Judith Light hits theaters today in the romantic comedy "Ira & Abby"

What a treat. We get to see the wonderful Judith Light in two movies in the coming months. The first, "Ira & Abby," opens today and if you live in LA, it's at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and The Landmark in West LA, among other spots. Reviews have been strong and I can't wait to see it! It's from the same filmmakers who made "Kissing Jessica Stein" and has a killer cast that also includes Jason Alexander, Frances Conroy, Robert Klein and Fred Willard, among others. Light and Klein play the upscale analyst parents of Ira (Chris Messina) who becomes involved with Abby (Jennifer Westfeltdt).
"It's just this charming, adorable movie about relationships," Judith told me Sunday night at a pre-Emmy party for producers. "It's from the gal [Westfeldt] who wrote 'Kissing Jessica Stein" and she stars in it. It's really moving and it's really funny and it's a great date night movie."
The night before, she had been at the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony where she lost the guest actress in a comedy series Emmy to the legendary Elaine Stritch. But she is blissful with her Emmy-nominated role on "Ugly Betty" which has been upgraded from guest star to series regular.
On shopping for her Emmy gown with Thomas Roberts of "The Insider" [for a segment on the show]: "I loooove him. He is so wonderful. He is such a lovely human being, I think the world of him."
I said to Judith: "I thought you were going to say, 'He's so hot!'" She said: "I think he is!" We both crack up.

On Sunday nights Emmy show: "Of course I'm going, our show's nominated. It's a big, huge event and there's a lot to go for and to be there for. I'm very excited."
The cast is currently filming the seventh episode of the second season and Judith's character, Claire Meade, was last seen busting out of prison.

Light is too savvy to let any plot details slip out but she did tell me this: "I'm not in a prison uniform anymore. I don't have a do-rag on my head anymore. I believe ABC and the producers believed I had looked better at different points in time which is why I won't be in that outfit anymore."

Light's other film is "Save Me" which opened LA's Outfest this summer and in my opinion, she gives an Oscar-worthy performance. I just hope it is widely seen and appreciated. Honestly, she's THAT good in the film about a woman who runs an ex-gay ministry.

I asked Judith, a two-time Emmywinner for "One Life to Live" and star of the long-running sitcom "Who's the Boss?" how she is taking this current wave of success: "I'm living in the moment and I'm living in a lot of gratitude."

Terrifc lady.