Female Film & TV Writers

1. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...

2. Sarah Jane Inwards

Producer | Rush

Sarah Jane Inwards is known for Rush (2011), Summer's Winter (2013) and Experience for Beginners (2012).

3. Chiara Towne

Director | Ashridge

Chiara Towne was born on July 28, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Chiara is a director and writer, known for Ashridge (2015), V.I.N. and Shut Up and Drive (2015).

4. Diablo Cody

Writer | Juno

Diablo Cody is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Minnesota to live with her Internet boyfriend, Jonny who later became her husband. While there, she decided on a whim to take up stripping as a hobby of sorts.

She was working at an ad agency and got a promotion. The job wore her ragged ...

5. Lucinda Coxon

Writer | The Danish Girl

Lucinda Coxon is an award-winning writer for film, television, and stage. Her feature screenplays include The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander, Wild Target, starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, and Rupert Grint; and The Heart of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia ...

6. Karen Croner

Writer | Admission

Karen Croner is known for Admission (2013), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and One True Thing (1998).

7. Juliette Towhidi

Writer | Calendar Girls

Juliette Towhidi is known for Calendar Girls (2003), Testament of Youth (2014) and Love, Rosie (2014).

8. Philippa Boyens

Writer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Philippa Boyens is a New Zealand writer and producer who has co-written several of Peter Jackson's films. She co-wrote the Academy Award winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit trilogy which is a prequel to the Lord of the Rings films, The Lovely Bones, Mortal Engines, and the 2005 remake of ...

9. Fran Walsh

Writer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Fran Walsh is a New Zealand writer and wife of New Zealand film director Peter Jackson. She co-wrote The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which is seen by many as Jackson's magnum opus and one of the most significant film series ever made. She also wrote The Hobbit trilogy, a prequel to Jackson's ...

10. Shauna Cross

Writer | If I Stay

Shauna Cross is known for If I Stay (2014), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Whip It (2009).

11. Leslie Dixon

Producer | Limitless

Leslie Dixon is known for Limitless (2011), Freaky Friday (2003) and Overboard (1987).

12. Gillian Flynn

Writer | Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn was born on February 24, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Gone Girl (2014), Widows (2018) and Sharp Objects (2018). She has been married to Brett Nolan since 2007. They have two children.

13. Abi Morgan

Writer | Shame

Abi Morgan was born in 1968 in the UK. She is a writer and producer, known for Shame (2011), The Iron Lady (2011) and Suffragette (2015).

14. Jane Goldman

Producer | Kick-Ass

Jane Goldman was born on June 11, 1970 in England, UK. She is a producer and writer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Stardust (2007). She has been married to Jonathan Ross since August 1988. They have three children.

15. Nancy Oliver

Writer | Lars and the Real Girl

Nancy Oliver was born on February 8, 1955 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Lars and the Real Girl (2007), True Blood (2008) and Six Feet Under (2001).

16. Nicole Perlman

Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy

Nicole Perlman received her Film and Dramatic Writing degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. Since then she has gone on to win the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Grant for Science in Film for her screenplay "Challenger," which also placed on the 2006 Black List. The same year she was ...

17. Melissa Rosenberg

Producer | Jessica Jones

Melissa Rosenberg was born on August 28, 1962 in Marin County, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Jessica Jones (2015), Dexter (2006) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). She has been married to Lev L. Spiro since 1995.

18. Amanda Silver

Writer | Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Amanda Silver was born on May 24, 1963 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Jurassic World (2015). She has been married to Rick Jaffa since July 29, 1989. They have two children.

19. Karen McCullah

Writer | The House Bunny

Karen McCullah is known for The House Bunny (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009) and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).

20. Kirsten Smith

Writer | Trinkets

Kirsten Smith was born on August 12, 1970 in Contra Costa County, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Trinkets (2019), The House Bunny (2008) and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).

21. Julia Davis

Producer | Medal of Honor

Julia Davis is a Columnist for The Daily Beast, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a Washington Post contributor. Julia is a Russian Media Analyst and served as a featured Russian expert with the Atlantic Council's Disinformation Portal in Washington, DC, targeting Russian propaganda, ...

