Female Emmy Winners/Nominees for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
by andrewjocunning | created - 2 weeks ago | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicIn order of nomination by year.
1. Madelyn Davis
Writer | I Love Lucy
Madelyn Davis was born on March 15, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for I Love Lucy (1951), The Tom Ewell Show (1960) and Yours, Mine & Ours (2005). She was married to Dr. Richard Merrill Davis and Quinn Martin. She died on April 20, 2011 in Bel-Air, ...
Nominee for I Love Lucy (1955, 1956) Nominee for Here's Lucy (1971)
2. Selma Diamond
Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Most familiar to TV audiences as the diminutive but feisty court bailiff on Night Court (1984), Selma Diamond's entrance into acting was not through the usual venue of vaudeville, stage work or modeling - she was a writer for TV shows, once having been nominated for an Emmy for Caesar's Hour (1954)...
Nominee for Caesar's Hour (1956)
3. Dorothy Cooper
Writer | Father Knows Best
Dorothy Cooper was born on September 30, 1911 in Vermillion, South Dakota, USA. She was a writer, known for Father Knows Best (1954), On an Island with You (1948) and Rich, Young and Pretty (1951). She died on November 26, 2004 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
Nominee for Father Knows Best (1960)
4. Ruth Brooks Flippen
Script_department | That Girl
Ruth Brooks Flippen was born on September 14, 1921 in New York, USA. Ruth Brooks was a writer, known for That Girl (1966), The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972) and Love Is Better Than Ever (1952). Ruth Brooks was married to Jay C. Flippen. Ruth Brooks died on July 9, 1981 in Marina del Rey, ...
Nominee for That Girl (1968)
5. Gail Parent
Writer | Tracey Takes On...
Gail Parent was born in 1940 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Tracey Takes On... (1996), The Golden Girls (1985) and The Carol Burnett Show (1967).
Nominee for The Carol Burnett Show (1969)
6. Judith Viorst
Writer | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst was born on February 2, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer, known for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. She has been married to ...
Winner for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
7. Treva Silverman
Writer | Mary Tyler Moore
Treva Silverman was born on May 20, 1936 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Captain Nice (1967) and He & She (1967).
Winner for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974)
8. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Writer | Designing Women
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason was born on April 15, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Designing Women (1986), Bridegroom (2013) and Evening Shade (1990). She has been married to Harry Thomason since July 23, 1983.
Nominee for M*A*S*H (1974) Nominee for Designing Women (1988)
9. Mary Kay Place
Actress | Being John Malkovich
Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series....
Nominee for M*A*S*H (1974)
10. Anne Beatts
Writer | Saturday Night Live
Anne Beatts was born on February 25, 1947 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Square Pegs (1982) and Funny Boys. She died on April 7, 2021 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
Nominee for Saturday Night Live (1979)
11. Rosie Shuster
Writer | Saturday Night Live
Rosie Shuster was born on June 19, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is a writer and actress, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). She was previously married to Lorne Michaels.
Nominee for Saturday Night Live (1979) Nominee for The Larry Sanders Show (1993)
12. Holly Holmberg Brooks
Actress | Terms of Endearment
Holly Holmberg Brooks' early credits include Emmy-nominated script writing for "Taxi" and "The Tracey Ullman Show." She has received credit for several Academy Award winning and nominated feature films including, "Terms of Endearment," "Broadcast News," "Jerry Maguire" and "As Good As It Gets." ...
Nominee for Taxi (1982)
13. 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.
Nominee for The Golden Girls (1986)
14. Janet Leahy
Producer | Mad Men
Janet Leahy, executive producer and showrunner, is a name often associated with prestige television. Ms. Leahy spent the past fifteen years writing and producing one hour television dramas, including "Mad Men," "Boston Legal" and "Gilmore Girls," for which she has received six Emmy nominations, two...
Nominee for Cheers (1987)
15. Carol Black
Writer | The Wonder Years
Carol Black is known for The Wonder Years (1988), Ellen (1994) and Schooling the World (2010).
Nominee for The Wonder Years (1988)
16. Diane English
Writer | Murphy Brown
Diane English was born on May 18, 1948 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Murphy Brown (1988), The Women (2008) and Double Rush (1995). She was previously married to Joel Shukovsky.
