Julie Klausner

Early life

Klausner was born on July 3, 1978, and grew up in Scarsdale, New York. She is a graduate of New York University and studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade and the School of Visual Arts. Klausner is Jewish.

Career

As an adult, Klausner was the creator, writer, and co-star of the Hulu sitcom Difficult People, which also starred comedian Billy Eichner. Produced by Amy Poehler, the series debuted on August 5, 2015. Season 2 premiered on July 12, 2016, and the third season premiered August 8, 2017. On November 14, 2017, the streaming service announced it had canceled Difficult People. All 28 episodes remain available on the streaming service.

Klausner is head writer and co-executive producer of the Web series Billy on the Street, also starring Eichner, which had previously run on Funny or Die, Fuse, and TruTV and now premieres on Lyft's website and YouTube. Klausner has also written for television shows such as Mulaney, Best Week Ever, The Big Gay Sketch Show, The Jack and Triumph Show, Ugly Americans, and Saturday Night Live, as well as for pop culture websites such as The Awl and Vulture.{{cite web| title=Julie Klausner at The Awl| url=http://www.theawl.com/tag/julie-klausner

As an actor, Klausner has also appeared in several comedy series in addition to Difficult People, such as Netflix's Big Mouth and TruTV's At Home with Amy Sedaris, and as Cheryl in Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.

In October 2011, NBC picked up a pilot based on the Sue Margolis novel Apocalipstick, about a woman's father who dates her high-school nemesis, which Klausner was to write and serve as executive producer.{{cite web

In March 2020, Klausner joined the writing staff of Amazon Prime Video's revival of the sketch comedy show Kids in the Hall. She is also a writer on the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! which stars Cecily Strong. In 2021 she lent her voice to a gargoyle in a season three episode of What We Do in the Shadows, alongside “Difficult People” co-star Cole Escola.

Podcast

In March 2011, Klausner debuted her comedy and interview podcast How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner. In 2012, Rolling Stone featured the podcast on its list of 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment. As of May 2020, nearly 250 episodes had been produced.

In March 2020, Klausner and comedian-author Tom Scharpling premiered their podcast Double Threat, which they cohost on the Forever Dog network.

In March 2022, Klausner debuted her solo advice podcast "Ask Julie" on the Forever Dog Plus network.

Books

Klausner's first book, I Don't Care About Your Band, was released in February 2010 by Gotham/Penguin Books.{{cite book

Music

In 2010 Klausner was part of a comedy duo act along with actor Sue Galloway called "Free to Be (You and Me)". They released a pastiche song called "Boys and Girls Are Different (In the Pants)." Later that year Klausner released the song "Center of Attention."

In 2023 Klausner released the song "Silence", a parody of the music of Kate Bush sung from the point of view of the character Clarice from the film The Silence of the Lambs.

References

References

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6. Zinoman, Jason. (December 31, 2012). "A Podcast That Has Old-School Smarts". [[The New York Times]].
7. "School of Visual Arts – SVA – New York City > Trending Now > SVA Alumnus Julie Klausner Profiled in 'The New York Times'". sva.edu.
8. (June 29, 2016). "Julie Klausner talks 'Difficult People,' her 'very Jewish' comedy series".
9. Mandell, Andrea. (April 6, 2011). "Watch a trailer for Amy Poehler's new show, 'Difficult People'". [[USA Today]].
10. (August 22, 2016). "List of Julie Klausner articles".
11. Andreeva, Nellie. (March 20, 2018). "'So Close': Julie Klausner To Co-Star In NBC Comedy Pilot".
12. Otterson, Joe. (March 5, 2020). "'Kids in the Hall' Revival Set at Amazon".
13. Cinco Paul. "I'm making a show called Schmigadoon. It's starring Cecily Strong. It's a musical. I wrote it w/ @KDaurio @allisonsilvermn @julieklausner @thekategersten & Bowen Yang. And I think you're gonna like it.".
14. "How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner".
15. Berkowitz, Joe. (April 6, 2011). "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment".
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17. Klausner, Julie. (May 7, 2013). "Art Girls Are Easy". Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.