22. Vanessa Taylor

Writer | The Shape of Water

Vanessa Taylor is known for The Shape of Water (2017), Game of Thrones (2011) and Divergent (2014).

23. Emma Thompson

Actress | Sense and Sensibility

Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. ...

24. Kathryn Bigelow

Director | Zero Dark Thirty

A very talented painter, Kathryn spent two years at the San Francisco Art Institute. At 20, she won a scholarship to the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. She was given a studio in a former Offtrack Betting building, literally in an old bank vault, where she made art and waited to be ...

25. Nora Ephron

Writer | Julie & Julia

Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was an acclaimed essayist (Crazy Salad 1975), novelist (Heartburn 1983), and had written screenplays for several popular films, all featuring strong female characters, such as anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood (Silkwood (1983), ...

26. Sharon Horgan

Actress | Catastrophe

Sharon Lorencia Horgan is an Irish actress, writer, director, comedian and producer. She is best known for the comedy series Pulling (2006-2009) and Catastrophe (2015-2019), both of which she starred in and co-wrote. She also created the HBO comedy series Divorce (2016-2019).

Horgan won the 2008 ...

27. Shonda Rhimes

Producer | Grey's Anatomy

Shonda Lynn Rhimes is an African-American producer, author and screenwriter. She is known for working on the Britney Spears and Zoe Saldana film Crossroads, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice, the Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and the Halle ...

28. Meg LeFauve

Writer | Inside Out

Nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar for the Pixar blockbuster "Inside Out", LeFauve won an Annie Award for that screenplay. LeFauve began her film career as a producer and President of Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's film company. During that time, LeFauve produced films which were nominated for an ...

29. Olivia Hetreed

Writer | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Olivia Hetreed is known for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Wuthering Heights (2011).

30. Joey Soloway

Producer | Transparent

Joey Soloway was born on September 26, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They are a producer and writer, known for Transparent (2014), Six Feet Under (2001) and United States of Tara (2009). They were previously married to Bruce Gilbert, and for writing and directing the feature Afternoon Delight (...

31. Lena Waithe

Producer | Master of None

Lena Waithe was born on May 17, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Master of None (2015), Ready Player One (2018) and Queen & Slim (2019). She has been married to Alana Mayo since November 2019.

32. Jessica Bendinger

Writer | Bring It On

Jessica Bendinger was born on November 10, 1966 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Bring It On (2000), Stick It (2006) and Aquamarine (2006).

33. Sophie Coppola

Make_up_department | The Informer

Sophie Coppola is known for The Informer (2019), Eternals (2021) and Point Break (2015).

34. Guinevere Turner

Actress | American Psycho

Guinevere Turner was born on May 23, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Psycho (2000), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) and Go Fish (1994).

35. Melissa McCarthy

Actress | The Heat

Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy, and was raised on her family's corn and soybean farm. She began her performing career as a stand-up comedian in New York where she appeared at the famous clubs, Stand Up New York and The Improv. She worked on her ...

36. Ann Bell

Actress | Tenko

Ann Bell was born on April 29, 1938 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tenko (1981), The Lost Boys (1978) and The Forsyte Saga (2002). She was previously married to Robert Lang.

37. Melissa Mathison

Writer | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Melissa Mathison was born on June 3, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for E.T. (1982), The BFG (2016) and Kundun (1997). She was married to Harrison Ford. She died on November 4, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Andrea Berloff

Writer | Straight Outta Compton

Andrea Berloff was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), World Trade Center (2006) and Blood Father (2016). She has been married to Drew Filus since 2004. They have two children.

39. Francis Marion Crawford

Writer | Son of India

Francis Marion Crawford was born on August 2, 1854 in Bagni di Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]. Francis Marion was a writer, known for Son of India (1931), The White Sister (1923) and The White Sister (1933). Francis Marion was married to Elizabeth Christophers Berdan. Francis ...

40. Phyllis Nagy

Director | Call Jane

Phyllis Nagy was born on November 7, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Call Jane (2022), Carol (2015) and Mrs. Harris (2005).

41. Debra Granik

Director | Leave No Trace

Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American New York City-based independent film and documentary film director and screenwriter. She is most known for 2004's Down to the Bone, which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's Winter's Bone, which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and ...

