Judith Grimes is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name, where she is portrayed by Cailey Fleming and previously by several child actresses when the character was a newborn.[1]
Judith is the daughter of Lori Grimes and the adopted daughter of Rick Grimes, and the younger half-sister of Carl Grimes. Judith's biological father is Shane, but Rick told Lori that he did not care if she was Shane's daughter because he will still love her as his daughter. During The Governor's last assault on the prison, Lori is killed by Lilly while holding Judith. Lori falls, crushing Judith, leaving Rick and Carl in total devastation.[volume & issue needed]
Judith Grimes first appeared in the episode "Killer Within" where she was born via caesarean section carried out by Maggie due to complications that Lori Grimes had during labor. During the caesarean section, Lori loses a lot of blood and agonizingly says goodbye to Carl as he shoots her out of mercy to avoid her reanimation. A few days after she was born, Daryl and Maggie go to get formula milk since baby Judith was weak and could not survive without it. Daryl nicknames her the "Little Asskicker". Baby Judith was often in the care of Beth and Carol throughout the season.
When an outbreak of a deadly flu came to the prison community, Judith fortunately survived the outbreak. During the last assault of the Governor, she was saved by the sisters Lizzie and Mika Samuels who take the little baby with Tyreese and together they wanted to go to Terminus and on the road Tyreese decides to help a father and his son leaving the little ones to their fate towards a group of walkers who were saved by Carol. When Tyreese and Carol realized Lizzie's mental health breakdown when she saw her younger sister Mika being murdered, Lizzie reveals that she wanted to kill Judith to see her become a walker but Carol manages to stop her. During a debate with Tyreese, they decide to eliminate Lizzie to avoid hurting Judith and the rest of the people. Later, they travelled with the little baby to Terminus.
Judith is still in the care of Tyreese and Carol. When Carol, Tyreese, and Judith arrive near Terminus, a walker tries to attack them and is subdued by Carol, then baby Judith begins to cry attracting more nearby walkers. Carol, Tyreese, and Judith flee until they reach a cabin where they see a man named Martin, from Terminus, standing guard in the cabin. Listening in on his conversation over a walkie, they discover their friends are being held captive at Terminus. Carol and Tyreese subdue the man and question him. Carol decides to save the group while Tyreese stays at the cabin with Judith and Martin. Martin manages to take Judith as a hostage, but Tyreese beats him unconscious, saving her life. After the rescue of Rick and the group Carol appears before Rick and the rest of the group and takes Rick and Carl to Judith who happily reunite again.
Judith was accompanied by her father and the group manage to reach the church of Fr. Gabriel Stokes who gives them asylum in his church where it ends up being a slaughterhouse of the people from Terminus who hunted the group. After the deaths of Beth and Tyreese, Judith arrived into the safe-zone called Alexandria along with the group and was guided by a community recruiter named Aaron.