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Our Lady J (born 1978) is an American classical pianist, television writer, and singer-songwriter. She is a writer and producer for the television series Transparent and Pose.[1][2]
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 Our Lady J performs at the 2016 Trans Day of Visibility celebration in San Francisco | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 43–44) Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Piano |
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| Website | ourladyj |
She has received two Peabody Awards, three American Film Institute awards, three Writers Guild Award nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations.[citation needed]
Assigned male at birth[3] in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1978, Our Lady J attended Interlochen Center for the Arts from 1994 to 1996, majoring in piano during her junior and senior years of high school.[4] In 2000, she moved to New York City, where she freelanced as an accompanist.[5] In 2004, J became the musical director and accompanist for the Broadway performer Natalie Joy Johnson and came out as transgender.[6] She grew to popularity in 2013 when releasing her critically acclaimed first studio album, Picture of a Man.[7] Our Lady J has played piano at Carnegie Hall, American Ballet Theatre, and for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.[8]
Discography
- Picture of a Man (2013)[7]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | Watch What Happens: Live | Herself | Episode with Rachel Zoe and Isaac Mizrahi |
| 2014 | True Trans with Laura Jane Grace | Herself | Episode: "Not Alone" |
| 2014 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) | Herself | Guest pianist, episode: "Shade: The Rusical" |
| 2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) | Herself | Guest pianist, episode: "Divine Inspiration" |
| Transparent | Yorna | Multiple episodes | |
| 2015–17 | Transparent | Writer/Producer | Wrote 3 episodes |
| 2018–21 | Pose | Writer/Producer | Wrote 8 episodes |
| Sherilyn | Multiple episodes | ||
| 2021 | Fantasy Island | Story Writer | Episode: "His and Hers" / "The Heartbreak Hotel" |
| 2022 | American Horror Stories | Writer | Episode: "Milkmaids" |
| 2022 | American Horror Story: NYC | Writer/Director | Wrote 5 episodes, directed "Requiem 1981/1987 Part One" |
Personal life
Our Lady J is HIV-positive.[9] She identifies as a transgender woman and nonbinary.[10]
References
- Ennis, Dawn (December 4, 2014). "Transparent Creator on Show's First Trans Writer". The Advocate. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- Andreeva, Nellie (October 25, 2017). "FX's 'Pose': Ryan Murphy Sets Largest Transgender Cast Ever For Scripted Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- Musto, Michael (December 11, 2014). "Our Lady J Evolves, One Dolly Parton Cover at a Time". The New York Times.
- "Transparent writer on plotting her own journey". Interlochen Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- "Our Lady J Evolves, One Dolly Parton Cover at a Time". New York Times. December 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- "Our Lady J, Transparent's first trans writer, discusses becoming part of the family". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- "Our Lady J's 'Picture of a Man' Album Indiegogo Campaign Features Celebrity Friends". Huff Post. May 24, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- "Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right"". INTO. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- "Pose Producer Lady J On Being Trans, Poz, and Powerful in Hollywood". www.hivplusmag.com. October 19, 2018. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- Our Lady J [@ourladyj] (March 8, 2020). "Happy International Women's Day. I never take my womanhood for granted, having spent most of my life fighting to be respected and seen as a…". Retrieved September 19, 2020 – via Instagram.
External links
- Our Lady J – official site
- Our Lady J at IMDb
- Daniel Radcliffe and Our Lady J: The Odd Couple by Noah Michelson, Out (2010)
- Our Lady J on Giggling With Lady Gaga and Beyonce's Beauty Treatments, Paper (2013)
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