Judith Hoag Biography

Fast Facts

• Her parents sent her to a performing arts school because she kept skipping classes in order to act
• Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "American Playhouse" in 1986
• Started a theater company in her home town of Newburyport, Massachusetts at the age of 13
• Quote: "(On "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," before the film came out): "There may be success from it, but it's not here yet․ I don't like to think about success, because it's just one more thing they can take away from me․""
• Quote: "The first time I saw [the Ninja Turtles] all put together and everything, I couldn't act․ They brought them out, and it was like, 'Wow! This is the coolest thing I've ever seen․'"
• Best known for her role as April O'Neil in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and as Tandy Hampton in "Nashville․"
• Played the role of Denise in the 1998 film "Armageddon․"