Meaghan Oppenheimer

Meaghan Oppenheimer (born 1986) is an American screenwriter, producer, and former actress.

Early life and education Meaghan Oppenheimer was born in 1986 and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was a child actor, working in various regional theatre productions and television shows. Oppenheimer graduated from Holland Hall, and then NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2009. After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to begin a screenwriting career.

Career In 2010, Oppenheimer wrote and starred in Hot Mess, a film about two roommates who become friends with benefits. She has written screenplays for projects including Fear the Walking Dead.

Her unproduced screenplay, The Remains, was selected for the 2013 Black List, an annual survey of the "most liked" screenplays not yet made into films.

She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film We Are Your Friends with filmmaker Max Joseph.

In December 2015, ABC announced that Reese Witherspoon would produce a new television series written by Oppenheimer, with the working title Please Don't Go, about the personal and professional life of a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas whose past continues to haunt her. In March 2016, ABC announced that Penelope Ann Miller had been cast opposite T. R. Knight in the project that in 2016 was released as Broken—a series pilot that halted production after the first episode aired.

In 2018, Oppenheimer wrote the script for the Facebook Watch TV show, Queen America. She also served as co-executive producer and showrunner of the series, which starred Grace Van Patten and Jackson White. Her husband, Tom Ellis, starred in the second season.

Personal life Oppenheimer married Welsh actor Tom Ellis on June 1, 2019. She is stepmother to his three children. In 2023, the couple's daughter was born via surrogacy.

Screenwriting credits Year Title Role Notes / Vehicle 2010 Hot Mess Screenwriter / actress Short film 2015 Fear the Walking Dead Screenwriter S1 E4: "Not Fade Away" 2015 We Are Your Friends Screenwriter Feature film 2016 Broken Screenwriter One episode (TV pilot) 2018 Queen America Screenwriter One episode / series creator (10 episodes) 2022–present Tell Me Lies Screenwriter / Executive Producer and Showrunner Eight episodes / series creator (26 episodes)

Acting credits Year Title Role Notes / Vehicle 2010 stalkTALK Drew Walker TV series: 8 episodes 2010 The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher Renee comedy film 2011 LoveFinder Lexi TV movie 2011 How to Marry a Billionaire Bree TV movie 2012 LoveFinder: The Virals Lexi short film