She also shared a CableACE Award for Tracey Takes On… for Variety Special or Series.
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In addition to garnering a 2006 Writers Guild Award for Episodic Comedy for her Weeds episode, “You Can’t Miss the Bear,” Kohan has received multiple WGA nominations for her work on GLOW (Comedy Series and New Series, 2018), Orange is the New Black (Comedy Series, 20 New Series, 2014 Episodic Comedy for the show’s pilot, 2014), Weeds (Comedy Series, 2009), and Tracey Takes On… (Comedy/Variety Series, 1997).Īn Emmy winner for work on Tracey Takes On… (Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series, 1997), Kohan is also a multiple Emmy nominee for a diverse range of series over the years, including GLOW (Outstanding Comedy Series, 2018), Orange is the New Black (Outstanding Drama Series, 2015 Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, 2014), Weeds (Outstanding Comedy Series, 2009), Tracey Takes On… (Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series, 1999 Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program, 19 Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special for The Best of Tracey Takes On…, 1996), and Mad About You (Outstanding Comedy Series, 1997).
Named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World (2014), Kohan is the creator and executive producer of acclaimed series Orange is the New Black and Weeds, as well as executive producer and writer on GLOW.Ī WGAW member since 1993, Kohan’s writing credits include penning episodes of Will & Grace, Gilmore Girls, Tracey Takes On…, Sex and the City, Mad About You, Boston Common, The Stones (which she created), and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, her debut writing credit in 1994. Her work has truly advanced the literature of television, and the WGAW Board of Directors considers it our honor to give her this award,” said WGAW President David A. Her scenes can be comic and tragic simultaneously while she engages, she also unnerves, pushing us out of our comfort zone. “Jenji Kohan's work is what all good writers aspire to – touching on the harsh but also comedic realities of life through characters that don't sound written, that talk like real people. Los Angeles – Television series creator-showrunner Jenji Kohan ( Orange is the New Black, Weeds) has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2019 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, presented to a Guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.” She will be honored at the WGAW’s 2019 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Screenplays of the 21st Century (so far).
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