June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael is an actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer who has continued to use her platform to champion female empowerment, redefine aging, find humor in life’s challenges, emphasize the importance of using one’s voice, and celebrate the strength of sisterhood and community.
Her roles in both film and television have often centered on strong, multidimensional female characters, encouraging audiences to challenge stereotypes and embrace the power of women in all their diversity. June is most well known for her work on the long running Netflix series, Grace and Frankie, playing Brianna, Jane Fonda’s bold entrepreneurial daughter. She has appeared in recurring roles on popular TV shows like the award-winning series, Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Morning Show (Apple TV+), Everything’s Trash (Freeform), Black Monday (Showtime), American Dad! and Big Mouth. Other TV credits include Frasier (Paramount+), Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), and Fresh Off the Boat (ABC). Her film roles include the independent film, Scrambled, which premiered at SXSW 2023, 8-Bit Christmas, Long Shot, Blockers, The Disaster Artist, Unfinished Business, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Girl Most Likely. Other notable achievements include the 2013 Sundance Film, Ass Backwards, which she co-wrote and starred in with her creative partner, Casey Wilson. She was also recently seen in the Casey Wilson directed short, “Daddio”.
Off screen, June is the co-host of one of the biggest hit podcasts, How Did This Get Made, with Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas which is now a live show sold out nationwide. June also co-hosts the Deep Dive podcast with her best friend Jessica St Claire where the ladies ‘deep dive’ into a wide range of topics such as motherhood and family, to feminism. The Deep Dive captures the friendship of two women trying to survive adult womanhood.
In 2017, Raphael founded The Jane Club, a community for women and caretakers in Los Angeles. The Jane Club was the first shared workspace that offered full-time childcare. In 2019, she co-authored Represent: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World, an energetic, interactive, and inspiring step-by-step guide showing how to run for the approximately 500,000 elected offices in the US which Secretary Clinton referred to as “a wonderful resource for women as they think about taking the leap”.
June found her niche and love of comedy after college when she went to work for UCB, first in New York and later in Los Angeles. It was in New York where Raphael and Wilson wrote their two-woman sketch show, Rode Hard and Put Away Wet, that went on to run for 3 years at UCB.
Host
How Did This Get Made?
with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, June Diane Raphael
Have you ever seen a movie so bad that it’s amazing? Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas want to hear about it! We’ll watch it with our funniest friends, and report back to you with the results.
Guest Appearances
April 13, 2023
June Diane Raphael is back in Bitch Sesh’s warm bosom and damn it feels good . We discuss the meeting of the minds of Sandoval and Howie Mandel , how Joe Gorga can’t let his wife shine and how happy we are for the underdog Scheana Shay. Plus June lets us know where she is in her Vicki Gunvalson journey and we try to get all up in Tom Schwartz’s pickle.
October 4, 2022
The third installment of “Sister Wives Sesh” is (finally!) here. As always, Sister Casey is joined in prayer by wife June Diane Raphael and wife Elizabeth Laime and the topic is of course, Season 17. The gals must grapple with the fact that it seems the first SIXTEEN seasons of Sister Wives were…previews? As Elizabeth said, “The first 16 seasons walked so season 17 could run.” There is so much to process. Christine is fleeing, Meri is a ghost haunting the family, Janelle remains our steady rock and Kody is being driven MAD by Covid 19 while working out of his red convertible.
WARNING: If you or a loved one is suffering from continuing to be on Robin’s side, proceed with caution. Enjoy.
September 20, 2022
You know them from The Deep Dive podcast, but Ashley is excited to bring both June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair into TV Club this week to reflect on their Big Mother Energy. When these two show up, you know you’re getting Good Television so get ready for some great stories. We’ll also talk about what we’re all watching at the moment. Jessica’s escapism, June’s Good Fight and a whole lot of great kids TV that’s also awesome for adults. Plus all the greats, and you know we get into some of the stats of the Golden Girls Sex Lives. Catch The Deep Dive each Wednesday on Earwolf.
What We’re Watching:
The Good Fight
Gilded Age
Alone
Rutherford Falls
The Thing About Pam
Dr Death
Bridgerton
Grey’s Anatomy
Punky Brewster
Bob’s Burgers
Babysitters Club
Holy Moly
Domino Masters
Gilmore Girls
Sex & The City
Golden Girls
Starstruck
Trying
Call My Agent
Downtown Abbey the Movie
The Most Hated Man on the Internet
Homework:
Ramy
Abbott Elementary
Little Demon
Ghosts
Queen Sugar
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June 21, 2022
Feast your ears on the first ever Bitch Sesh/Deep Dive crossover ep! Queens Danielle Schneider and Jessica St. Clair are away and the mice they will play! Casey and June Diane Raphael “dive deep” into The Deep End (The Teal Swan doc on Hulu) and do anything but “bitch” during their “sesh” about The Kardashians. See how fun this is already?? ENJOY!
March 17, 2022
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Here is: Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata! Enter the pantheon of best friendship. When you’re forced to change your number, are sick of being single, or want to take a pole-dancing class, you’re going to need a best friend… and if you don’t, you can still have this podcast.
For the third week of Women’s History Month, Nicole and Sasheer have chosen to share a special episode featuring the hilarious Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael!
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March 11, 2022