Ali Adler | |
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 Ali Adler at the 2016 Wondercon. | |
| Born | Allison Beth Adler May 30, 1967 |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, writer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Partner | Sara Gilbert (2001–2011) |
| Children | 2 |
Allison Beth Adler (born May 30, 1967) is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. She is the co-creator of Supergirl and The New Normal , and is also known for her work on Chuck and Family Guy. [1]
Adler was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Jewish family. [2] [3] Her grandfather and father were Holocaust survivors from Romania. [2] [3] They later became American citizens. [2] [3]
Adler began her career by working on a TV series named Veronica's Closet in 1997. From 2001 to 2002, Adler produced 13 episodes of Family Guy [4] and 16 episodes of Just Shoot Me! ; she was supervising producer for nine episodes of Still Standing . She was co-executive producer on various shows, including Life As We Know It , Women of a Certain Age, and Emily's Reasons Why Not .
Adler produced Chuck as co-executive and executive producer from 2007 to 2010. Adler then joined the ABC series No Ordinary Family in May 2010 and in 2011 became a part of Glee 's writing team starting with the third season. [5] She and Glee creator Ryan Murphy co-created The New Normal , which she worked on until it was cancelled in May 2013. [6]
In 2015, Adler co-created Supergirl with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. The drama based on Superman's female cousin, Kara Zor-El. [7] After two seasons, in 2017 Adler left Supergirl full-time to join The CW's reboot of Dynasty and sign a development deal with CBS Television Studios. [8]
In October 2023, Adler signed an open letter by Artists4Ceasefire to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire of Israeli bombardment in Gaza. [9]
From 2001 to 2011, Adler was in a relationship with actress Sara Gilbert. They have two children—a son, Levi Hank, born to Adler in October 2004, [10] and a daughter, Sawyer Jane, born to Gilbert in August 2007. [11] [12] In August 2011, Gilbert announced that she and Adler had separated amicably. [13]
Sara Gilbert is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its spin-off, The Conners (2018–present). She is also creator and former co-host of the CBS daytime talk show The Talk and had a recurring role as Leslie Winkle on CBS's The Big Bang Theory.
Martha Mills Noxon is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003). She was also executive producer, writer, and creator of the Bravo comedy-drama series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014–18) and the Lifetime drama series UnREAL (2015–18), and an executive producer of the CBS medical drama series Code Black (2015–17).
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