(formerly known as Our Lady J)

 Writer. Director. Composer. Cultural pioneer. 

From the groundbreaking series TRANSPARENT and POSE, to Netflix’s breakout hit THE BOROUGHS, Yona Speidel (aka Our Lady J) has helped define an era of television, crafting stories that expanded not only representation, but the emotional vocabulary of the medium itself.

Before Hollywood, she built an international career as a pianist and musical director, making history as the first out trans woman to perform at Carnegie Hall and later becoming the first out trans writer hired in a television writers’ room.

A two-time Peabody Award winner whose work has earned Emmy, Golden Globe, Writers Guild, AFI, and NAACP Image Award recognition, Yona stands among the most influential storytellers working today.