Jodi Long (born January 7, 1954) is an American actress.Long was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York. Her parents are Kimiye (Trudy) (née Tsunemitsu), a showgirl performer of Japanese American descent, and Lawrence K. Long, of Cantonese-Scottish background who emigrated to the United States from Australia and had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional.Long graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts, and she earned a BFA from the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase. Long had roles in many feature films including Patty Hearst, RoboCop 3, Striking Distance and The Hot Chick. On television she appeared as a regular on such series as Cafe Americain, All-American Girl and Miss Match, all of which were short-lived. She also played a therapist in Desperate Housewives and as "power lesbian" Patty in Sex and the City.In addition to her credited roles, Long appeared uncredited in a brief black-and-white cut-scene in the music video for Bizarre Love Triangle by the British group New Order, directed by American artist Robert Longo, in which she argues with E. Max Frye (where she emphatically declares "I don't believe in reincarnation because I refuse to come back as a bug or as a rabbit!").On stage she appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song, winning an Ovation Award for her performance during the Los Angeles tryout. Her parents, both of whom were vaudeville-style performers, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 7, 1950 as the singing, dancing, comedy act, Larry and Trudie Leung. They were the subjects of a documentary film, Long Story Short, which was directed by Christine Choy, an Academy Award-nominated director and written by Long. The documentary film won the 2008 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival's Grand Jury's Honorable Mention for a Documentary Award as well as the Audience Award. She is currently starring in Sullivan & Son a new series on TBS.
She was awarded the 2002 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for "Flower Drum Song" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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First performed on Broadway at age of 7 in the play "Nowhere To Go But Up".
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Daughter of vaudeville parents Larry & Trudie. Her father was a Chinese-Australian tap dancer and her mother a Japanese-American showgirl.
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(Sept. 7 & 8, 2000) Appeared as Madame Liang in a pre-Broadway workshop of Rodgers & Hemmerstein's FLOWER DRUM SONG, adapted by David Henry Hwang.
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Attended the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase (State University of New York at Purchase).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tale
2017
post-production
Rebecca
Falling Water
2016
TV Series
Kumiko (Taka's mother) / Kumiko
The Blacklist
2016
TV Series
Col. Wright
Legion
2016
First Dream Woman
5 Doctors
2016
Dr. Suzuki
Young & Hungry
2015
TV Series
Mrs. Park
Sullivan & Son
2012-2014
TV Series
Ok Cha Sullivan
A Picture of You
2013
Mother
Made in Jersey
2012
TV Series
Judge Meisner
Franklin & Bash
2012
TV Series
Judge Noreen Poggi
Law & Order: LA
2010-2011
TV Series
Judge Sonya Cruz
Without
2011/I
Desperate Housewives
2011
TV Series
Dr. Lunt
Beginners
2010
Dr. Long
Eastwick
2009
TV Series
Mrs. Yang
Eli Stone
2008-2009
TV Series
Judge Marcia Phelps
The Beast
2009
TV Series
May Nan Nhung
American Dad!
2005-2009
TV Series
Woman
Mask of the Ninja
2008
TV Movie
Kumioko
Cashmere Mafia
2008
TV Series
Susan Mason
House M.D.
2006
TV Series
Judge
Scarface: The World Is Yours
2006
Video Game voice
Without a Trace
2005
TV Series
Mrs. Kim
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2003
TV Series
Center Director
Red Thread
2003
Short
Mrs. Wong
Miss Match
2003
TV Series
Claire
The Hot Chick
2002
Korean Mother
New Suit
2002
Feng Shui Woman
The Division
2002
TV Series
Polly Seager
So Little Time
2001
TV Series
Neptune's Net Owner
Chicken Soup for the Soul
2000
TV Series
Rhonda
Family Law
1999
TV Series
Sex and the City
1999
TV Series
Patty Aston
Celebrity
1998
Father Gladden's Fan
Michael Hayes
1997-1998
TV Series
Joan
Murder in Mind
1997
Secretary, Helen
His and Hers
1997
Corey Chang
The Wayans Bros.
1995
TV Series
Angelique
All-American Girl
1994-1995
TV Series
Katherine Kim
Cafe Americain
1993-1994
TV Series
Madame Ybarra
Striking Distance
1993
Officer Kim Lee, River Rescue Dispatcher
RoboCop 3
1993
Nikko's Mom
The Pickle
1993
Yakimoto Yakimura
Amos & Andrew
1993
Wendy Wong
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
TV Movie
Linda Chong
Designing Women
1992
TV Series
Eileen Arata
L.A. Law
1991
TV Series
Ingall's Lawyer
Alice
1990
Park Avenue Couples
The Cosby Show
1988-1990
TV Series
Joann / Jo Ann
The Exorcist III
1990
First Dream Woman
How to Murder a Millionaire
1990
TV Movie
Roseanne
1990
TV Series
Woman in Line
New Order: Substance
1989
Video short
Woman in Bizarre Love Triangle at 2m 35sec (uncredited)