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Akela Cooper is an American screenwriter and television producer. She gained wider prominence as the screenwriter of Malignant and was named to Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2021 list.[1]

Akela Cooper
Born	Hayti, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	Truman State University
Occupation	Screenwriter Television producer
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Cooper was raised in Hayti, Missouri.[2] She graduated from Truman State University with a degree in creative writing in 2003[3] and received her MFA from the USC School of Cinema-Television, where she was the first recipient of the NAACP/CBS Writer's Fellowship.[4]

Career

Cooper was a staff writer for Grimm for two seasons and went on to be a writer and co-producer for The 100, American Horror Story, Luke Cage, Jupiter's Legacy, Witches of East End, and Chambers. She wrote the horror film Malignant, released in September 2021.[1] She is the screenwriter of the upcoming sequel to the horror film The Nun, as well as the film M3gan, and she is also the showrunner for the upcoming HBO Max television adaptation of the novel Monster by A. Lee Martinez.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2018	Hell Fest		[7]
2021	Malignant	Also story writer	[7]
2023	M3GAN		[6]
	The Nun 2	Filming	[6][8]
	The Boogeyman		[9]

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2012	Tron: Uprising	Yes	No		[7]
2012–2013	Grimm	Yes	No		[1]
2014	Witches of East End	Yes	Yes		[1]
2014–2015	The 100	Yes	No		[1]
2016	American Horror Story	Yes	Yes		[1]
2016–2018	Luke Cage	Yes	Yes		[10]
2018–2019	Avengers Assemble	Yes	No
2019	Chambers	Yes	Yes	Executive producer	[1]
2021	Jupiter's Legacy	Yes	Yes	Executive producer	[1]
2022	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Yes	Yes	Executive producer	[11][12]

Awards and nominations

• 2017 – Nominee, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (for Luke Cage)[10]
• 2017 – Nominee, Black Reel Award for Outstanding Drama Series (for Luke Cage)[13]

References

External links

• Akela Cooper on Twitter
• Akela Cooper at IMDb

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