Marja-Lewis Ryan

Marja-Lewis Ryan (born March 19, 1985) is an American writer, director, producer, and actress. She is best known for writing, co-starring, and co-producing the LGBT drama film, The Four-Faced Liar, which won multiple awards, including Outstanding First Narrative Feature at L.A. Outfest. She is the executive producer and showrunner for the sequel to The L Word, called The L Word: Generation Q, which premiered in December 2019.

Career In an interview, she described her interest in writing as stemming from her time at NYU. She and her friends figured that "you have to make your own work." And so she wrote her first script for them to workshop as actors.

She wrote, co-starred, and co-produced The Four-Faced Liar in 2010. Ryan received the Maverick Award from the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival in 2016.

Personal life Ryan is an out lesbian.