Jodi Long Biography
Jodi Long is an American actress, who is best known for her role as Madama on Café Americain 1993 to 1994, and Ok Cha on Sullivan and Son 2012 to 2014, and her role in Party Hearst 1988. She won Best Supporting Actress at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in the Netflix series Dash & Lily 2020.
How old is Jodi Long? – Age
She is 70 years old as of January 7, 2024. The actress was born on January 7, 1994, in New York City, United States.
Jodi Long Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Who are Jodi Long’s parents? – Family
Long’s mother is Kimiye ‘Trudy” Long, a Japanese-American clerk at the American Bible Society and a dancer at The China Doll night club. Long’s father is Lawrence K. Long of Cantonese-Scottish background who immigrated to the United States from Australia and had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional.
Jodi graduated from New York’s High School of Performing Arts and earned a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase.
Jodi Long Career
Long had roles in many feature films including Patty Hearst, Robocop 3, Striking Distance, The Hot Chick, and Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. On television, she appeared as a regular on such series as Café American, All American Girl and Miss Match, all of which were short-lived. She played a therapist in Desperate Housewives, a “power lesbian” Patty in Sex and the City and a bar owner in Sullivan and Son.
On stage, the 70 years old actress appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum song, winning an Ovation Award foe her performance during the Los Angeles tryout. She also played the role of Madame Armfeldt in the 2023 revival of A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse. 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 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 was recently starring as Korean American mother Ok Cha in Sullivan & Son which was cancelled on November 20, 2014, by TBS.
Jodi Long Net Worth
As of 2023, her net worth is $10 million.
Jodi Long Movie
1981 – Rollover
1984 – Splash
1987 – The Bedroom Window
1988 – patty Hearst
1989 – New York Stories
1990 – The Exorcist III
1993 – The Pickle
1993 – Striking Distance
1997 – His & Hers
1998 – Celebrity
2002 – New Suit
2010 – Beginners
2013 – A Picture of You
2016 – 5 Doctors
2018 – The Tale
2021 – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2023 – The Monkey King
2024 – Night Swim
Jodi Long TV Shows
1982 – Another World
1985 – The Equalizer
1990 – Roseanne
1991 – L.A Law
1995 – The Wayans Bros
2001 – So Little Time
2006 – House
2009 – The Beast
2012 – Franklin & Bash
2012 – Made in Jersey
2020 – Dash & Lily
2023 – The Mandalorian