Michelle Paradise
American actor, writer and producer
Michelle Paradise is an American writer, producer and actress. She created, wrote and starred in the short film The Ten Rules and the television series Exes and Ohs, and subsequently became a writer and producer for the television series The Originals and Star Trek: Discovery.
Early work
Paradise wrote, produced and starred in the short film The Ten Rules: The Lesbian Survival Guide, which debuted in 2002 and subsequently played at gay and lesbian film festivals, both in the United States and in Europe (specifically Copenhagen, Paris and Reykjavík). The film, which focused on a group of lesbian friends in Los Angeles, won awards at the Boulder Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
After the success of The Ten Rules, Paradise developed the themes of the film into a television series for Logo, Exes and Ohs. Paradise wrote, produced and starred in the series, which debuted on October 8, 2007. Unusually, she developed, produced and sold Exes and Ohs without an agent. Exes and Ohs ran for two seasons.
Paradise also appeared in the short film "Black Road" (2002), the film Heart of the Beholder (2005) and the television series George Lopez (2005) and Rodney (2006). On stage, she performed improv comedy with the Groundlings, Second City and the Gay Mafia, and played lead roles at the Bitter Truth Theater, Theatre Rhinoceros, the Berkman Theater and the Little Theater Group.
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