Keli Goff is an Emmy-nominated multi-platform producer, playwright, journalist and screenwriter. Her play The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks & Curls, a compilation of hilarious and heartbreaking monologues, and scenes, about Black women and their hair, continues to be produced at theaters around the country, with multiple productions in 2024 alone. Recent highlights from her eclectic career include a current column interviewing politicians including Rep. Adam Schiff and Amb. Nikki Haley, for The Hollywood Reporter, serving as an Artist-in-Residence at Yaddo in 2023, and being selected by the brand Anne Klein to write their 2024 impact campaign celebrating women who empower and inspire.

As a journalist, Keli’s work has appeared in some of the world’s leading publications, including the magazines Time, Cosmopolitan and Essence, and the web editions of The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Elle, Vogue, Glamour and New York Magazine among others. She has also served as a columnist for The Daily Beast, and as a contributor to The Washington Post blog She the People, The Huffington Post and the online magazine The Root. She was also a long-time contributor to various NPR affiliates, most notably as a guest host for KCRW’s Left, Right & Center. In 2019, she was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her work as a producer on the Netflix film Reversing Roe, a documentary chronicling the history of America’s political and legal battles over abortion.

After receiving an Emerging Writers Group fellowship with the Public Theater of New York, Keli transitioned to writing for theater, film and television. She was recently a writer and Co-Executive Producer on Taylor Sheridan's Mayor of Kingstown, following her stint on And Just Like That, the reboot of Sex and the City, on which Keli also worked as a writer and producer. Other television credits include Joe vs. Carole (a dramatization of the Tiger King saga), Twenties, and Black Lightning, the CW series based on the DC Comics superhero. Before Black Lightning, she served on the writing staff of the critically acclaimed drama Being Mary Jane, winning a 2016 NAACP Image Award for her work on the episode "Sparrow."

She is currently working on her next documentary which is inspired by her extensive collection of vintage clothing by historically significant designers of color. Keli's collection has been profiled in the magazines Town & Country and The Hollywood Reporter. Selected pieces from her vintage collection are currently housed at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Texas Fashion Collection and have also been included in exhibitions at various institutions, most recently the Pratt Institute's "Black Dress II," Manhattan exhibit in 2025.

Born and raised in Texas, Keli now splits her time between Manhattan and Los Angeles. She holds a B.A. from New York University and a Master’s degree in Strategic Communications from Columbia University.

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