Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedienne, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, television director. Brown is perhaps best known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl

Valley girl

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 character. Much of her comedy has revolved around the mocking of famous people (with a strong and frequently revisited focus on Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

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).
Brown began her career in the clubs of Los Angeles

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 where rather than portraying a valley girl herself she told jokes about them.