Nadya Ginsburg is an American actress, comedian and television writer. She is best known as a cast member on the sketch comedy show Hype, her recurring role on the show Partners and for her online comedy videos where she appears as Cher and Madonna, most notably the web series The Madonnalogues.
Career Ginsburg's first high profile gig was as a cast member on the short-lived variety sketch TV show Hype, created and written by the Madtv writer Scott King. In 2010, she created a parody song and video of the Lady Gaga hit "Poker Face" with re-written lyrics about the meteorologist Al Roker, and it went viral. She subsequently appeared on Good Morning America and was interviewed by Roker. The national attention revitalised interest in a 2007 web series in which Ginsburg had starred called The Worm, in which she portrayed an alien being who impersonated Madonna, Cher, Winona Ryder and others.
Ginsburg's parody impersonation of Madonna spun into a live show called The Madonnalogues, which in turn became an eight-episode web series by the same name. She also co-wrote and starred in the short film If We Took a Holiday, in which she portrays an actress whose best friend requests that she pretend to be Madonna and accompany him for the whole of his birthday.
Ginsburg was a writer on the Joan Rivers show Fashion Police for two years. She left the show as part of a writer's strike complaining that Rivers refused to pay fair wages or provide health insurance to the writing team.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1999Let it SnowStore Owner1999The Crown KnightsVarious voicesNorth American dub release2005Lincoln's EyesVarious voices2005Adam & SteveMiranda2008ReunionMaureen2009The CouchBobka2013Coulrophobia or the Greatest Dinner Party on EarthShari2014If We Took a HolidayNadya/Madonna2015Club KingSelf2017Her Side of the BedNaomi2020FriendsgivingAunt Anna2020Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger KingIsadora Manacotti Exotic
Television Year Title Role Notes2000Spy GrooveVarious voices2000-2001HypeVarious2010The Damiana FilesMadonna2011Selene's Hollywood ConfidentialSelf2013RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf (Guest Judge)2013Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!Self2013Betty Bowers: America's Best ChristianMadonnaEpisode: "America's Best Christian Pageant"2012-2013PartnersRoberta Hockman-Klein4 episodes2015Hard DecisionsJulianne Majestique2 episodes20162 Broke GirlsMichelleEpisode: "And the Ten Inches"
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