Judith Hoag

Judith Hoag (born June 29, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying  April O'Neil in the first  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (1990). She has also co-starred as Gwen Cromwell Piper in the  Disney Channel  Halloweentown television films series. ==Life and career ==

Hoag was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts.[2]  Hoag has acted professionally since 1986. In 1990 she played April O'Neil in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.[3]  She began playing guest roles on television series and in commercials,[3]  such as Quantum Leap, Melrose Place, Roseanne, The Nanny, Murder, She Wrote, 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.[2]

Hoag starred as Gwen Cromwell Piper in the Disney Channel Halloweentown television films series: Halloweentown (1998), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001), Halloweentown High(2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006). She also appeared in the films Cadillac Man (1990), Armageddon (1998), Flying By (2009), I Am Number Four (2011) and Sexting in Suburbia(2012).[4]

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

In 2012, Hoag was cast in recurring role in the ABC drama series Nashville created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  She plays the poised and driven Tandy Wyatt, daughter and protégé of Lamar Hampton. She referees sister Rayna (Connie Britton) and Lamar (Powers Boothe) contentious relationship, trying to calm the waters.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == ===Film<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ===

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 * American Playhouse as Kevin's Friend (1 episode, 1986)
 * Loving as Charlotte 'Lotty' Bates Alden (unknown episodes, 1986–1987)
 * Spenser: For Hire as Eileen Kingsley (1 episode, 1988)
 * CBS Summer Playhouse (1 episode, 1989)
 * Wolf (1989) as Melissa Shaw Elliott (unknown episodes)
 * The Young Riders (1 episode, 1990)
 * Lenny as Megan (1 episode, 1991)
 * Quantum Leap as Julie Miller (1 episode, 1992)
 * Roseanne as Kerry (1 episode, 1992)
 * Melrose Place as Sarah Goldstein (2 episodes, 1992)
 * The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. as Iphigenia Poole (1 episode, 1993)
 * Walker, Texas Ranger as Lainie Flanders (1 episode, 1993)
 * Dream On as Pamela (1 episode, 1994)
 * The Nanny as Katherine Porter (1 episode, 1994)
 * Murder, She Wrote as Gretchen Price (2 episodes, 1992–1994)
 * Hardball as Barbara (1 episode, 1994)
 * Mad About You as Doris (1 episode, 1994)
 * Sweet Justice as Cory Shaw (1 episode, 1995)
 * The Burning Zone as Meredith Schrager (2 episodes, 1997)
 * Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Segment From the Agency (1 episode, 1997)
 * Nash Bridges as Dr. Gabrielle (1 episode, 1997)
 * Nothing Sacred as Judy (2 episodes, 1997)
 * Pensacola: Wings of Gold as Maureen Hunt (1 episode, 1998)
 * Soldier of Fortune, Inc. as Claire Broderick (1 episode, 1998)
 * Strange World as Regina Tyler (1 episode, 1999)
 * Providence as Susan Marcus (1 episode, 1999)
 * Chicago Hope as Tina Hofmeister (1 episode, 1999)
 * The X-Files as Dr. Mindy Rinehart (1 episode, 1999)
 * Touched by an Angel as Janet (1 episode, 2000)
 * The Pretender as Captain Angela Wiley (2 episodes, 1998–2000)
 * Judging Amy as Bonnie Manning (1 episode, 2001)
 * Boston Public as Beth Thomas (1 episode, 2002)
 * Six Feet Under as Dawn (1 episode, 2002)
 * ER as Mrs. Brenner (1 episode, 2002)
 * Without a Trace as Carol Miller (1 episode, 2003)
 * Crossing Jordan as Alice Ross (1 episode, 2003)
 * The Guardian as Ria Lewicki (1 episode, 2003)
 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Merill Maguire (1 episode, 2004)
 * Century City (1 episode, 2004)
 * 7th Heaven as Mrs. Johnson (1 episode, 2004)
 * NYPD Blue as Paige Matheson (1 episode, 2004)
 * JAG as Mildred Evans (1 episode, 2005)
 * Close to Home as Terry the Madam (1 episode, 2005)
 * Commander in Chief as Syndi Saltzman (1 episode, 2006)
 * Bones as Helen Granger (1 episode, 2006)
 * Still Standing as Melanie Goldman (1 episode, 2006)
 * Ghost Whisperer as Angela Morrison (1 episode, 2006)
 * Grey's Anatomy as Rhada Douglas (2 episodes, 2007)
 * Notes from the Underbelly as Mrs. Cole (1 episode, 2007)
 * Women's Murder Club as Dr. Raine Van Aiken (1 episode, 2007)
 * Swingtown as Rita Pierce (1 episode, 2008)
 * Sons of Anarchy as Karen Oswald (1 episode, 2008)
 * The Mentalist as Sandra Boatwright (1 episode, 2008)
 * The Forgotten as Charlotte Dent (1 episode, 2009)
 * CSI: NY as Mrs. Reynolds (1 episode, 2010)
 * Private Practice as Angie McConnell (3 episodes, 2010)
 * Weeds as Dana (1 episode, 2010)
 * Big Love as Cindy Price (13 episodes, 2006–2011)
 * The Defenders as Courtney Noland (1 episode, 2011)
 * Off the Map as Margie Packard (1 episode, 2011)
 * In Plain Sight as Sharon Harris (1 episode, 2011)
 * Castle as Mrs. Hamilton (1 episode, 2011)
 * Grimm as Mrs. Jessup (1 episode, 2011)
 * Criminal Minds as Diana Mitchell (1 episode, 2012)
 * The Middle. as Mrs. Jennings (1 episode, 2012)
 * Happily Divorced as Donna (1 episode, 2012)
 * Nashville as Tandy Wyatt (2012–present)