{{short description|American writer and producer}} [[File:Kate Purdy by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Purdy at the 2022 WonderCon]] '''Kate Purdy''' is an American writer and producer of television series. She grew up in San Antonio,Texas, United States. She is known for her work as a writer on the Netflix adult animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'', which she also produced. She received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation in 2017 for the BoJack episode "Time's Arrow." Purdy is also the creator and writer of the Amazon Prime Video series ''Undone''.
== Personal life == Purdy grew up in San Antonio, Texas.<ref name="Nelson">{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Kelly Merka |title=Animating the Alamo City: Amazon Studios' Undone Co-Creator and San Antonio Native Kate Purdy Delves into the Show's Roots |url=https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/animating-the-alamo-city-amazon-studios-undone-co-creator-and-san-antonio-native-kate-purdy-delves-into-the-shows-roots/Content?oid=21884848 |accessdate=10 February 2020 |work=San Antonio Current |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210165025/https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/animating-the-alamo-city-amazon-studios-undone-co-creator-and-san-antonio-native-kate-purdy-delves-into-the-shows-roots/Content?oid=21884848 |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Her father was a Spanish teacher and the family lived for several years in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref name="Chavez">{{cite web |last1=Chavez |first1=Danette |title=BoJack Horseman's Kate Purdy on inclusivity and ambiguity in her animated show Undone |url=https://www.avclub.com/bojack-horseman-s-kate-purdy-on-inclusivity-and-ambigui-1838155928 |website=AV Club |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210165850/https://tv.avclub.com/bojack-horseman-s-kate-purdy-on-inclusivity-and-ambigui-1838155928 |archive-date=10 February 2020 |language=en-us |url-status=live |date=17 September 2019}}</ref> In 2012, Purdy became depressed and suffered anxiety whilst working as a writer on the ''Cougar Town'' television series. She became concerned that she might have schizophrenia since her grandmother and two grand-uncles had schizophrenia.<ref name="Baer">{{cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Matt |last2=Chuba |first2=Kirsten |last3=Hardge |first3=Falen |title="I Didn't Know What Was Happening to Me": Hollywood Pros Share Stories of Overcoming Depression and Anxiety |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-pros-share-stories-overcoming-depression-anxiety-1269891/item/profiles-courage-matt-baer-1269885 |accessdate=10 February 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 January 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210164217/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-pros-share-stories-overcoming-depression-anxiety-1269891/item/profiles-courage-matt-baer-1269885 |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> After trying various treatments, Purdy finally found benefits in indigenous and Ayurvedic medicines.<ref name="Nelson" /><ref name="Baer" /> She graduated from Wesleyan University in 2001.
== Career == Purdy began her career in television writing for shows such as ''Cold Case'' and ''Mad TV'' in the mid-2000s.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web |title=Kate Purdy |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171685/ |website=IMDb |accessdate=10 February 2020}}</ref>
Between 2014 and 2018, Purdy wrote five episodes for ''BoJack Horseman'', the acclaimed adult animated comedy series screened on Netflix. Purdy received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation in 2017 for the BoJack episode "Time's Arrow."<ref name="Swertlow">{{cite web |last1=Swertlow |first1=Meg |title=2018 Writers Guild Awards: The Complete List of Winners |url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/913179/2018-writers-guild-awards-the-complete-list-of-winners |website=E! News |accessdate=10 February 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210173719/https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/913179/2018-writers-guild-awards-the-complete-list-of-winners |archivedate=10 February 2020 |date=11 February 2018}}</ref> She was also one of the producers of the show.<ref name="Chow">{{cite magazine |last1=Chow |first1=Andrew R. |title=The Creators of Bojack Horseman on Pushing the Limits of Adult Animation Even Further With Undone |url=https://time.com/5677315/undone-interview-bojack-horseman/ |accessdate=10 February 2020 |magazine=Time |date=13 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210184100/https://time.com/5677315/undone-interview-bojack-horseman/ |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Purdy co-created a new animated television series called ''Undone'' in 2019, with her BoJack Horseman collaborator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The eight half hour episodes were screened on Amazon Prime Video. ''Undone'' was Amazon's first original animated series and was made using the rotoscoping technique.<ref name="Hardawar">{{cite web |last1=Hardawar |first1=Devindra |title=Amazon's 'Undone' takes rotoscope animation to new heights |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/14/amazon-undone-review-rotoscoped-animation/ |website=Engadget |date=14 September 2019 |accessdate=10 February 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210174321/https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/14/amazon-undone-review-rotoscoped-animation/ |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Purdy drew upon her own experiences of mental illness in plotting the themes of the show.<ref name="Rollins">{{cite news |last1=Rollins |first1=Samantha |title=How The Creator Of 'Undone' Turned Her Mental Break Into A Healing TV Series |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/how-undone-creator-kate-purdy-re-contextualized-her-mental-illness-with-gorgeous-animation-18756072 |accessdate=10 February 2020 |work=Bustle |date=17 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210201009/https://www.bustle.com/p/how-undone-creator-kate-purdy-re-contextualized-her-mental-illness-with-gorgeous-animation-18756072 |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
In late 2019, Amazon announced that ''Undone'' had been renewed for a second season and that Purdy had signed an exclusive deal. No details of the latter agreement were released.<ref name="Kanter">{{cite web |last1=Kanter |first1=Jake |title='Undone' Renewed For Season 2 By Amazon As Co-Creator Kate Purdy Inks Overall Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/amazon-renews-undone-overall-deal-kate-purdy-1202791757/ |website=Deadline |accessdate=10 February 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210173003/https://deadline.com/2019/11/amazon-renews-undone-overall-deal-kate-purdy-1202791757/ |archivedate=10 February 2020 |language=en |date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
== Selected productions ==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2019–2022 | ''Undone'' | Co-creator, writer, executive producer |- | 2014–2018 | ''BoJack Horseman'' | Writer, producer |- | 2014–2015 | ''The McCarthys'' | Writer, producer |- | 2014 | ''Enlisted'' | Writer, producer |- | 2010–2012 | ''Cougar Town'' | Writer, story editor |- |}
==Awards and honors== * 2017, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation
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