42. Elizabeth Meriwether

Producer | New Girl

Elizabeth Meriwether was born on October 11, 1981. She is a producer and writer, known for New Girl (2011), No Strings Attached (2011) and The Dropout (2022). She has been married to Alex Cuthbertson since June 11, 2016. They have two children.

43. Cindy Chupack

Writer | Otherhood

Cindy Chupack is best known as a Writer/Executive Producer of Sex and the City, where several episodes she penned (Evolution, Attack of the 5'10" Woman, Just Say Yes, Plus One is the Loneliest Number, I Love a Charade, and Splat!) were individually nominated for Writer's Guild and Emmy awards. In ...

44. Callie Khouri

Producer | Thelma & Louise

Raised in Texas and Kentucky by her doctor father and mother. Went to Purdue University to study landscape architecture but switched to drama. Moved to Nashville after college to be with her family before heading to Los Angeles in 1982 to study at the Strasburg Institute. Worked for a commercials ...

45. Claire Denis

Director | High Life

The films of Claire Denis frequently explore the fragile connections between people and the ways in which the most seemingly inconsequential relationship can have life-changing effects. At the heart of Denis' cinema is a fascination with the delights and difficulties of belonging and otherness, the...

46. Darnell Martin

Director | I Like It Like That

Darnell Martin was born on January 7, 1964 in Bronx, New York, USA. She is a director and writer, known for I Like It Like That (1994), Cadillac Records (2008) and Do the Right Thing (1989). She is married to Giuseppe Ducrot.

47. Kay Cannon

Producer | 30 Rock

Kay Cannon is a screenwriter, actress and producer, best known for Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). She is also known for her work on NBC's 30 Rock (2006) and the Netflix Original Series Girlboss (2017).

Cannon has won three Writers Guild of America Awards ...

48. Laura Dern

Actress | Jurassic Park

Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...

49. Nancy Meyers

Writer | It's Complicated

Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...

50. Paige Dylan

Writer | I Smile Back

Paige Dylan is known for I Smile Back (2015), Vegas Girl and Sugar Town (1999). She has been married to Jakob Dylan since 1992. They have four children.

51. Linda Woolverton

Writer | Maleficent

Linda Woolverton was born in Long Beach, California, graduating from high school in 1969 and having been an honors student in her schools theater program. She enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, graduating with a BFA in Theater Arts in 1973. She worked full-time for a year in the ...

52. Mary Harron

Director | American Psycho

Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), American Psycho (2000), and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). She co-wrote American Psycho and ...

53. Lorene Scafaria

Producer | Hustlers

Lorene Scafaria was born on May 1, 1978 in Holmdel, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Hustlers (2019), Coherence (2013) and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012).

54. Susanne Bier

Director | Hævnen

Though Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award winning writer and director Susanne Bier's work often plays out against a wide-reaching global backdrop, its focus is intimate, carefully exploring the explosive emotions and complexities of familial bonds. This unique combination is part of ...

55. Julie Dash

Director | Reasonable Doubt

Thirty-one years ago, filmmaker Julie Dash broke racial and gender boundaries with her Sundance award-winning film (Best Cinematography) Daughters of the Dust. She became the first African American woman to have a wide theatrical release of her feature film. The Library of Congress placed Daughters...

56. Andrea Arnold

Director | American Honey

Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).

57. Anna Biller

Director | Viva

Anna Biller is a writer and director who creates unique, female-focused, highly visual films. She has a BA from UCLA in art and an MFA from CalArts in art and film. Her first feature Viva played in film festivals all over the world and gained minor cult status, and her second feature The Love Witch...

58. Ava DuVernay

Writer | Queen Sugar

A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which ...

59. Tina Fey

Actress | Date Night

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,...

60. Amy Sherman-Palladino

Producer | Gilmore Girls

An only child, Amy Sherman-Palladino is daughter to comedian Don Sherman & dancer Maybin Hewes.

Originally a dancer herself, Palladino had initially received a callback to the musical Cats, while also having a possible writing position on the staff of Roseanne in rotation. When she and writing ...

61. Michelle Ashford

Writer | Masters of Sex

Michelle Ashford is known for Masters of Sex (2013), The Pacific (2010) and Operation Mincemeat (2021). She is married to Greg Walker. They have two children.

