Judy has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO. She was a part of Netflix’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. She is the author of Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a critically acclaimed book about free speech and cancel culture which debuted as the number one comedy release on Amazon and was featured in the New York Times Book Review. The solo show, Yes I Can Say That! directed by BD Wong and starring Judy premiered in March 2023 at 59E59 Theaters and received rave reviews. Judy is also featured prominently in Trevor Noah’s recent documentary XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture. She hosts the weekly hit podcast, It’s Judy’s Show with Judy Gold.
Judy is featured in the new Netflix documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, which explores the history of LGBTQ+ standup comedy. Judy’s recent acting credits include feature films She Came To Me (Susan Shaw), Tripped Up (Chef Missy) and Love Reconsidered (Susie). Recent TV credits: Showtime’s City On A Hill (Cassndra Kassell), FX’s Better Things (Chaya). Showtime’s The First Lady (Elizabeth Read), Apple TV+ Extrapolations (Sophie). Other guest stars include Hulu’s Life and Beth, Girls 5 Eva and recurring roles on Comedy Central’s Awkwafina, Netflix’s Friends from College and TBS’ Search Party.
Judy is one of the main subjects in the Hulu documentary Hysterical. . She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Show. From 1999-2010, Judy was the host of HBO’s At the Multiplex with Judy Gold. Judy also won two Emmy awards for writing and producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show. She was also a writer on the final season of Better Things.
Judy has written and starred in three critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows, the aforementioned Yes I Can Say That!, The Judy Show – My Life a s a Sitcom (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding NY Theater, Drama Desk Nomination – Actor). Judy received rave reviews as Gremio in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park all-female production of The Taming of The Shrew. She also co-starred in Off-Broadway’s Clinton! The Musical, and Disaster! The Musical.
Judy has made numerous appearances on The View, The Today Show, The Drew Barrymore Show & and on MSNBC, CNN and NewsNation as a free-speech advocate. She often pops up on The Food Network, but she tries to forget competing on Chopped All Stars and Rachel vs. Guy.
Judy’s three albums, Conduct Unbecoming, Kill Me Now and Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby are available wherever you get your music. You can also check out the rest of her website, here at JudyGold.com or follow her on X, Instagram or Tik Tok – @jewdygold
SOLO SHOWS
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Part memoir and part stand-up routine, this hilarious and affecting play breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and lovable. Seamlessly weaving actual interviews with Jewish mothers across the United States together with memories from her childhood and own experiences as a Jewish mother, she explores it all: rugelach to rabbis, matzoh to marriage, Ann Landers to Anne Frank, and guilt to G-D.
Winner of 2007 Glaad Media Award for Outstanding NY Theater
Nominated for Drama Desk Best Solo Performance
The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom
You’ll be the laugh track in Judy Gold’s hilarious show. In this hysterical homage to the classic sitcoms of the 70s, 80s and 90s, two-time Emmy winner Gold reveals everything that’s truly funny about her life through the lens of the sitcoms of her youth.
