Our Lady J

Director | Writer | Actress

Date of birth : 1978

City of birth : Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Our Lady J is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer, best-known for her writing on Pose, Transparent, and American Horror Story. Before Lady J's career in television, she toured the world performing as a singer/songwriter, as well as a collaborative pianist and musical director for pop, theatre, and classical music (Sia, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, among others). Our Lady J holds the honor of being the first out trans woman to perform at Carnegie Hall, as well as the first out trans writer to be hired in a television writers room. She has received two Peabody Awards, three American Film Institute awards, three Writers Guild Award nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations. As a producer, her shows have garnered a combined total of 48 Emmy nominations, 12 Emmy wins, 13 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Golden Globe wins, 20 Critics' Choice nominations, and 3 Critics' Choice wins, among others.