Judith Hoag

Judith Hoag (; born June 29, 1963

Hoag is also known for her recurring roles as Cindy Dutton Price in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011), Tandy Hampton in the ABC musical drama series Nashville (2012–2018), and Stephanie Quinn in the Syfy fantasy drama series The Magicians (2016–2020).

Early life Hoag was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. As a teen, Hoag attended Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, where she concentrated on acting. She graduated in 1981.

Career Judith Hoag and TMNT creator Kevin Eastman talk to a fan at a convention in Washington state on June 22, 2025. Hoag has acted professionally since 1986. That year, she got one of her first roles as a series regular in the ABC daytime soap opera Loving; she played the role of Charlotte 'Lotty' Bates Alden. After leaving Loving in 1988, Hoag began her career in primetime television, and in next year won female lead role on CBS comedy series Wolf. The series was canceled after a single season. In 1990, she starred in films A Matter of Degrees and Cadillac Man.

Hoag is most well known for her role as April O'Neil in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The film turned out to be a huge success at the box office, eventually making over $135 million in North America, and over $66 million outside North America, for a worldwide total of over $200 million, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 1990 worldwide. After Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame, Hoag starred in a number of pilots not picked up as a series, and appeared in several television films, including Fine Things by Danielle Steel, and Switched at Birth opposite Bonnie Bedelia.

Hoag received further recognition as Gwen Cromwell Piper in the Disney Channel Halloweentown franchise, appearing in Halloweentown (1998), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001), Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006). In a 2020 Galaxy Con question-and-answer panel, Hoag revealed she had a meeting with the head of Walt Disney Television where she read for the part and got cast in the role after it was revealed that the head's son was a die-hard Ninja Turtle fan as Hoag had previously played April O'Neil in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

She also appeared in the films Armageddon (1998), Flying By (2009), I Am Number Four (2011) and Hitchcock (2012), and has made over 60 guest appearances on television shows, including Quantum Leap, Melrose Place, Roseanne, The Nanny, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Ghost Whisperer, NYPD Blue, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy, Castle, The Middle, Grimm and among other notable television series.

From 2006 to 2011, Hoag also appeared as Cindy Price on the HBO drama series Big Love.

In 2012, Hoag was cast in a recurring role in the ABC drama series Nashville created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri. She plays the poised and driven Tandy Hampton, daughter and protégé of Lamar Wyatt. She referees sister Rayna (Connie Britton) and Lamar's (Powers Boothe) contentious relationship, trying to calm the waters. She appeared total in 40 episodes, include almost every episode during the first two seasons.

In 2015, Hoag filmed a cameo for the 2016 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, but the scene with her was cut from the final film. Her scene later appeared in the film's home media release.

From 2016 to 2020, Hoag appeared in a recurring role as Alice's (Olivia Taylor Dudley) mother in the Syfy fantasy series The Magicians, and played a supporting role in the 2018 romantic drama film Forever My Girl.

Personal life In 1988, she married actor Vince Grant. They have two children, a son and a daughter. The couple divorced in 2016. On February 13, 2021, she married Phillip Stone.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 A Matter of Degrees Kate Blum Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles April O'Neil Cadillac Man Molly 1997 Here Dies Another Day Charlotte 1998 Armageddon Denise Chappel 1999 Bad City Blues Callilou Carter 2006 Salt Rebecca 2009 Flying By Vicki 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street Doctor Uncredited 2011 Wish Wizard Mrs. Casey I Am Number Four Sarah's Mom 2012 Hitchcock Lillian 2013 Bad Words Petal Dubois 2014 Destroyer Debbie Short film 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Rita Cameo; Scenes deleted 2017 Fishbowl Macy DC Noir Mary Sullivan 2018 Forever My Girl Dr. Whitman 2021 Finding You Jennifer Sinclair 2023 Roll with It Ruby

