Meaghan Oppenheimer
{{Short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Meaghan Oppenheimer
| image = Meaghan Oppenheimer 2022.jpg
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| caption = Oppenheimer in 2022
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|33|2019|06|4}}
| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|producer}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| known_for = Tell Me Lies
| notable_works =
| spouse = {{marriage|Tom Ellis|2019}}
| children = 1
| relatives =
}}
Meaghan Oppenheimer (born 1985 or 1986)[https://people.com/tv/lucifer-star-tom-ellis-marries-meaghan-oppenheimer/ {{'}}Lucifer' Star Tom Ellis Marries Longtime Girlfriend, Writer Meaghan Oppenheimer]; Cher, staff writer; June 4, 2019; webpage; People; retrieved November 2022 is an American television and movie screenwriter, producer, and former child actor.
Early life and education
Meaghan Oppenheimer grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma,{{Cite web | title=Tutto quello che non sai su Tom Ellis, l'attore di Lucifer |trans-title= |author=Giulia Sbaffi |work=Donna Glamour |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=16 May 2019 |url= https://www.donnaglamour.it/chi-e-tom-ellis/curiosita/ |language=it}} and was a child actor, working in various regional theatre productions and television shows.{{Cite web | url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-her-voice/meaghan-oppenheimer-s0w5_8SzOCZ/| title = Meaghan Oppenheimer – the Her Voice Podcast}} She graduated from Holland Hall, and then New York University—Tisch School of the Arts in 2009. Afterward, she relocated to Los Angeles to begin a screenwriting career.{{cite web | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/broadway-brightness/article_9776a656-97a0-59ec-a42e-c6fc564e36c3.html |title=Broadway brightness |work=Tulsa World |date=November 3, 1999 |access-date=March 21, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thetulsavoice.com/September-B-2015/Blacklisted/ |title=Blacklisted |publisher= |access-date=March 21, 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/movienews/up-and-coming-oklahoma-stars-the-next-generation/article_8232b178-195f-576c-a089-fa1db2f32a9e.html |title=Up-and-coming Oklahoma stars: the next generation |work=Tulsa World |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2016}}
Career
In 2010, Oppenheimer wrote and starred in Hot Mess, a film about two roommates who become friends with benefits. She has written screenplays for projects including Fear the Walking Dead.{{efn|Season 1, Episode 4 ("Not Fade Away.")}}
Her unproduced screenplay, The Remains, was selected for the 2013 Black List, an annual survey of the "most liked" screenplays not yet made into films.{{cite web |author=Melissa Silverstein and Inkoo Kang |date=December 18, 2013 |title=Less Than 20% of Black List Scripts Are By Women Screenwriters – Women and Hollywood |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/less-than-20-of-black-list-scripts-by-women-screenwriters |access-date=March 21, 2016 |work=Women and Hollywood}}
She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film We Are Your Friends with filmmaker Max Joseph.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2015/scene/vpage/zac-efron-we-are-your-friends-saturday-night-fever-1201575238/ |title=Zac Efron: 'We Are Your Friends' Is Millennials' 'Saturday Night Fever' – Variety |author=Mannie Holmes |work=Variety |access-date=March 21, 2016|date=August 21, 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/diretor-max-joesph-and-screenwriter-meaghan-oppenheimer-news-photo/484694264/ |title=Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "We Are Your Friends" – Arrivals |author=Frazer Harrison |work=Getty Images |date=August 21, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2016}}
In December 2015, ABC announced that Reese Witherspoon would produce a new television series written by Oppenheimer, with the working title Please Don't Go, about the personal and professional life of a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas whose past continues to haunt her.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/reese-witherspoon-produce-please-dont-go-drama-abc-1201670670/ |title=Reese Witherspoon To Produce Drama 'Please Don't Go' In Works at ABC – Deadline |author=Denise Petski |work=Deadline |access-date=March 21, 2016|date=December 21, 2015 }} In March 2016, ABC announced that Penelope Ann Miller had been cast opposite T. R. Knight in the project{{efn|which was given the working title Meaghan Oppenheimer Pilot}} that in 2016 was released as Broken—a series pilot that halted production after the first episode aired.{{efn|Miller's role was that of "Elizabeth Hamilton, the wife of a Texas oil billionaire who is seeking revenge after having been left for a woman 20 years younger than she".[https://deadline.com/2016/03/penelope-ann-miller-cast-meaghan-oppenheimer-pilot-christian-ochoa-the-death-of-eva-sofia-valdez-1201712650/ Penelope Ann Miller Joins ABC’s Meaghan Oppenheimer Pilot by Denise Petski, March 2, 2016]}}
In 2018, Oppenheimer wrote the script for the Facebook Watch TV show, Queen America.
