American women television writers

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

American comedian, television host, actress, and writer (born 1958)

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress and writer. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, American Comedy and TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the greatest television characters of all time and is considered to be Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career.

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American television writer and novelist

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American broadcast journalist (1929–2022)

American film directors, screenwriters, and producers

Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina ( ), is an American actress and rapper. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger (2014), and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), ''Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell'' (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award.

American comedian, actress, and writer

Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy. In 2025, she created the Netflix series Too Much starring Megan Stalter.

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American actress and comedian (born 1952)

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

American actress, writer, and comedian

American actress and comedian

American comedian and actress (born 1981)

American professional wrestler and executive

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American writer (1940-2017)

British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director

American actress (born 1971)

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American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist

American film director

American comedian and actress (born 1982)

American screenwriter and author (born 1978)

American actress, writer and producer

American actress and writer

Canadian comedic actress and author (born 1969)

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American animator, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist

American musician and actress

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American actress, singer, and producer

American comedian and actress (born 1967)

American actress, author, and comedian (born 1956)

American TV producer

American actress and comedian

Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Showtime drama series The Chi (2018–present) and the BET comedy series Boomerang (2019–20) and Twenties (2020–21). She also wrote and produced the crime film Queen & Slim (2019) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them (2021–present).

American actress and comedian

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actress, entertainer, singer, writer, and producer (born 1931)

American actress and comedian

American actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)

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American voice actress

American screenwriter (1939–2019)

American writer and actress (born 1940)

American comedian and actress

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American actress and writer

American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist

American actress (born 1965)

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