Noelle Valdivia | |
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Born | New York, NY |
Occupation | Television writer, playwright |
Years active | 2003–present |
Noelle Valdivia is an American television writer and playwright. She is best known for her work on the Showtime drama Masters of Sex , and the NBC musical Smash .
Until 2012 Valdivia worked as a journalist and playwright. After graduation from NYU she began her television career working on the NBC drama Awake , where she wrote three episodes of that series. She wrote on season 2 of the musical drama Smash. In 2013, she worked on the Showtime drama Masters of Sex where she was nominated for a 2013 WGA Award. [1]
As a playwright, she wrote the stage productions Oh, William (2003), Ring of Fire (2004) and Where It Went Wrong (2006). [2]
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