Christina Pickles first came into the acting scene in the early ’60s as a Broadway performer but soon found her way to television, where she appeared on shows like “Guiding Light,” “Another World,” and most notably, “St. Elsewhere.” For her role in the latter, Pickles earned five Emmy nominations, failing, unfortunately, to pick up any win.
Following her run on “St.Elsewhere,” Pickles’ next long-term television role came in the form of Judy Geller — Monica and Ross Geller’s mother — on “Friends.” A recurring character, Pickles would go on to appear throughout the show’s 10 seasons. “It was wonderful,” Pickles once said of her time on the sitcom (via Metro). “I am interviewed a lot about Friends, and people always want me to say nasty things or “what was this person like.” And I can’t because they were all wonderful.”
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Since her time on “Friends,” Pickles has continued acting, with credits in movies like “George of the Jungle 2” and “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1.” Most recently, the veteran actor appeared as Biz Brantly in the 2015 web series “Break a Hip,” for which she picked up her seventh Emmy nomination, which also doubled as her first win. “I was shocked,” Pickles admitted, per TV Insider. “To hear my name, I thought, ‘Oh God, am I imagining this?’ Cameron [Watson], our writer/director/producer, turned to me and said, ‘You won!’ I leapt to my feet and went up on stage. I was very, very happy.”
