Jane Goldman facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jane Goldman
Goldman at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Jane Loretta Anne Goldman (1970-06-11) 11 June 1970 (age 55) Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation	Screenwriter and producer
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Jonathan Ross ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	3

Jane Goldman (born on June 11, 1970) is a talented British writer and producer for movies and TV. She is well-known for writing screenplays, which are the scripts for films. Many of her popular movies were made with director Matthew Vaughn. These include Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). She also helped write X-Men: First Class (2011), Kick-... (2010), and Stardust (2007).

Jane Goldman also worked on the story for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), which continued the First Class story. Critics have often praised her work with Matthew Vaughn.

Besides her collaborations, Goldman wrote the script for The Woman in Black (2012) by herself. She also wrote The Limehouse Golem and Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, both released in 2016. She is also working on a new version of the movie Barbarella.

Goldman has written several books, like The X-Files Book of the Unexplained (1995). She even had her own TV show called Jane Goldman Investigates (2003–2004). This show explored mysterious topics like the paranormal.

Early Life and Family

Jane Goldman grew up in north London in a family that was open-minded. She was the only child of her father, Stuart, who was Jewish, and her mother, Amanda, who was Buddhist. She went to the King Alfred School until she was 15.

After school, she traveled to the United States to follow the singer Boy George on his tour. When she returned to the UK, she started working as a reporter for the Daily Star newspaper. At 16, she met TV presenter Jonathan Ross. They got married in 1988 when Jane was 18 and Jonathan was 28. They have three children together: two daughters and one son.

Jane Goldman's Career Journey

Journalism and Books

Jane Goldman started her career as a journalist. She wrote for many newspapers and magazines. Some of these included Just Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and The Times. By the age of 19, she became a freelance writer, meaning she worked for herself and sold her articles to different publications.

She also wrote several books. Her first book was Thirteen-Something (1993). She wrote safety guides for teenagers, like Streetsmarts: A Teenager's Safety Guide (1996). She also wrote a popular two-part series called The X-Files Book of the Unexplained (1997). In 2000, she published her only novel, Dreamworld.

From 2003 to 2004, Jane had her own TV show, Jane Goldman Investigates. On this show, she looked into paranormal events and mysteries. She has also been part of the production teams for other TV shows, such as The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

Becoming a Screenwriter

Jane Goldman began writing for the screen in 2001. She was part of the writing team for a TV show called Baddiel's Syndrome. Her big break came when she co-wrote the movie Stardust (2007). This film was based on a book by Neil Gaiman and directed by Matthew Vaughn. Gaiman introduced Goldman to Vaughn to help with adapting the book into a movie. Stardust was very successful and won an award called the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.

After Stardust, Jane Goldman often worked with Matthew Vaughn. She once explained that she does the "construction work" and "interior designing" for the script, while Vaughn is like the "architect." She co-wrote his next films, which were based on comic books. These included Kick-... (2010) and X-Men: First Class (2011). Both movies were highly praised by critics. Kick-... became a cult favorite, and X-Men: First Class is considered one of the best X-Men movies.

Goldman continued to adapt books and stories for the screen. She co-wrote The Debt (2011), a thriller based on an Israeli film. She also wrote the script for The Woman in Black (2012). This was a gothic horror film based on a novel by Susan Hill. It was the first movie script she wrote entirely by herself. The film was released in 2012 and received good reviews. In 2013, The Woman in Black won the Empire Award for Best Horror.

She is also credited for the story of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to First Class. After that, she co-wrote Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) with Matthew Vaughn. This movie was based on a comic book.

Jane Goldman wrote the script for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). This film was an adaptation of a novel by Ransom Riggs and directed by Tim Burton. She then wrote The Limehouse Golem, based on a murder mystery novel. Goldman had read the book years before becoming a screenwriter and always hoped it would become a movie.

Goldman and Vaughn worked together again for Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to The Secret Service. This film was released in 2017.

In May 2017, it was announced that Jane Goldman was one of four writers working on a possible TV show that would be a spin-off from Game of Thrones. She worked with George R. R. Martin, who wrote the original books. In June 2018, her pilot episode was approved by HBO. It was planned to show the world thousands of years before Game of Thrones. However, in late 2019, HBO decided not to move forward with the pilot.

In December 2017, Goldman was announced as a writer for Disney's live-action movie of The Little Mermaid. However, she was not credited in the final movie script.

In 2020, Jane Goldman co-wrote the movie Rebecca, which was based on a classic Gothic romance novel by Daphne du Maurier.

Future Projects

As of July 2025, Jane Goldman and her daughter, Honey Goldman, are working on writing a new version of the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella. Edgar Wright is expected to direct this film, with Sydney Sweeney in the main role.

Jane Goldman's Works

Film Projects

Television Projects

Books Written by Jane Goldman

Awards and Recognitions

Jane Goldman also received the Cosmopolitan magazine Woman of Tomorrow award for her achievements in journalism.

See also

In Spanish: Jane Goldman para niños