Julie Goldman | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence | New York, New York |
Occupation | Actress, comedian, musician |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | |
julie-goldman.com |
Julie Goldman (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is a comedian, actress, and musician. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She is a Jewish lesbian.
Julie Goldman starred in the first, second and third seasons of The Big Gay Sketch Show, a sketch comedy show on the Logo television network.[1] Her first stand-up performance was at The Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 15.[2] She attended Lexington High School and Emerson College in Boston. Julie founded an all-women's stand-up and variety show called "OFFENSIVE WOMEN" and recruited Eve Ensler to sponsor their biggest show to date at The Zipper Theater in NYC.
Goldman is a frequent guest on Jonny McGovern's weekly podcast Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern. In 2010 Goldman joined the cast of the podcast.
Goldman is currently working on raising money for Nicest Thing, a feature-length, lesbian romantic comedy that she co-wrote with Brandy Howard. Goldman and Howard are producing the movie with Amanda Bearse who is also slated to direct.[3] Other attachments include Tammy Etheridge, Guinevere Turner, Kate Clinton, Paul Vogt, Bryce Johnson and Kate McKinnon.
Currently Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard co-host Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office, a webseries on lesbian website Autostraddle.com, in which they provide reviews and re-enactments of movies.[4] In "In Your Box Office FOR REAL," Julie & Brandy go behind the scenes for events like The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival and The VH1 DO Something Awards, where Julie performed with Jane Lynch.
Goldman appeared as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag U the summer of 2011.