Jessica Goldberg

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 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.

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) Body Politic The Hunger Education What You Need

Screenplays Cherry Absent Hearts 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)