62. Julie Plec

Producer | The Vampire Diaries

Julie Plec was born on May 26, 1972 in Park Forest, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Vampire Diaries (2009), Legacies (2018) and Cursed (2005).

63. Elizabeth Sarnoff

Producer | Lost

Elizabeth Sarnoff is known for Lost (2004), Barry (2018) and Deadwood (2004).

64. Mindy Kaling

Actress | The Office

Vera Mindy Chokalingam is an Indian-American actress, comedienne, producer, writer and director from Cambridge, Massachusetts known for playing Kelly Kapoor in The Office, Disgust in Inside Out, and creating The Mindy Project. She also appeared in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old ...

65. Ann Biderman

Writer | NYPD Blue

Ann Biderman was born on August 15, 1951. She is a writer and producer, known for NYPD Blue (1993), Copycat (1995) and Primal Fear (1996).

66. Emily Kapnek

Writer | As Told by Ginger

Emily Kapnek was born on March 27, 1972 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for As Told by Ginger (2000), Suburgatory (2011) and Selfie (2014). She has been married to Dan Lagana since December 6, 2008. They have two children.

67. Jenji Kohan

Producer | Orange Is the New Black

Jenji Kohan was born on July 5, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Orange Is the New Black (2013), Weeds (2005) and Tracey Takes On... (1996). She was previously married to Christopher Noxon.

68. Susan Harris

Writer | Soap

Susan Harris was born on October 28, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Soap (1977), The Golden Girls (1985) and It Takes Two (1982). She was previously married to Paul Junger Witt and Berkeley Harris.

69. Irma Kalish

Producer | Good Times

Irma Kalish was born on October 6, 1924 in New York, New York, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for Good Times (1974), Too Close for Comfort (1980) and Good Heavens (1976). She was married to Austin Kalish. She died on September 3, 2021 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

70. Lena Dunham

Writer | Tiny Furniture

New Yorker Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature films. In 2009, Dunham ...

71. Nahnatchka Khan

Director | Always Be My Maybe

Nahnatchka Khan was born on June 17, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Always Be My Maybe (2019), Totally Killer (2023) and Fresh Off the Boat (2015). She has been married to Julia Bicknell since November 2019.

72. Gwyneth Hughes

Writer | Five Days

Gwyneth Hughes is known for Five Days (2007), Doing Money (2018) and Remember Me (2014).

73. Dee Rees

Director | Mudbound

Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow.

In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017). The film, ...

74. Kathleen Collins

Writer | The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy

Kathleen Collins only managed to direct two films (she also wrote short stories and plays) but left an impact on the cinema as the second African American woman to direct a film, and as a teacher through her students. She had a strict upbringing in Jersey City as the daughter of an undertaker (who ...

75. Jenny Lumet

Writer | Rachel Getting Married

Jenny Lumet was born on February 2, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Rachel Getting Married (2008), The Mummy (2017) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022). She has been married to Alexander Weinstein since May 2, 2007. They have one child. She was ...

76. Ligiah Villalobos

Writer | Firelight

Ligiah Villalobos is known for Firelight (2012), Under the Same Moon (2007) and Coco (2017).

77. Erica Anderson

Actress | Clarice

Erica Anderson is an Ottawa born Canadian actress, predominantly based in Toronto.

Erica was classically trained as a singer before transitioning to acting. She graduated from The National Theatre School of Canada's prestigious acting program where she was awarded the Tullio Cedraschi award for 'The...

78. Issa Rae

Producer | Insecure

Jo-Issa Rae Diop credited professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web...

79. Bahareh Azimi

Writer | 99 Homes

Bahareh Azimi is known for 99 Homes (2014), The White Tiger (2021) and Fahrenheit 451 (2018).

80. June Mathis

Writer | Greed

June Mathis was born June Beulah Hughes in 1887 in Leadville, Colorado. Her father died at a young age and her mother married William Mathis. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, which she would proudly consider her hometown for the rest of her life.

At the age of 13 she pursued a career in ...

81. Joan Harrison

Writer | Rebecca

In 1933, she was hired to be a secretary by Alfred Hitchcock. She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In...

