Our Lady J is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, producer and director, best-known for her work on Pose, Transparent, and American Horror Story. She holds the honor of being the first out trans woman to perform at Carnegie Hall, as well as the first out trans writer to be hired in a television writers room. Early career From 2000 to 2010, Our Lady J freelanced as a collaborative pianist and musical director in New York City for multiple classical and musical theatre institutions, including American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and The Mark Morris Dance Group. In 2004, Lady J met Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga at the CAP21 musical-theater conservatory in New York, where she served as an accompanist and music director. Lady J made her Carnegie Hall debut with The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus in 2004, and continued to perform as their pianist until 2007. In 2008, she returned to Carnegie Hall to perform with Justin Vivian Bond in The McGarrigle Christmas Hour concert. Our Lady J toured and performed with pop singer Sia Furler from 2012 to 2014. Lady J released her first studio album in 2013, titled Picture of a Man. From 2014 to 2015, Our Lady J performed as a guest musician on RuPaul’s Drag Race seasons 6 and 7. In 2014, Our Lady J coached Andrew Garfield for Arcade Fire's music video, "We Exist". The video is described by Arcade Fire as telling “the story of a young person’s struggle with gender identity,” depicting Garfield as a gender-nonconforming person who is assaulted at a bar, but later finds acceptance at an Arcade Fire concert. TV and film career In 2014, Joey Soloway hired Our Lady J as a staff writer for the hit series Transparent, making Lady J the first out trans person to be hired into a Hollywood writers' room. Lady J's episode, "If I Were a Bell", drew international critical acclaim for its authentic portrayal of a trans childhood. During her four seasons working on the series, Lady J was promoted from staff writer to story editor, to co-producer, and then to producer. In 2017, Ryan Murphy hired Lady J to write and produce the television show Pose. Lady J's contributions to the HIV/AIDS storylines went on to become the center of both critical and audience acclaim. On two seasons of Transparent and on all three seasons of Pose, Lady