Nominated for The Outer Critics Circle Award
COMEDY
92nd Street Y Funny People Series – Host
The MOTH – Regular Contributor
The Wendy Williams Show – Panel Guest
Wisecrack – Star – LOGO
Tough Crowd Stands Up – Regular Guest – Comedy Central
100 Greatest Stand-ups Of All Time – Host – Comedy Central
Heroes of Jewish Comedy – Featured Guest – BBC/Comedy Central
Friar’s Roast: Rob Reiner, Smothers Bros. – Guest star – Comedy Central
Comedy Central Presents – Star – Comedy Central
Great Performances w/ Alan King – Comedian – PBS
HBO Half Hour Comedy Special – Star – HBO
Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3) – Panel guest – NBC
20th Birthday of Comedy Store – Guest star – NBC
THEATER
Clinton The Musical – Cast Member – New World Stages – New York City
Love Loss & What I Wore – Lead – West Side Theater NYC
The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom – Star/Author – The D-R-2 Theatre – New York City
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother – Star/Author – St. Luke’s Theater/Ars Nova – New York City
Vagina Monologues – Lead – Westside Theater – New York City
The Trials of Monica Lewinsky – Lead – The New Dramatists, Aspen, CO
Ensemble Studio Theatre/‘Sisters’ – Lead – Dir. Kirsten Sanderson – ’97 Marathon Series
FILM
The Aristocrats – Featured – THINKFilm
Making Trouble – Featured
Rent-A-Husband – Supporting – Crisp Films
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion – Supporting – Dreamworks/Dir. Woody Allen
Lois Lives A Little – Lead – Home Grown Pictures
Sex Lives of Superheros – Supporting – Mitchell Cohn Prods
TELEVISION
30 Rock – Guest Star – NBC
The Big C – Guest Star – Showtime
Anderson Live – Co-host – Sydicated
The View – Co-host/Regular Guest – ABC
The Wendy Williams Show – Regular Guest
Host – NickMom Night Out (Nickelodeon)
World’s Dumbest – Series Regular – Tru TV
Host of Sirius/XM OUTQ 108’s “Hatched By Two Chicks”
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Glades (A&E) – Guest Star
Are We There Yet? (TBS)– Guest Star/Lead Ugly Betty – Guest Star
Next Food Network Star – Celebrity Judge
Next Great Baker (TLC) – Guest Star/Celebrity Judge
Dr. OZ – Celebrity Guest
All Aboard! – Featured – HBO Documentary
Supernormal – Lead – BBC (Animated)
Sex & The City – Guest Star – HBO
Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn – Regular – Comedy Central
Hollywood Squares – Regular – Syndicated
Law & Order, SVU – Guest Star – NBC
As The World Turns – Recurring – CBS
At The Multiplex With Judy Gold – Host – HBO
HBO Entertainment News – Host – HBO
The Insiders – Celebrity Panelist – FOX News Channel
Talk Soup – Guest Host – E! Entertainment Television
Law & Order – Guest Star – NBC
The Drew Carey Show – Recurring – Warner Bros./ABC
Ballad of Lucy Whipple – Lead – CBS/MOW
Beat Cops – Series regular – USA Network/Pilot
The Roseanne Show – Guest Star
The Rosie O’Donnell Show – Writer/Producer – WB TV/Telepictures
Arliss – Guest star – HBO
Here Come the Munsters – Lead – FOX/MOW
Blame it on Ernie – Series regular – Universal/Bung. 78
All American Girl – Series regular – ABC/Disney
CDs
Had a Baby
COMEDY AWARDS
2004
Outstanding Female Comedian
(NOM) 2001 & 1996
Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic
1996
Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic
ACTING AWARDS
(NOM) 2012
Outstanding Solo Performance for the Judy Show
(NOM) 2006
Outstanding Solo Performance for 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
1998 & 1999
Writer/Producer for The Rosie O’Donnell Show
2007
Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway for 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
RELATED MEDIA
BOOKS
YES, I CAN SAY THAT
When They Come for the Comedians We Are All in Trouble
From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing that they undermine the art—and purpose—of comedy itself.
“Gold’s defense of comedy, filled with great jokes and stories of censored comics, is a reminder that freedom of speech is no laughing matter.” ~ Publisher’s Weekly
“No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy.” ~ Amy Schumer
“Judy Gold’s years of blazing free speech trails serve her well in this thoughtful funny book.” ~ Jon Stewart
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Part memoir and part stand-up routine, the hilarious and affecting play-turned-book breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and lovable. Seamlessly weaving actual interviews with Jewish mothers across the United States, she explores it all: rugelach to rabbis, matzoh to marriage, Ann Landers to Anne Frank, and guilt to G-D.
Nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.
ARTICLES
Cecily Strong’s clown sketch
Don’t you love farce?
After watching and re-watching the now-legendary segment from Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” that aired last weekend, I couldn’t stop thinking about that line from Stephen Sondheim’s “Send In the Clowns.” The song is from “A Little Night Music,” and is sung by a character who, as Sondheim reportedly said in an interview, “is too upset and too angry to speak.”