Winner for Murphy Brown (1989) Nominee for Murphy Brown (1990, 1991, 1992)
17. Elaine Pope
Writer | Seinfeld
Elaine Pope was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is known for Seinfeld (1989), Alfie (2004) and Not Necessarily the News (1982).
Winner for Seinfeld (1992)
18. Marta Kauffman
Writer | Friends
Marta Kauffman was born on September 21, 1956 in Broomall, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Friends (1994), Dream On (1990) and Grace and Frankie (2015). She was previously married to Michael Skloff.
Nominee for Dream On (1993)
19. Maya Forbes
Producer | The Larry Sanders Show
Maya Forbes was born on July 23, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) and Monsters vs. Aliens (2009). She has been married to Wallace Wolodarsky since 2004. They have two children.
Nominee for The Larry Sanders Show (1994, 1996)
20. Anne Flett-Giordano
Producer | Frasier
Anne Flett-Giordano is known for Frasier (1993), Kate & Allie (1984) and Mom (2013).
Winner for Frasier (1995, 1996)
21. Linda Morris
Writer | Multiple Sarcasms
Linda Morris is known for Multiple Sarcasms (2010), Amazing Racer (2009) and Intimate Portrait (1990).
Winner for Frasier (1996)
22. Ellen DeGeneres
Producer | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She is the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, Jr., an insurance agent. Her brother is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres...
Winner for Ellen (1997)
23. Dava Savel
Producer | Ellen
Dava Savel is known for Ellen (1994), That's So Raven (2003) and The Tony Danza Show (1997).
Winner for Ellen (1997)
24. Tracy Newman
Writer | Ellen
Tracy Newman is a founding member of The Groundlings Improv Theatre, which is one of the main farm companies for SNL. In 1990, she and her then writing partner, Jonathan Stark, began a long TV writing/producing career. Their first staff job was on Cheers. After that, they worked on Bob, The Nanny, ...
Winner for Ellen (1997)
25. Jill Franklyn
Writer | Gravity
Jill Franklyn is known for Gravity (2010), Seinfeld (1989) and My First Mister (2001).
Nominee for Seinfeld (1997)
26. Alexa Junge
Producer | Friends
Alexa Junge is known for Friends (1994), The West Wing (1999) and Grace and Frankie (2015).
Nominee for Friends (1999)
27. 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 ...
Nominee for Sex and the City (2000, 2003)
28. Jennifer Crittenden
Producer | Everybody Loves Raymond
Jennifer Crittenden was born on August 29, 1969 in Laguna Beach, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Veep (2012) and The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006). She is married to Bill Wrubel. They have two children.
Nominee for Everybody Loves Raymond (2002)
29. Julie Rottenberg
Producer | Sex and the City
Julie Rottenberg is known for Sex and the City (1998), And Just Like That... (2021) and Odd Mom Out (2015).
Nominee for Sex and the City (2002, 2004)
30. Elisa Zuritsky
Producer | Sex and the City
Elisa Zuritsky was born in 1970 in the USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Sex and the City (1998), And Just Like That... (2021) and Odd Mom Out (2015). She has been married to Jordan Barowitz since October 21, 2006.
Nominee for Sex and the City (2002, 2004)
31. Barbie Adler
Producer | Arrested Development
Barbie Adler is known for Arrested Development (2003), My Name Is Earl (2005) and Man Up! (2011). She is married to Justin Adler. They have three children.
Nominee for Arrested Development (2005)
32. Leslie Caveny
Producer | Everybody Loves Raymond
Leslie Caveny is known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Penelope (2006) and Beautiful (2012).
Nominee for Everybody Loves Raymond (2005)
33. 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,...
Nominee for 30 Rock (2007, 2010) Winner for 30 Rock (2008, 2013)
34. 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 ...
Nominee for 30 Rock (2010)
35. 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 ...
Nominee for The Office (2010)
36. 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 ...
Nominee for Girls (2012)
37. Amy Poehler
Actress | Inside Out
Amy Meredith Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to high school teachers Eileen Frances (Milmore) and William Grinstead Poehler. Her brother is comedian Greg Poehler. She is of Irish (from her mother) and English, Irish, German, and Portuguese (from her father) descent. Amy was first ...
Nominee for Parks and Recreation (2012) Nominee for Russian Doll (2019)
38. Tracey Wigfield
Producer | 30 Rock
Tracey Wigfield was born on June 19, 1983 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for 30 Rock (2006), Great News (2017) and The Mindy Project (2012). She has been married to Adam Countee since May 21, 2016.
