Leigh Davenport

Leigh Davenport is an American writer and producer. She is the creator of the series Run the World, and the writer of the films Wendy Williams: The Movie and The Perfect Find.

Life and career Davenport was born and raised in Chicago. She received her bachelor's degree from Spelman College. In 2017, she was working as editorial director for HelloBeautiful.com when she decided to pursue a screenwriting career.

She eventually sold Run the World, a script she had worked on for a decade. The series, co-produced by Yvette Lee Bowser, follows a group of thirtysomething Black women living and working in Harlem. She loosely based the series on her own experiences living in New York for twelve years. The show has been compared to Sex and the City and Living Single for its focus on close female friendship.

Davenport wrote Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021) and the Netflix film The Perfect Find. She is the creator of the upcoming television adaptation of The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in the Early Twentieth Century Harlem by Shirley Stewart. The series is produced by Taraji P. Henson for BET Studios, who will also star.

Davenport is married. She has two children.

Filmography

Television Year Title WriterProducer Notes 2019 Boomerang Staff writer 2021–2023 Run the World Creator

Film Year Title WriterProducer Notes 2021 Wendy Williams: The Movie 2023 The Perfect Find