcom Friends (1997–1998), the ABC animated series Teacher's Pet (2000–2002) and its 2004 sequel film, the ABC sitcom Better with You (2010–2011), and the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) and its spin-off Agatha All Along (2024).
Robert Leeshock is an American actor. He is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci-fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict.
Constance Mary Towers is an American film, stage, and television actress. She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s. Her accolades include two Emmy Award nominations.
Jo-Ann Mapson is an American author. She is the author of twelve works of fiction, set mainly in the American Southwest.
Blue Rodeo is a made for television drama film adapted from the novel of the same name by Jo-Ann Mapson. It first aired on CBS on October 20, 1996. Blue Rodeo was directed by Peter Werner and stars globally recognized artists, Ann-Margret and Kris Kristofferson.
Jaclyn Tohn is an American actress and musician. She is best known for playing Melanie "MelRose" Rosen on the Netflix series GLOW and Courtenay Fortney in the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys and Gen V, and for taking part in American Idol season 8, making it to Top 36. She also took part in the 2011 songwriting competition series Platinum Hit on the Bravo network.
Patricia Barry was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Eva Elizabeth "Eve" McVeagh was an American actress of film, television, stage, and radio. Her career spanned 52 years from her first stage role through her last stage appearance. Her roles included leading and supporting parts as well as smaller character roles in which she proved a gifted character actress.
Joanna Merlin was an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. She wrote two acting guides and was a faculty member of New York University's graduate acting program. From 2000 to 2011, she was known for her recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Lena Petrovsky.
Natalia Cordova-Buckley is a Mexican-American actress. She is best known for starring as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez / Slingshot in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020).