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18 Facts About Judy Gold

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Judy Gold was born on November 15,1962 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, television writer, author, producer, and activist.

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Judy Gold won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

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Judy Gold grew up in a Jewish home with her two siblings.

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Judy Gold first performed stand-up on a dare when she was a music student at Rutgers University.

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Judy Gold moved to Manhattan, New York from New Jersey in 1984.

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Judy Gold has been featured in Netflix's Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, and was featured in their documentary about LGBTQ+ comedians OUTSTANDING: A Comedy Revolution, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Judy Gold was a focus of Trevor Noah's documentary XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture.

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Judy Gold was a writer on the final season of FX's Better Things.

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Judy Gold has made appearances on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Gold has been a guest on The View, The Today Show, The Drew Barrymore Show, and a free-speech advocate on MSNBC, CNN and NewsNation Judy Gold has appeared on the Food Network, including competing on Chopped All-Stars and Rachel vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.

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Judy Gold appears as a commentator on 2007 truTV's TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest.

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Judy Gold was a featured player as Gremio in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park all-female production of The Taming of The Shrew.

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Judy Gold's one-woman show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, co-written with Kate Moira Ryan, is based on a series of interviews with more than 50 Jewish mothers in the United States.

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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.

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Judy Gold was in a relationship with Sharon Callahan for nearly 20 years.

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Judy Gold met her current partner, Elysa Halpern, on a blind date set up by Time Out New York in 2007.

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Judy Gold is very active in both the LGBT and Jewish communities.

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Judy Gold was active in support of the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential campaigns.

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Judy Gold serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition Against Censorship.