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Tamara Jenkins and Jim Taylor, who are married, have a slew of credits to their names individually. The couple also contributed to the adaptation of Nick Hornby's book Juliet, Naked.
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Jenkins lives in New York City with her husband—the screenwriter Jim Taylor—and their daughter, Mia.
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Evgenia Peretz: 'So, Jim Taylor and Tamara Jenkins are a married couple. They did a first draft of it before I ever got involved, probably two or three years ago.'
