Judy Gold Biography

Fast Facts

• At the American Comedy Awards in 2001, she was nominated for Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic
• In 1984, she graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick
• Quote: "It's more about, now, as I get older, talking about really important things․ And when you address issues in a funny yet non-threatening, yet edgy, subversive way, it's pretty powerful․"
• Quote: "You are putting things out there that people don't want to talk about sometimes․ But I do believe that 'the joke' can open people's eyes and minds up․ And when you don't talk about things, that is the most destructive thing in the world․"
• Performed the one-woman show "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother," which was co-written with Kate Moira Ryan and ran at the Ars Nova Theater in NYC and St․ Luke' Theater in 2006