Diablo Cody is an American dancer, born in 1978 in Lemont.
Biography
Brook Maurio (previously Busey-Hunt; née Busey; born June 14, 1978), known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, Juno (2007), winning both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
She wrote, produced, and made her directorial debut with the comedy drama film Paradise (2013). Cody has also written and produced the films Jennifer's Body (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Tully (2018), and Lisa Frankenstein (2024).
Cody created, wrote, and produced the Showtime comedy drama series United States of Tara (2009–2011), and the Amazon Prime series One Mississippi (2015–2017). She made her Broadway debut with the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill winning the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Writer's Branch since 2008.
Contemporaries
Matthew Morrison
American actor, dancer, and singer
Nick Kroll
American comedian and actor
Kimberly McCullough
American actress, television director and dancer
Shannyn Sossamon
American actress and musician
Jake Shears
American singer (born 1978)
Kevin Federline
American rapper and entertainer (born 1978)
Kel Mitchell
American actor and stand-up comedian
Sean Dominic
Spanish-American television actor
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