Julie Goldman (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American comedian,

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, and

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. She is best known for her work on Bravo’s ''The People’s Couch'', and HBO’s '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''. In 2016, she started a podcast with her comedy partner Brandy Howard, called ''Dumb Gay Politics'', which recaps politics like reality TV. Goldman starred on ''

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'', 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 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

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's weekly podcast ''

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''. In 2010 Goldman joined the cast of the podcast. As well as featuring on ''

'', Goldman co-hosts ''Dumb, Gay Politics'', a political comedy podcast, alongside writing partner Brandy Howard. Goldman is 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

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who is also slated to direct. Other attachments include

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, Paul Vogt,

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and

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. Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard co-host ''Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office'', a webseries on lesbian website

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, 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

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and The VH1 DO Something Awards, where Julie performed with

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. Goldman and Howard wrote for

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on ''

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'' on E!. Goldman appeared as a contestant on the second season of ''

RuPaul's Drag U ''RuPaul's Drag U'' (as in "Drag University") is an American reality television series that debuted July 19, 2010, on Logo TV. Its final episode aired in August 2012. It was hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors". ''Drag U'' was ...

'' the summer of 2011. Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard appear on ''The People's Couch'' aired on Bravo.

Filmography

* ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

'', 2002 * ''Butch in the City'', 2003 * ''The D Word'', 2005 * ''Mom'', 2006 (a.k.a. Big Dreams in Little Hope) * ''Out at the Wedding'', 2007 * ''Happy Birthday'', 2008 * ''

'', 2006-2010 * ''Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office'', 2010–present * ''

'', 2011 (Episode 3) * '' The New Normal'', 2012 * ''

The People's Couch ''The People's Couch'' is an American reality television series that premiered on October 8, 2013 on Bravo. It is based on the British television series ''Gogglebox''. It started as a three-episode limited series that featured real people watchi ...

'', 2014-2016 * '' Murder in the First'', 2014 * ''

The Mindy Project ''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its run of six seasons on Hulu in November 2017. The series was co-produced by Un ...

'', 2014 * '' Faking It'', 2014 * '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'', 2017 * '' The Morning Show'', 2018 * '' Stumptown'', 2020 * ''

Call Me Kat ''Call Me Kat'' is an American television sitcom largely based on the British sitcom '' Miranda'' by Miranda Hart. The series is written by Darlene Hunt and stars Mayim Bialik in the title role, with Cheyenne Jackson, Kyla Pratt, Julian Gant, L ...

'', 2021 * ''

Dollface ''Dollface'' is an American comedy television series created by Jordan Weiss that premiered on November 15, 2019, on Hulu. It stars Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell, and Esther Povitsky. In January 2020, Hulu renewed the series for a s ...

'', 2022

References

External links

julieandbrandy.comdumbgaypolitics.comDGP on Patreon"In Your Box Office."
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