RELATED MEDIA
IT'S JUDY'S SHOW with Judy Gold
IT’S JUDY’S SHOW is a weekly podcast hosted by the hilarious and award winning comedian, actor, writer, and activist, Judy Gold. Judy’s guests range from your favorite comics and actors, to writers, authors, producers, pundits, elected officials, and anyone she finds fascinating and knows you will too! Judy is known for her intensive research on her guests, which often causes them to ask, “How did you find that out? I never talked about that before.” But that’s not all! Judy dedicates one podcast per month to rant away on everything like pop culture, news, politics, and – of course – her family. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll think, and you’ll forget you’re working out!
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PASSIONATE ADVOCATE & SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR
Judy uses her comedy to give back to her community. Working for organizations such as the Ali Forney Center and GLAAD to advocate and fundraise for LGBTQ+ rights. Fundraising and supporting Project ALS to fund research and create awareness. Hosting and participating in conversations at the Women in the World Summit, The Tory Burch Foundation #EmbraceAmbition Summit, and then #BHeard Town Halls, she brings comedy to the center of today’s political correctness and how it holds a mirror to society. Being a proud member of the Jewish community, Judy loves to participate in fundraisers in partnership with Jewish organizations across the US, including the recent Virtual Seder that helped raise funds for CDC research.
Women in the World
Project ALS
Tory Burch
#BeHeard
SN Seder • CDC
AWARDS
2012
for LGBTQ+ activism in the Jewish community
2007
(No Comments Please)
2008
Family Equality Council
COACHING & TEACHING
Nobody knows better than Judy that humor can disarm even the most serious and solemn people, and once you’ve disarmed your audience, they will be eating out of your hand.
One-on-one sessions with Judy can be in person or via Skype and will be fitted to your personal goals & needs. Contact Judy for sessions and prices.
Judy’s expertise in solo performance, writing, and her knowledge of storytelling, public speaking and effective communication have made her one of the most sought out coaches and teachers around. She not only works with writers and performers, but also female executives all over the country to help them make their presentations the best they can be.
Judy has written for major celebrities, business people and those wealthy enough to afford to have someone write a specific toast or speech for a special occasion. She also works with high school students – helping them with their college essays (one of her favorites!).
She has given thousands of speeches, hosted and starred in numerous television, stage and benefit shows, has written and starred in 2 critically acclaimed on person shows, and has spent 30 years performing stand-up comedy. She is currently on the faculty at The Einhorn School of The Performing Arts, and has received 2 Emmy awards for writing and producing. She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award’s funniest female comedian. She has written for many celebrities and executives, and has coached newbies and seasoned professionals. She has also written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN.COM, The Huffington Post, and The Jerusalem Post, to name a few.
Nobody knows better than Judy that humor can disarm even the most serious and solemn people, and once you’ve disarmed your audience, they will be eating out of your hand. One-on-one sessions with Judy can be in person or via Skype and will be fitted to your personal goals & needs. Contact Judy for sessions and prices. Let Judy know if you’d like to be included in the next group-session!Your personalized time in each group-session will help shed light on any struggles or blocks experienced during your writing or performance process. She will guide you toward your show’s full, successful potential. Her tough-love approach, humor, empathy & personalized support with each student, helps draw-out their hidden strengths, breaking bad-habits & keeping them on a forward-moving track.
One-on-one sessions can also be held in-person at a scheduled space in Manhattan or via Skype.
Solo Performance Intensive: (6 Group-Sessions Total, Sessions are held based on student interest and availability.)
Working in a small group of other writers & performers at different stages of their solo-show process is invaluable. One of the best ways sharpen your solo-writing skills & performance ability is by watching your peers & understanding the connection between the instructor’s guidance & the artist’s development.
Just like her one-on-one sessions, Judy will personalize your time in each group-session & will help shed light on any struggles you experience during your writing or performance process. She will guide you toward your show’s full, successful potential. Her tough-love approach, humor, empathy & personalized support with each student, helps draw-out their hidden strengths, break bad-habits & keeps you on a forward moving track.