{{short description|American television producer and writer}} '''Liz Friedman''' is an American [[television producer]] and [[Screenwriting|television writer]] known especially for her work on ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', ''[[Young Hercules]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', and ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]''. In 2014, she was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]] for co-writing the pilot episode of [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.

==Career== She wrote and produced episodes of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', early in her writing career.<ref>[http://www.mirrorblue.com/annex/curve797/index.shtml "Liz Friedman: Warrior Producer"], ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve Magazine]]'', July 1997, pg. 24-26</ref><ref name="advocate">{{cite web |url= http://www.nutball.com/dissertation/newwindows/Friedman.html|title= Advocate Interview With Liz Friedman|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= August 20, 1996|website= Nutball.com|publisher= [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|access-date= June 25, 2015|quote=}}</ref> Friedman was co-creator, writer, and executive producer of ''[[Young Hercules]]''.<ref>Rudnick, Bret, [http://whoosh.org/issue29/ihsiung1.html "AN INTERVIEW WITH YOUNG HERCULES PRODUCER, CYNTHIA HSIUNG"], ''Whoosh'' magazine, 1999</ref> Soon after, she along with fellow ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' writers, [[Lawrence Kaplow]], [[Leonard Dick]], and Thomas L. Moran wrote episodes for ''[[Hack (TV series)|Hack]]''. She wrote for ''[[The O.C]].'' and ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numbers]]'' before joining the writing staff of ''House'' in Season 2.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/liz-friedman/person/35829/summary.html "Profile: Liz Friedman"], ''[[tv.com]]''</ref>

Friedman graduated from the [[Winsor School]] in Boston, followed by [[Wesleyan University]] with a degree in sociology. Her thesis was entitled "A Feminist and Class-based Analysis of Slasher Films".<ref>Alber, Rebecca, [http://backup.curvemag.com/Detailed/146.html "Liz Friedman: Warrior Producer"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213535/http://backup.curvemag.com/Detailed/146.html |date=2011-07-08 }}, ''Curve Magazine'', v.7, n.3, 1997</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711090831/http://www.getmovielink.com/person/personal/0295286/Liz_Friedman.html "Profile: Liz Friedman"]}}, ''The Films'' (archived 2010)</ref>

She also co-wrote the pilot episode of [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' with the creator of the show, [[Jenji Kohan]]. The two were nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]] for the episode in [[66th Primetime Emmy Awards|2014]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014?page=3|title= 66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= Emmys.com|publisher= |access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> Friedman also worked on the Netflix series ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'', which has been critically acclaimed after its first season 13 episodes, released in 2015.

She worked as an executive producer for ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]''.

==Version by Hudson Leick== Liz Friedman was portrayed by the actress [[Hudson Leick]] (most famous for playing [[Callisto (Xena)|Callisto]]) on two [[List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episodes|episodes]] of the TV series ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' &ndash; "[[Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules]]" and "[[For Those of You Just Joining Us]]". Leick portrayed an over-the-top, chain-smoking version of Liz Friedman who was the cynical voice of reason amongst the producers.

==Personal life== She is married to Yvette Abatte.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nutball.com/dissertation/newwindows/Friedman.html|title=Advocate Interview with Liz Friedman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/mobile/?i=211039&p=53&search_str=&noframe=&r=#_m0|title = Written by Summer 2014 Page 51}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|name=Liz Friedman|id=0295286}}

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