Jane Goldman Biography

Jane Goldman is an English screenwriter, author and producer, best known for co-writing the screenplays of films from the ‘X-Men’ and ‘Kingsman’ franchises. Her father worked in the property development business while her mother was a housewife. Jane was raised with very liberal values and was a very intelligent kid. She wanted to be a writer or a journalist upon growing up. Following her high school graduation, she began working as a journalist for Daily Star and went on working for magazines and newspapers, such as Cosmopolitan, The Times, Daily Star and Evening Standard. She wrote her first and the only novel in 1993, titled ‘Dreamworld’ and followed it with another book titled ‘Sex: How? Why? What?’ She turned to screenwriting in 2001 with the sitcom titled ‘Baddiel’s Syndrome.’ She has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Matthew Vaughn and they both have co-written screenplays for films such as ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service,’ ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle,’ ‘Stardust,’ ‘X-Men: First Class’ and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.’ She is also known as the executive producer of the British television programme named ‘The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.’