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 American Playhouse Kevin's Friend Episode: "The Little Sister" 1986–1987 Loving Charlotte 'Lotty' Bates Alden Unknown episodes 1988 Spenser: For Hire Eileen Kingsley Episode: "Skeletons in the Closet" 1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Episode: "Elysian Fields" 1989–1990 Wolf Melissa Shaw Elliott 11 episodes 1990 The Young Riders Ellen Episode: "The Littlest Cowboy" The Knife and Gun Club Dr. Annie Falk Television film Fine Things Molly Television film 1991 Switched at Birth Barbara Mays Television film Murder in High Places Meg Faithorn Television film Lenny Megan Episode: "My Boyfriend's Black and There Gonna Be Trouble" 1992 Quantum Leap Julie Miller Episode: "Nowhere to Run - August 10, 1968" Roseanne Kerry Episode: "Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places" Melrose Place Sarah Goldstein 2 episodes Murder, She Wrote Gretchen Price Episode: "Programmed for Murder" 1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Iphigenia Poole Episode: "Socrates' Sister" Walker, Texas Ranger Lainie Flanders Episode: "Family Matters" Acting on Impulse Gail Black Television film 1994 Dream On Pamela Episode: "Hey, Nanny Nanny" The Nanny Katherine Porter / Kathy Marie O'Malley Episode: "Material Fran" Murder, She Wrote Nancy Godfrey Episode: "To Kill a Legend" Hardball Barbara Episode: "My Name Is Hard B." Mad About You Doris Episode: "The Ride Home" 1995 Sweet Justice Cory Shaw Episode: "Baby Mine" A Mother's Gift Sarah Lutz Television film 1997 The Burning Zone Dr. Meredith Schrager 2 episodes Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Episode: "From the Agency" Nash Bridges Dr. Gabrielle Episode: "One Flew Over the Cuda's Nest" Nothing Sacred Judy 2 episodes Breast Men Valerie Television film 1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Maureen Hunt Episode: "We Are Not Alone" Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Claire Broderick Episode: "Payback" Halloweentown Gwen Cromwell Piper Television film 1998–2000 The Pretender Captain Angela Wiley 2 episodes 1999 Strange World Regina Tyler Episode: "Down Came the Rain" Providence Susan Marcus Episode: "Pig in Providence" Chicago Hope Tina Hofmeister Episode: "Kiss of Death" The X-Files Dr. Mindy Rinehart Episode: "Hungry" 2000 Touched by an Angel Janet Episode: "A House Divided" 2001 Judging Amy Bonnie Manning Episode: "Redheaded Stepchild" Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge Gwen Cromwell Piper Television film 2002 Boston Public Beth Thomas Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five" Six Feet Under Dawn Episode: "Out, Out, Brief Candle" ER Mrs. Brenner Episode: "Next of Kin" 2003 Without a Trace Carol Miller Episode: "Maple Street" Crossing Jordan Alice Ross Episode: "Conspiracy" Carnivàle Miss Jolene Episode: "Black Blizzard" The Guardian Ria Lewicki Episode: "Hazel Park" 2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Merill Maguire Episode: "Getting Off" Century City Episode: "Love and Games" 7th Heaven Mrs. Johnson Episode: "High and Dry" NYPD Blue Paige Matheson Episode: "I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid" Halloweentown High Gwen Cromwell Piper Television film 2005 JAG Mildred Evans Episode: "Fair Winds and Following Seas" Close to Home Terry the Madam Episode: "Suburban Prostitution" 2006 Commander in Chief Syndi Saltzman Episode: "Wind Beneath My Wing" Bones Helen Granger Episode: "The Superhero in the Alley" Still Standing Melanie Goldman Episode: "Still Graduating" Ghost Whisperer Angela Morrison Episode: "Drowned Lives" Return to Halloweentown Gwen Cromwell Piper Television film 2006–2011 Big Love Cindy Dutton Price 13 episodes 2007 Grey's Anatomy Rhada Douglas 2 episodes Notes from the Underbelly Mrs. Cole Episode: "Keeping Up Appearances" Final Approach Marie Gilford Television film Women's Murder Club Dr. Raine Van Aiken Episode: "Welcome to the Club" 2008 Girlfriends Alison Episode: "Adapt to Adopt" Swingtown Rita Pierce Episode: "Friends with Benefits" Sons of Anarchy Karen Oswald Episode: "Fun Town" The Mentalist Sandra Boatwright Episode: "Red Hair and Silver Tape" 2009 The Forgotten Charlotte Dent Episode: "Diamond Jane" 2010 CSI: NY Mrs. Reynolds Episode: "Criminal Justice" Private Practice Angie McConnell 3 episodes Weeds Dana Episode: "Fran Tarkenton" 2011 The Defenders Courtney Noland Episode: "Noland v. Galloway Pharmaceuticals" Off the Map Margie Packard Episode: "There's a Lot to Miss About the Jungle" In Plain Sight Sharon Harris Episode: "Meet the Shannons" Castle Mrs. Hamilton Episode: "Head Case" Grimm Mrs. Jessup Episode: "Danse Macabre" The Craigslist Killer Patricia Banks Television film 2012 Criminal Minds Diana Mitchell Episode: "Unknown Subject" The Middle Mrs. Jennings Episode: "Get Your Business Done" Happily Divorced Donna Episode: "Swimmers and Losers" Sexting in Suburbia Patricia Reid Television film 2012–2018 Nashville Tandy Hampton 41 episodes 2016–2020 The Magicians Stephanie Quinn 5 episodes