A native of Arlington Heights, Illinois, she appeared on The Newsroom, an HBO drama.
Judson graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2008 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
[1] Judson began her broadcast career at the NBC Page Program, where she worked with television personalities such as Lorne Michaels, Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams.
[2] Judson was offered a role on the TV show The Newsroom after series creator Aaron Sorkin shadowed her at MSNBC while doing research for the show.
She initially was a consultant for the show, but eventually auditioned for and won the role of Tess Westin.