Maurissa Tancharoen is an American writer, producer, and actress.
16 Facts About Maurissa Tancharoen
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Maurissa Tancharoen began working as a production assistant under producer Mark Tinker on NYPD Blue and William M Finkelstein on Brooklyn South.
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Maurissa Tancharoen co-produced episodes of the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Spartacus: Vengeance.
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Maurissa Tancharoen's first paid script came in 2001 when she sold Revolution Studios an untitled pitch in which two Asian American FBI agents investigate a gang in South Central Los Angeles by working undercover as Korean grocery store clerks.
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Maurissa Tancharoen was hired as a writer on the short-lived sitcom Oliver Beene in 2003.
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Maurissa Tancharoen went on to work as a writer and story editor on Drop Dead Diva and Dollhouse.
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Maurissa Tancharoen did uncredited work on The Avengers, with brother-in-law director Joss Whedon and husband Jed Whedon.
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Maurissa Tancharoen co-wrote and performed lyrics for "Remains" with Jed Whedon for the Dollhouse episode "Epitaph One".
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Maurissa Tancharoen was Zelda's singing voice in the season 2 episode "The Musical" of The Legend of Neil, a spoof based on the video game The Legend of Zelda.
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Maurissa Tancharoen's father Tommy Tancharoen is a transportation coordinator in Hollywood.
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Maurissa Tancharoen's younger brother Kevin Tancharoen is a director, whose feature film debut was 2009's Fame.
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Maurissa Tancharoen appeared as a dancer in the "Badder" segment of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker in 1988.
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Maurissa Tancharoen attended Occidental College, where she majored in English and comparative literary studies and minored in theater.
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Maurissa Tancharoen was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 15.
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Maurissa Tancharoen has been an advocate for lupus awareness and research, talking about her personal experience with the disease during media interviews.
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In 2009, Maurissa Tancharoen won a Streamy Award for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series for Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.