Alexandra Cunningham

{{Short description|American dramatist}}

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Alexandra Cunningham (born 1972/73) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.

From 1998 through 2000, she attended the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School.{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/18/movies/on-stage-and-off.html?pagewanted=all | title = On Stage And Off | work = The New York Times | first = Jesse | last = McKinley | date = January 18, 2002}}{{cite web | url = http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | title = Alumni News | date = September 2007 | publisher = The Juilliard School | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111111121334/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | archivedate = 2011-11-11}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/theater/act-i-write-very-well-juilliard-s-collegial-playwright-program.html?pagewanted=all | title = Act I: Write Very Well; Juilliard's Collegial Playwright Program | work = The New York Times | first = Mel | last = Gussow | date = February 25, 1999}}

Her plays include The Theory of Three{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/nyregion/the-guide-062073.html?pagewanted=all | title = The Guide | work = The New York Times | first = Eleanor | last = Charles | date = May 19, 2002}} and No. 11 (Blue and White).

Cunningham is most known as a writer and producer for ABC Studios' dramedy Desperate Housewives (2004–2010), having written more episodes of the show than any other writer besides showrunner Marc Cherry. Prior to Desperate Housewives, Cunningham produced and wrote for the action series Fastlane (2002–2003), and wrote episodes of NYPD Blue (2001), Pasadena (2002), and Rome (2005). She was a developer, executive producer, and writer for the U.S. version of Prime Suspect. She was also a writer for several episodes of Chance (2016–2017), starring Hugh Laurie as neuropsychiatrist Dr. Chance, which aired on Hulu for two seasons. Most recently, she created and executive produces the Bravo series Dirty John, based on the podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard. Starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana, it premiered on November 25, 2018.{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Dirty John' Anthology Based on L.A. Times Articles Set at Bravo With 2-Season Order (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dirty-john-anthology-based-la-times-articles-set-at-bravo-2-season-order-1079553|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=January 13, 2019|date=January 28, 2018}}