She had her breakthrough after she was discovered by Will Ferrell, who gave her the opportunity to direct the Lifetime television film A Deadly Adoption, in which he starred.
[4] After graduating from college, Goldenberg moved to Los Angeles where she worked at the B movie production company The Asylum.
Then she began directing and producing for Funny or Die, a website launched by actor Will Ferrell and screenwriter Adam McKay.
As part of her stint at Funny or Die, she served as the White House liaison during the Barack Obama administration.
In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program for producing the Obama episode of the series Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.