Julie Goldman is a comedian

Comedian

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, actress, and musician

Musician

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. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. She is Jewish, and an open lesbian

Lesbian

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Julie Goldman starred in Seasons One, Two, and Three of The Big Gay Sketch Show

The Big Gay Sketch Show

The Big Gay Sketch Show is an LGBT-themed sketch comedy program that debuted on Logo on April 24, 2007. The series is produced by Rosie O'Donnell and directed by Amanda Bearse. The program was originally titled "The Big Gay Show" but was renamed during production. As the name indicates, the show...

, a sketch comedy show on the Logo television network. Her first stand-up performance was at The Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 15. She attended Lexington High School and Emerson College

Emerson College

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 in Boston. Julie founded an all-women's stand-up and variety show called "OFFENSIVE WOMEN" and recruited Eve Ensler

Eve Ensler

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 to sponsor their biggest show to date at The Zipper Theater in NYC.

Goldman is a frequent guest on Jonny McGovern

Jonny McGovern

Jonny McGovern , also known by his character name The Gay Pimp, is an American stand-up comedian, musician and podcaster. He has recorded three albums as comedic singer The Gay Pimp, and is also a cast member of Logo's The Big Gay Sketch Show.-Early life:Jonny McGovern was born to Mary McGovern and...

's weekly podcast Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern

Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern

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. 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

Amanda Bearse

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 who is also slated to direct. Other attachments include Tammy Etheridge, Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

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, Kate Clinton

Kate Clinton

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, Paul Vogt

Paul Vogt

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, Bryce Johnson

Bryce Johnson

-Early life:Johnson was raised in Reno, Nevada before moving to Denver, Colorado at 5 with his newly divorced mother along with his two brothers where he graduated from high school in 1995...

 and Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

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.

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. 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

VH1

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 DO Something Awards, where Julie performed with Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

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Ms. Goldman is scheduled to appear as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag U

RuPaul's Drag U

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the summer of 2011.

Filmography

• RuPaul's Drag U
  RuPaul's Drag U
  RuPaul's Drag U is an American reality television series. Hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors," Drag U is a spin-off of the series RuPaul's Drag Race...
  
  , 2011 (Episode 3)
• "Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office," 2010–present
• The Big Gay Sketch Show
  The Big Gay Sketch Show
  The Big Gay Sketch Show is an LGBT-themed sketch comedy program that debuted on Logo on April 24, 2007. The series is produced by Rosie O'Donnell and directed by Amanda Bearse. The program was originally titled "The Big Gay Show" but was renamed during production. As the name indicates, the show...
  
  , 2006–present
• Happy Birthday, 2008
• Out at the Wedding, 2007
• Mom, 2006
• The D Word, 2005
• Butch in the City, 2003
• The Sopranos
  The Sopranos
  The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
  
  , 2002

Sources

• The Nicest Thing official website. http://www.nicestthingthemovie.com/ www.nicestthingthemove.com retrieved Feb. 1, 2010.
• Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard In Your Box Office Official Website. "In Your Box Office." Autostraddle.com
• Karman Kregloe, (October 19, 2009). "Julie Goldman's Big Gay Romantic Comedy." AfterEllen.Com Retrieved October 20, 2009.
• Bernard, Riese, and Roemer, Robin, (May 11, 2009). "Interview and Photoshoot with World's Funniest Lez, Julie Goldman." Autostraddle.Com Retrieved August 12, 2009.
• Riendeau, Danielle, (May 1, 2007). "Julie Goldman's Rising Star." AfterEllen.Com Retrieved June 22, 2007.