Alexandra Cunningham

{{Short description|American dramatist}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexandra Cunningham | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|29|2002|Jan|18}}<ref name="NY Times 2002"/> | birth_place = | education = | occupation = playwright, screenwriter, television producer | years_active = }} '''Alexandra Cunningham''' (born 1972/73)<ref name="NY Times 2002"/> is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.

From 1998 through 2000, she attended the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School.<ref name="NY Times 2002">{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/18/movies/on-stage-and-off.html?pagewanted=all | title = On Stage And Off | work = The New York Times | first = Jesse | last = McKinley | date = January 18, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | title = Alumni News | date = September 2007 | publisher = The Juilliard School | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111111121334/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | archivedate = 2011-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/theater/act-i-write-very-well-juilliard-s-collegial-playwright-program.html?pagewanted=all | title = Act I: Write Very Well; Juilliard's Collegial Playwright Program | work = The New York Times | first = Mel | last = Gussow | date = February 25, 1999}}</ref>

Her plays include ''The Theory of Three''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/nyregion/the-guide-062073.html?pagewanted=all | title = The Guide | work = The New York Times | first = Eleanor | last = Charles | date = May 19, 2002}}</ref> and ''No. 11 (Blue and White)''.<ref name="NY Times 2002"/>

Cunningham is most known as a writer and producer for ABC Studios' dramedy ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004–2010), having written more episodes of the show than any other writer besides showrunner Marc Cherry. Prior to ''Desperate Housewives'', Cunningham produced and wrote for the action series ''Fastlane'' (2002–2003), and wrote episodes of ''NYPD Blue'' (2001), ''Pasadena'' (2002), and ''Rome'' (2005). She was a developer, executive producer, and writer for the U.S. version of ''Prime Suspect''. She was also a writer for several episodes of ''Chance'' (2016–2017), starring Hugh Laurie as neuropsychiatrist Dr. Chance, which aired on Hulu for two seasons. Most recently, she created and executive produces the Bravo series ''Dirty John'', based on the podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard. Starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana, it premiered on November 25, 2018. The second season focused on Betty Broderick and starred Amanda Peet and Christian Slater. <ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Dirty John' Anthology Based on L.A. Times Articles Set at Bravo With 2-Season Order (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dirty-john-anthology-based-la-times-articles-set-at-bravo-2-season-order-1079553|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=January 13, 2019|date=January 28, 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1017827|name=Alexandra Cunningham}}

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