Singer, Actress. She is remembered as an award-winning American country singer. The daughter of Pauline Ruth "Polly" Oliver and Charles Glen Judd, she had by the age of 22 two daughters, Christina Ciminella, who is known professionally as Wynonna Judd, and an actress, Ashley Judd. Shortly after the birth of her daughters, she divorced her first husband, Michael Ciminella, becoming a single mother. She became a registered nurse working in ICU before beginning a singing career in 1980 with Wynonna, as a hit duo known as The Judds. As country music's most famous mother–daughter act, they released twenty top ten hits, including fifteen number-one singles. Together they received five Grammy Awards as well as numerous other awards and honors. She also received a Grammy for Country Song of the Year for writing "Love Can Build a Bridge." In 1989 she married singer Larry Strickland. In 1991, she was diagnosed with hepatitis C, ending her performing career. She founded the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund to raise awareness of the disease and served as a spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation. Over the years, the disease took a toll on her physically as well as mentally. In 2005, she began "Naomi's New Morning," a Sunday morning television talk show on the Hallmark Channel, which aired for two seasons. In 1979 she started an acting career with bit parts before having roles in at least six made-for-television movies or being a one-episode guest on television series such as " Frasier" or "Touched by an Angel." She is also the author of several self-help books, such as "Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers" in 2007. The Judds were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame the day after her sudden death in 2022.