Jennifer Haley

Jennifer Haley (born October 3, 1974) is an American playwright. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas and studied acting at the University of Texas at Austin for her undergraduate degree. Haley also received a MFA in playwriting at Brown University in 2005, where she worked under American playwright and professor, Paula Vogel. Now living in Los Angeles, Haley is pursuing a career in theatre, film and television.

Early years She grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and lived there until she was nine, then moved to Houston, where she attended Jack Albright Middle School and Alief Elsik High School. She went to University of Texas, Austin as a double major of Liberal Studies and Theatre. Haley first began writing during her last few years of undergrad to increase the number of roles available to women. Susan Zeder, her playwriting professor, approached her after a piece she had written, and Haley deferred that she was not a playwright, but Zeder told her she was.

Career Her play, The Nether, was developed at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Lark Play Development Center, and the Philadelphia Theatre Company. It had two workshops at the Center Theatre Group before it was staged in March 2013, at the Royal Court Theatre in July 2014, and at the MCC Theater in February 2015. It won the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and seven Los Angeles Ovation Awards. In January 2015, the Royal Court production transferred to the West End.

Haley's other plays include Froggy and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, which premiered at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville 2008 Humana Festival.

TV and Film In addition to her work for the theatre, Haley wrote for the Netflix series Hemlock Grove and for the David Fincher-helmed series Mindhunter.

Awards and honors In 2012 Haley was the recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her production of The Nether.

For television, Haley, along with Erin Levy, won the 2017 My Entertainment World award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama for Mindhunter's "Episode 8".

Filmography Year Role Title Notes 1999 Dai-Guard Domeki English version; Voice 2014 Hemlock Grove Writer, 2 episodes 2017 Mindhunter Writer, 1 episode; co-producer, 8 episodes

Plays The Nether Neighborhood 3 Sustainable Living Breadcrumbs Froggy

Personal life Haley lost her father to alcoholism in 2010. and Caryl Churchill as some of her favorite contemporary playwrights.