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Marissa Jo Cerar

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Marissa Jo Cerar
Marissa Jo Cerar began her career working as a writer and producer on hit series such as Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, Freeform's The Fosters, Fox's Shots Fired, and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, for which she shares nominations for both the Emmys and Writers Guild Awards for Outstanding Drama Series for season three.

She is a NAACP Image Award and Humanitas Prize winning writer-producer with a passion for socially conscious storytelling. She has spent her career focusing her creative efforts on projects that explore the intersectionality of the human experience through character-driven and female forward stories, such as ABC's Women of the Movement. In addition to her script winning the NAACP Image Award and the Humanitas Prize, the series has been honored as the Best Limited Series by the African American Film Critics Association and The Gracie Awards.

Marissa Jo's new series, Black Cake, will stream on Hulu this fall. Marissa Jo served as Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer, along with Kapital Entertainment and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films.
BornJuly 28
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Black Cake (2023)
    Black Cake
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Women of the Movement (2022)
    Women of the Movement
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017)
    The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
    13 Reasons Why
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    Writer



    • Black Cake (2023)
      Black Cake
      7.3
      TV Series
      • created for television by
      • teleplay by
      • television story by
      • 2023
    • Women of the Movement (2022)
      Women of the Movement
      7.6
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2022
    • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017)
      The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate
      8.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
      13 Reasons Why
      7.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James in Shots Fired (2017)
      Shots Fired
      6.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Cierra Ramirez, Maia Mitchell, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, and Hayden Byerly in The Fosters (2013)
      The Fosters
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • written by
      • story editor ...
      • 2013–2016
    • Steps (2009)
      Steps
      7.2
      Short
      • written by
      • 2009

    Producer



    • No Escape (2024)
      No Escape
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Black Cake (2023)
      Black Cake
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2023
    • Women of the Movement (2022)
      Women of the Movement
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017)
      The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate
      8.3
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2019
    • Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
      13 Reasons Why
      7.4
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2018
    • Forest Whitaker, Garrett Hedlund, and Andrea Riseborough in Burden (2018)
      Burden
      6.7
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James in Shots Fired (2017)
      Shots Fired
      6.7
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2017

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    • Born
      • July 28
      • Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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      Holds a BA in Film from Columbia Chicago.

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