Liz Brixius Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for nine awards for "Nurse Jackie," two of which she won: an AFI Award for TV Program of the Year and a Humanitas Prize in the 30 Minute Category
• Graduated from St․ Kate's University with a Master's degree in Poetry
• Taught poetry at the University of Massachusetts for five years
• Quote: "I don't like it [lesbian and gay storylines] sensationalized, because I don't think its scandalous or sensational․ I think its everyday life․ The heart wants what the heart wants․ Let that be a universal truth․"
• Quote: "(On "Nurse Jackie"): "It's not a fantasy show․ We have a crumbling health care system, and this is a show about [that]․․․People try to be good mothers, and be good nurses and be good people․ But the reality is, we're all really flawed․""
• Quote: "We're all just people․ We all have the right to fly our freak flags, or just put them in our purse․ We need tolerance for all of us․"
• Best known as the writer of "One for the Money" and the writer and executive producer of "Nurse Jackie" and "Go On․"
• Met her "Nurse Jackie" co-creator and producer as a failed recruit for the University of Minnesota's Alpha Phi sorority in 1982, 20 years before the show began