Monica Owusu-Breen

Monica Owusu-Breen is an American television producer and screenwriter.

Early life and education Owusu-Breen has described herself as "half-Spanish, half Ghanaian". She was born in England and lived in Spain as a child, where she learned to speak English from watching television. She moved to Brooklyn with her family at the age of eight.

Her television career began when she was asked to write scripts as she was procrastinating while writing her PhD dissertation. This led, within two years, to a writer's position for Charmed. In the beginning of her career, Owusu-Breen chose to go only by "Breen" "just so no one made assumptions about anything" when she submitted scripts.

Fringe After her departure from Brothers & Sisters in Spring 2010, Owusu-Breen was hired as a writer and co-executive producer on the FOX science fiction thriller Fringe. At the time, going into its third season. After the completion of the fourth season, Owusu-Breen departed the series. Episodes she contributed to included: "The Plateau" (03.03) (co-written by co-executive producer Alison Schapker) "Marionette" (03.09) (co-written by Schapker) "Bloodline" (03.18) (co-written by Schapker) "The Last Sam Weiss" (03.21) (co-written by Schapker) "One Night in October" (04.02) (co-written by Schapker) "Enemy of My Enemy" (04.09) (co-written by Schapker) "A Better Human Being" (04.13) (Owusu-Breen and Schapker co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by executive story editors Robert Chiappetta and Glen Whitman)

Revolution In summer 2012, Owusu-Breen joined the crew of the NBC dystopian/adventure series Revolution, as a co-executive producer and writer. Episodes she has contributed to include: "No Quarter" (01.03)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Since 2013, Owusu-Breen has been a writer and co-executive producer on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. "The Well" (01.08) "Seeds" (01.12) "The Only Light in the Darkness" (01.19) "Making Friends and Influencing People" (02.03) "One of Us" (02.13) "A Wanted (Inhu)man" (03.03) "Bouncing Back" (03.11)

Midnight, Texas Owusu-Breen adapted Charlaine Harris's book Midnight, Texas into NBC's supernatural drama series of the same name. She exited after the first season "Pilot" (01.01) "Bad Moon Rising" (01.02) "Last Temptation of Midnight" (01.08) "The Virgin Sacrifice" (01.10)

Ongoing work In 2018, Owusu-Breen was attached as showrunner to 20th Century Fox Television's television reboot of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In July 2020, it was reported that ABC's adaptation of Greg Rucka's Stumptown graphic novels had added Owusu-Breen as showrunner for its then-upcoming second season, and Owusu-Breen appeared at a virtual Comic-Con panel to help preview the new season. However, the show was then cancelled in September without starting work on the new season, due to COVID-19 complications, which had also required the Comic-Con panel to be virtual.

Personal life Owusu-Breen is married and has two children.