Jessica Goldberg (born 1975) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television writer. In 1999, she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play, Refuge. Goldberg is the creator of the Hulu series The Path and served as the showrunner for the Netflix series Away.
Early life and education Goldberg is from Provincetown, Massachusetts. She was raised Jewish and grew up in Woodstock, New York. Goldberg is a graduate of the dramatic writing program at New York University, and of the Juilliard School.
Career She was a Tennessee Williams Fellow at the University of the South and a recipient of the Le Compte de Nouy stipend, the first annual Helen Merrill Award, and a 2000 Berrilla Kerr Foundation Award. She was also a resident at New River Dramatists, a member of the PEN American Center.
Her play What You Need was commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company. Refuge premiered at Playwrights' Horizons and won the 1999 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Goldberg's television and screen work includes "The Prince of Motor City" (2008) for ABC, starring Piper Perabo, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Rutger Hauer, and Morris Chestnut. Goldberg created the television series The Path, which aired three seasons on Hulu before being cancelled in 2022. Goldberg served as the showrunner for the 2020 Netflix series Away. She received a Gracie Award in 2021 in the category, "Showrunner Fiction – Drama," for her work on Away. Personal life Goldberg married actor and playwright Hamish Linklater in 2002, but later divorced. They have one child, Lucinda Rose.
Works
Plays Babe (2022) Better (2014) Affair Play Katzman and the Mayor The Schaubuhne Body Politic Sex Parasite
Premiered at Theatre Off-Park, New York City in 1999 The Hunger Education What You Need Ward 57
Screenplays Cherry Absent Hearts The Amadou Ly Story for The Kennedy/Marshall Company Passing Strange for HBO Delerium for Mazur/Fox 2000 Heart of a Soldier for Universal/Josh Schwartz
Filmography Television Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2013 Deception Wrote episode "Good Luck With Your Death" Camp Wrote episodes "CIT Overnight" and "Valentine's Day in July" 2013-2014 Parenthood Also supervising producer;Wrote episodes "Aaron Brownstein Must Be Stopped", "The Waiting Room", "Limbo", "Jump Ball", and "Let's Be Mad Together" 2016-2018 The Path Also creator;Directed episodes "A New American Religion" and "Mercy";Wrote 11 episodes 2020 Away Wrote episode "Spektr" and "Negative Return"
TV movies Year Title Writer ExecutiveProducer 2008 The Prince of Motor City 2018 Suspicion
Feature film Year Title Director Writer 2012 Refuge 2014 Alex of Venice 2021 Cherry
Short film writer Affair Game (2006)
References
External links
JESSICA GOLDBERG, doollee 2006 Theatre Conference photo "9 Touchstones", Jessica Goldberg, Florida Stage