Oppenheimer adapted Carola Lovering's novel Tell Me Lies into a Hulu series of the same name, which was released in 2022 and received positive reviews.{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40836948/tell-me-lies-hulu-casting-release-date-plot-rumors/| title=Consider 'Tell Me Lies' Your Next Ultra-Sexy Binge Watch| magazine=Harper's Bazaar| first=Bianca| last=Betancourt| date=August 8, 2022| access-date=September 6, 2022}}{{cite web | last=Andreeva| first=Nellie| title='Tell Me Lies' Drama Series Starring Grace Van Patten Ordered by Hulu With Emma Roberts Exec Producing| url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/tell-me-lies-series-grace-van-patten-hulu-emma-roberts-1234808071/| work=Deadline Hollywood| date=August 3, 2021| access-date=August 21, 2021}}[https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a41782433/tell-me-lies-interview-meaghan-oppenheimer-carola-lovering/ Everyone Has a Stephen: Tell Me Lies Author and Showrunner Break Down the Hulu Adaptation]; Weiss, Keely; October 27, 2022; interview; Elle; webpage; retrieved November 2022 She also served as co-executive producer and showrunner of the series, which starred Grace Van Patten and Jackson White.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2022/10/26/tell-me-lies-meaghan-oppenheimer-breaks-down-the-finale/?sh=17839a9c1692 {{'}}Tell Me Lies’: Meaghan Oppenheimer Breaks Down The Finale]; Feldman, Dana; article page; October 26, 2022; Forbes online; [Limited Access]; retrieved November 2022 Her husband, Tom Ellis, starred in the second season.{{Cite web |last=Seitz |first=Loree |date=2024-09-13 |title='Tell Me Lies' Star Tom Ellis Says He Had the 'Hardest Time' Breaking Into His 'Quietly Sociopathic' Character |url=https://www.thewrap.com/tell-me-lies-season-2-tom-ellis-interview/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Oppenheimer married actor Tom Ellis since June 1, 2019.{{cite web | last=Lopez| first=Julyssa| title=Lucifer Actor Tom Ellis Marries Meaghan Oppenheimer| url=https://www.brides.com/story/lucifer-actor-tom-ellis-married-his-girlfriend-meaghan-oppenheimer| work=Brides| date=September 24, 2019| access-date=August 21, 2021}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1046233/lucifer-star-tom-ellis-marries-meaghan-oppenheimer-in-star-studded-ceremony |title=Lucifer Star Tom Ellis Marries Meaghan Oppenheimer in Star-Studded Ceremony |last=Heller |first=Corrine |date=3 June 2019 |website=E! News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-02 |title=Lucifer's Tom Ellis Shares Never-before-seen Wedding Photo with Wife Meaghan |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/20210602114441/lucifer-tom-ellis-wedding-photo-wife-meaghan-oppenheimer/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=HELLO! |language=en}} She is stepmother to his three daughters.{{cite web | url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210527114160/lucifer-star-tom-ellis-early-career-throwback/ |title=Lucifer Star Tom Ellis Looks Almost Unrecognizable in First-ever Television Role |work=Hello Magazine |date=27 May 2021 |accessdate=28 June 2021}} In 2023, the couple's daughter was born via surrogacy.{{Cite web |title='Lucifer''s Tom Ellis Welcomes Baby Girl with Wife Meaghan Oppenheimer, Jokes Birth 'Ended the SAG Strike' |url=https://people.com/tom-ellis-welcomes-baby-girl-daughter-with-wife-meaghan-oppenheimer-first-child-8400491 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Sam |title=Actor Tom Ellis and wife welcome baby daughter via surrogate |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/actor-tom-ellis-wife-welcome-28080138 |website=Wales Online |access-date=11 November 2023 |language=en |date=10 November 2023}}
Screenwriting credits
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes / Vehicle |
|---|
| 2010
| Hot Mess | Screenwriter / actress | short film |
| 2015
| Screenwriter | S1 E4: "Not Fade Away" |
| 2015
| Screenwriter | Feature film |
| 2016
| Screenwriter | one episode (TV pilot) |
| 2018
| Screenwriter | one episode / series creator (10 episodes) |
| 2022-present
| Screenwriter / Executive Producer and Showrunner | three episodes / series creator (10 episodes) / TV Film |
Acting credits
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes / Vehicle |
|---|
| 2010
| stalkTALK | Drew Walker | TV series: 8 episodes |
| 2010
| The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher | Renee | comedy film |
| 2011
| LoveFinder | Lexi | TV movie |
| 2011
| How to Marry a Billionaire | Bree | TV movie |
| 2012
| LoveFinder: The Virals | Lexi | short film |
Notes
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Category:American women television writers