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Jackie is an accomplished singer, actor, podcast host, producer, author, and two-time Emmy Award winner.
Her background as a singer and actor is in musical theater, jazz, and pop.
In the past, she was signed to a publisher as a singer-songwriter-producer writing music for film and TV while she played popular clubs in Los Angeles, like Hotel Cafe. She released two albums "Home" and "Jackie Brubaker and The Ex-Boyfriends" during that time. She continues to work with music publisher Kobalt as a writer and artist. Click here and here to listen to her albums or watch her sing on her YouTube channel.
She is currently singing jazz and the Great American Songbook at clubs in Los Angeles and New York City along with performing in musical theater.
She has a natural ability to get people to open up and tell their stories in a way that inspires others. That is apparent on her popular podcast, Love You Even More with Jackie Brubaker which launched in 2021. The Love You Even More podcast with Jackie Brubaker has had rapid success in the last three years with over 300k downloads, a loyal audience, and inspirational guests such as Sharon Price John (CEO of Build a Bear Workshop), Renee Bauer (She Who Wins), Terri Cole (The Terri Cole Show, Boundary Boss) and countless other experts in their field.
Jackie brings inspiring people on the show to have informative and inspiring conversations on self-development, relationships, business, and spirituality. Love You Even More with Jackie Brubaker can be found everywhere you get your podcasts or click here.
In November 2020, she released her first novel, That Girl: A Novel. It is a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy about working in the music industry and coming of age in LA. The novel launched a podcast called That Girl: A Novel where she reads each chapter of the novel. Find it everywhere you get your podcasts. Click here to listen.
She has a background as an interviewer and writer-producer for television and has worked for broadcast media companies such as NBCUniversal and Conde Nast. Her work includes shows like The Voice, The Good Place, Hollywood Game Night, Shades of Blue, The Carmichaels, The Player, and Food Fighters.
A list of some of the people Jackie has interviewed includes Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jane Lynch, Jameela Jamil, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Giada De Laurentiis, Jane Krakowski, Zachary Quinto, Mena Suvari, Curtis Stone, Matthew Morrison, Martha Stewart, Wesley Snipes, Scott Wolf, Zachary Levi, Tom Arnold, Gina Rodriguez, Yvette Nicole Brown, D'arcy Carden and Rex Lee.
Jackie has written for several magazines such as Glamour, Flaunt, Made Man, The Frisky and was an editor at All Women Stalk.
Jackie is an accomplished makeup artist in film and TV. Her long career has awarded her three nominations and two Emmy Awards for the show The Bold and The Beautiful. She has worked on shows such as The Voice, America's Got Talent, Seal Team, Real Time with Bill Maher, American Crime Story, and celebrities such as Olivia Wilde, Tina Fey, Matt Bomer, Betty White, and Edward James Olmos amongst others in her long career.
In the past, her popular home improvement and cooking YouTube series Reluctant Housewife ran weekly and has over 400k views. It was inspired by her successful alcoholic bakery Brubakery which helped Jackie to win Food Network's Cupcake Wars. You can find it at www.youtube.com/yourreluctanthousewife
She loves her two twin tabby kittens, lazy Sundays, and '65 Mustangs.