Winner for 30 Rock (2013)
39. Pamela Adlon
Actress | Better Things
Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.
Nominee for Louie (2013)
40. Liz Friedman
Producer | House M.D.
Liz Friedman is known for House M.D. (2004), Jessica Jones (2015) and The Good Doctor (2017).
Nominee for Orange Is the New Black (2014)
41. 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.
Nominee for Orange Is the New Black (2014)
42. 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 ...
Nominee for Catastrophe (2016)
43. 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.
Winner for Master of None (2017)
44. 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 ...
Winner for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018)
45. Stefani Robinson
Producer | Atlanta
Stefani Robinson is known for Atlanta (2016), What We Do in the Shadows (2019) and Fargo (2014).
Nominee for Atlanta (2018) Nominee for What We Do in the Shadows (2020, 2022)
46. Elizabeth Sarnoff
Producer | Lost
Elizabeth Sarnoff is known for Lost (2004), Barry (2018) and Deadwood (2004).
Nominee for Barry (2018)
47. Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress | Solo: A Star Wars Story
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge is an English actress, producer, and writer. She created, wrote, and starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Crashing (2016) and the BBC comedy-drama series Fleabag (2016-2019). She was also the show-runner and executive producer for the first series of the BBC America thriller ...
Winner for Fleabag (2019)
48. Maya Erskine
Actress | PEN15
Maya Erskine was born on May 7, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for PEN15 (2019), Wine Country (2019) and Blue Eye Samurai (2023).
Nominee for PEN15 (2019, 2021)
49. Anna Konkle
Actress | PEN15
Anna Konkle was born on April 7, 1987 in Vermont, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for PEN15 (2019), Rosewood (2015) and Plus One (2019).
Nominee for PEN15 (2019)
50. Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Writer | The Bear
Stacy Osei-Kuffour is known for The Bear (2022), Watchmen (2019) and The Morning Show (2019).
Nominee for PEN15 (2019)
51. Leslye Headland
Producer | Bachelorette
Leslye Headland was born on November 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Bachelorette (2012), Sleeping with Other People (2015) and Russian Doll (2019). She has been married to Rebecca Henderson since September 18, 2016. They have one child.
Nominee for Russian Doll (2019 2x)
52. Natasha Lyonne
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.
Lyonne co-created Netflix series Russian Doll (2019), which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a ...
Nominee for Russian Doll (2019)
53. Allison Silverman
Writer | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Allison Silverman was born on February 17, 1972 in Gainesville, Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Russian Doll (2019) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). She has been married to Adrian Jones since February 21, 2009.
Nominee for Russian Doll (2019)
54. Lucia Aniello
Producer | Hacks
Lucia Aniello was born on January 10, 1983 in Italy. She is a producer and writer, known for Hacks (2021), Rough Night (2017) and Broad City (2014). She is married to Paul W. Downs. They have one child.
Winner for Hacks (2021) Nominee for Hacks (2022)
55. Jen Statsky
Writer | Hacks
Jen Statsky was born on November 19, 1985 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Hacks (2021), The Good Place (2016) and Broad City (2014).
Winner for Hacks (2021) Nominee for Hacks (2022)
56. Meredith Scardino
Writer | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Meredith Scardino is known for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Girls5eva (2021) and The Colbert Report (2005).
Nominee for Girls5eva (2021)
57. Quinta Brunson
Actress | Abbott Elementary
Quinta Brunson is a writer, actress and Stand-Up Comedian living in LA. Born and raised in Philadelphia PA, Quinta started studying comedy in Chicago at the Second City. She moved to LA in 2013. Her 2014 viral series "The Girl Who's Never Been on a Nice Date" launched her into viral fame, ...
Winner for Abbott Elementary (2022)
58. Jane Becker
Writer | Ted Lasso
Jane Becker is known for Ted Lasso (2020), Future Man (2017) and Harley Quinn (2019).
Nominee for Ted Lasso (2022)
59. Sarah Naftalis
Writer | What We Do in the Shadows
Sarah Naftalis is known for What We Do in the Shadows (2019), They Came Together (2014) and Snarky Sidekick (2015).
Nominee for What We Do in the Shadows (2022)
60. Sarah Schneider
Writer | The Other Two
Sarah Schneider is known for The Other Two (2019), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Master of None (2015).
Nominee for The Other Two (2023)
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