Judy Gold

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The Miracle of Chanukah by Sheri Wilner

Judy was nominated for this year’s Outer Critics Circle Award for her critically acclaimed off-Broadway show The Judy Show – My Life As A Sitcom. She won the GLAAD media award for her previous hit off-Broadway show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. A book by the same name was nominated for the 2007 Quill Award. She is a regular cast member of Tru TV’s “World’s Dumbest.” Gold has co-hosted ABC’s “The View” where she has appeared numerous times. She is the host of Nickelodeon’s new show, “Mom’s Night Out.”  Judy hosts a monthly radio show on Sirus/XM called “Hatched By Two Chicks.”  She is also the host of the “Funny People” series at the 92nd St. Y, and is a frequent contributor to “The Moth.” Judy has been numerous times in Nora & Delia Ephron’s Off-Broadway show Love, Loss and What I Wore. She was the host of HBO’s “At the Multiplex with Judy Gold” from 1999-2009. She also hosted Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.” She is featured in the HBO documentary, All Aboard, as well as the documentaries, Making Trouble and I am Comic. Her stand-up specials include “Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold,” LOGO’s “Wisecracks,” Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd Stands Up,” and Judy’s own HBO half-hour special, for which she received a Cable Ace Award. Gold was seen in the smash hit film The Aristocrats. Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.” She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award’s funniest female stand-up. She has also appeared on “The Glades,” “Are We There Yet,” “Ugly Betty,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order SVU,” “Sex and The City,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and “The Conan O’Brien Show,” “The Wendy Williams Show,” “Dr. Oz,” among others. Gold lives in New York City with her two children, Henry and Ben. She frequently tours theatres and comedy clubs around the country and she talks to her mother at least once a day. Her CD, Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby is available now. Learn more about her at www.judygold.com