Jenji Leslie Kohan was born on July 5,1969 and is an American television writer and producer.
11 Facts About Jenji Kohan
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Jenji Kohan is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds and the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
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Jenji Kohan has received nine Emmy Award nominations, winning one as supervising producer of the comedy series Tracey Takes On.
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Jenji Kohan is the youngest of three siblings; the other two are twins Jono and David.
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Jenji Kohan grew up in Beverly Hills, California and graduated from Beverly Hills High School, in 1987.
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Jenji Kohan first attended Brandeis University, then transferred to Columbia University as a sophomore, where she graduated, with a degree in English language and literature, in 1991.
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Jenji Kohan's first job in the industry was with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, of which Jenji Kohan wrote one episode, and later said was a "rough entrance" to the business.
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Jenji Kohan was the creator of the Showtime dark comedy-drama television series Weeds, which she executive produced as showrunner and head writer at her writing studio, Tilted Productions, in Los Angeles, California throughout its entire eight season airing.
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Jenji Kohan created the Netflix comedy drama Orange Is the New Black, an adaptation that was inspired by Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison about her experiences in a minimum-security women's prison.
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Jenji Kohan's executive producing duties as showrunner and head writer consists of running the writer's room, which is located at her writing studio, Tilted Productions, in Los Angeles, California.
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Jenji Kohan is currently credited as Executive Producer on the Netflix series Teenage Bounty Hunters.