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Judy Gold
Born	(1962-11-15)November 15, 1962 (age 63) Clark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations	Stand-up comedian, actor, television writer, producer, author, podcaster, activist
Years active	1986–present
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Partner	Elysa Halpern[1]
Children	2
Website	judygold.com

Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an Americanstand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, television writer, author, producer, and activist. She won twoDaytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer onThe Rosie O'Donnell Show.^[2] Gold hosts the podcastIt's Judy's Show with Judy Gold.^[3] Her collection of essays, "Yes I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble," was published in 2020.^[4][5] In 2023, she turned her book into a solo show, "Yes, I Can Say That!" directed byBD Wong.^[6]

Gold was born on November 15, 1962, in Clark, New Jersey. Gold grew up in a Jewish home with her two siblings. She plays piano. Gold moved toManhattan, New York from New Jersey in 1984 after she graduated fromRutgers University.

Gold started stand-up when she was nineteen years old; she did her first set at Rutgers in 1981.^[7] She was passed atCatch a Rising Star in 1985, and has been a regular at theComedy Cellar since the 1980s.^[8]

In an interview withMarc Maron, Gold revealed her comedic influences wereJoan Rivers,Phyllis Diller, andTotie Fields.^[9] Gold's stand-up specials have aired onComedy Central, LOGO, andHBO. She has been featured inNetflix'sStand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, and in the companion documentary aboutLGBTQ+ comediansOUTSTANDING: A Comedy Revolution, which premiered at theTribeca Film Festival.^[10]

Gold has released three comedy albums: 2004'sJudith’s Roommate Had a Baby, 2018'sKill Me Now,^[11] and 2020'sConduct Unbecoming.

Her first television role was onRoseanne in 1991, followed by a series regular role onMargaret Cho's 1994 sitcomAll-American Girl. Gold was cast as Gloria Schechter, one of Cho's characters friends. Gold's acting credits include:Tripped Up, She Came To Me, andLove Reconsidered. Her recent TV credits include Showtime'sCity On A Hill andThe First Lady,FX’sBetter Things, and Apple TV+Extrapolations. Other guest appearances includeGirls5Eva,Broad City,Hulu’sLife and Beth, and recurring roles onAwkwafina, TBS’Search Party, and Netflix'sFriends from College.^{[citation needed]}

She was a focus ofTrevor Noah’s documentaryXCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture. In 2007, she was featured in the filmMaking Trouble, a tribute to female Jewish comedians, produced by theJewish Women's Archive.^[12]

She was also a writer on the final season of FX'sBetter Things.^{[citation needed]}

Gold is a subject of the Hulu documentaryHysterical. She has made appearances onThe Tonight Show andThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert Gold has been a guest onThe View,The Today Show,The Drew Barrymore Show, and a free-speech advocate onMSNBC,CNN andNewsNation She has appeared on theFood Network, including competing onChopped All-Stars andRachel vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.^[13]

From 1999 to 2010, Gold hosted HBO'sAt the Multiplex with Judy Gold. She appears as a commentator on 2007 truTV'sWorld's Dumbest....^{[citation needed]}

Gold has written and starred in the Off-Broadway shows:Yes I Can Say That!, The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom, and25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. She was a featured player as Gremio in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park all-female production ofThe Taming of The Shrew. She also co-starred in Off-Broadway'sClinton! The Musical, andDisaster! The Musical.

Gold's one-woman show25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, co-written withKate Moira Ryan, is based on a series of interviews with more than 50 Jewish mothers in the United States.^[14] Their stories are interspersed with anecdotes about her own mother and her life as a lesbian mother of two sons.^[15] It ran at theArs Nova Theater in New York City in early 2006 and reopened later that year atSt. Luke's Theater.

On June 30, 2011,The Judy Gold Show: My Life as a Sitcom, began previews at Off-Broadway's DR2 Theatre in New York City. This one-woman show was an homage to the classic sitcoms of Gold's youth. The show is written by Gold and Kate Moira Ryan and directed by Amanda Charlton. The show officially opened on July 6, 2011.The New York Times called the show "highly entertaining."^[16] TheNew York Post called the show "gleefully self-deprecating".^[17] The show subsequently opened in Los Angeles June 18, 2013, and had a one-month run at theGeffen Playhouse.^[18]

In 2011, Gold was named a Givenik Ambassador.^[19] In 2015, she appearedoff-Broadway asEleanor Roosevelt in the satiric musicalClinton: The Musical atNew World Stages.^[20]

Her one-woman show, based on her book,Yes I Can Say That! premiered in March 2023 and was directed byBD Wong at59E59 Theaters.

Gold is the author ofYes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a book about free speech and cancel-culture.^[21] It was released in 2020.

In 2021, Gold wrote an opinion essay forCNN, 'I Still Can't Stop Watching Cecily Strong's Clown.'^[22]

Gold is a lesbian. She was in a relationship with Sharon Callahan for nearly 20 years. Together they have two children, Henry and Ben, whom she frequently referenced on the showTough Crowd with Colin Quinn.^[23] She met her current partner, Elysa Halpern, on ablind date set up byTime Out New York in 2007.^[24] Gold is very active in both theLGBT andJewish communities.^[25] She was active in support of the2004 and2008 Democratic presidential campaigns.^[26] Gold serves on the Board of Directors of theNational Coalition Against Censorship.

• Judy Gold atIMDb 
• Judy Gold at theInternet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
• Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Judy Gold from theU.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
• All That GlittersArchived January 31, 2017, at theWayback Machine

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