82. Ruth Gordon

Actress | Rosemary's Baby

When Ruth Gordon convinced her father, a sea captain, to let her pursue acting she came to New York and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She acted in a few silents made at Fort Lee, New Jersey, in 1915. She made her Broadway debut in "Peter Pan" as Nibs the same year. The next 20 ...

83. Betty Comden

Soundtrack | On the Town

Songwriter ("New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time"), author and actress. educated at New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree. While a student, she acted with the Washington Square Players. She was a member of the Revuers, a night club act which also ...

84. Elaine May

Actress | Small Time Crooks

Elaine May (born under the name Elaine Iva Berlin) is an American actress, comedian, film director, playwright, and screenwriter from Philadelphia. Her professional career started in the 1950s and is still ongoing. She has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She ...

85. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Writer | Howards End

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born on May 7, 1927 in Cologne, Germany. She was a writer, known for Howards End (1992), A Room with a View (1985) and The Remains of the Day (1993). She was married to Cyrus Jhabvala. She died on April 3, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

86. Diana Ossana

Writer | Brokeback Mountain

Diana Ossana was born on August 24, 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Streets of Laredo (1995) and Dead Man's Walk (1996).

87. Pamela Wallace

Writer | Witness

Pamela Wallace is known for Witness (1985), The Place God Forgot and Love's Unending Legacy (2007). She was previously married to Earl W. Wallace.

88. Claudine West

Writer | Mrs. Miniver

Claudine West was born on January 16, 1890 in Nottingham, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and Random Harvest (1942). She died on April 11, 1943 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

89. Nancy Dowd

Writer | Slap Shot

Nancy Dowd was born in 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Slap Shot (1977), Coming Home (1978) and Love (1982).

90. Courtney Hunt

Director | Frozen River

Courtney Hunt was born in 1964 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Frozen River (2008), The Whole Truth (2016) and Utopia (2020).

91. Meg Kasdan

Producer | Grand Canyon

Meg Kasdan is known for Grand Canyon (1991), Body Heat (1981) and Silverado (1985). She has been married to Lawrence Kasdan since November 28, 1971. They have two children.

92. Beth Henley

Writer | Crimes of the Heart

Beth Henley was born on May 8, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Crimes of the Heart (1986), True Stories (1986) and Swing Shift (1984).

93. Josephine Lovett

Writer | Our Dancing Daughters

Josephine Lovett was born on October 21, 1877 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Our Dancing Daughters (1928), Annie Laurie (1927) and The Fighting Blade (1923). She was married to John S. Robertson. She died on September 17, 1958 in Rancho Santa Fe, ...

94. Gladys Hill

Writer | The Man Who Would Be King

Gladys Hill was born in 1916. She was a writer and actress, known for The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Stranger (1946) and Victory (1981). She died on April 8, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.

95. Elaine May

Actress | Small Time Crooks

Elaine May (born under the name Elaine Iva Berlin) is an American actress, comedian, film director, playwright, and screenwriter from Philadelphia. Her professional career started in the 1950s and is still ongoing. She has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She ...

96. Suzanne De Passe

Producer | Lonesome Dove

Suzanne De Passe was born on July 19, 1946 in the USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Lonesome Dove (1989), Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983) and Lady Sings the Blues (1972).

97. Lillian Hellman

Writer | The Little Foxes

During the 1930s, it was fashionable to be a part of the radical political movement in Hollywood. Lillian Hellman devoted herself to the cause along with other writers and actors in their zeal to reform. Her independence set her apart from all but a few women of the day, and gave her writing an ...

98. Allison Schroeder

Writer | Hidden Figures

Allison Schroeder is known for Hidden Figures (2016), Christopher Robin (2018) and Heart of Stone (2023). She has been married to Aaron Brownstein since January 17, 2016.

99. Fannie Flagg

Writer | Fried Green Tomatoes

Fannie Flagg was born on September 21, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Grease (1978) and Five Easy Pieces (1970).

100. Emily V. Gordon

Producer | The Big Sick

Emily V Gordon started out as a masters-level couples and family therapist, practicing for about six years before changing careers. She moved on to booking stand up comedy for live audiences and TV, which led to a career as a writer and producer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Kumail ...