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Meredith Averill Biography

Birth Name:Meredith Averill

Profession Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from New York University, where she studied Screenwriting and Television Writing
  • She was part of a writing program hosted by NBC, which helped her to get an agent
  • First worked as an intern for MTV and later became an assistant at MTV and NBC
  • Quote: "I always knew I wanted to write, but I didn't know what it was I would end up writing․․․Essays? Film reviews? Poetry? The thought of writing for film or television didn't occur to me until I was in college․"
  • Best known as the writer and producer of "The Good Wife․"

Awards

  • 2009WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
  • 2012WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2014WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2018Bram Stoker Award-Screenplay: winner
  • 2019WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated