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Jennie Snyder Urman

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Jennie Snyder Urman '99 developed and Executive Produced the CW's Golden-Globe nominated Jane the Virgin. The show has been honored with a Peabody Award, 3 TCA nominations, 6 Critics Choice nominations, 3 NAACP Image Award nominations, an MTV Movie & TV Awards nomination for Best American Story, as well as multiple Teen Choice nominations, a People’s Choice Award for “Favorite New TV Comedy,” the Planned Parenthood “Maggie Award for Television,” and an IMAGEN Award for best Primetime Comedy in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, the show was named one of AFI's Top Television Programs of the Year.

She also executive produced the CW’s reboot of Charmed which ran for 4 seasons, as well as the CBS medical drama Good Sam and Lifetime's Flowers in the Attic: The Origin. Prior to Jane the Virgin, Urman created Emily Owens, MD, also for the CW, and wrote the screenplay for the feature film Something Borrowed based on the Emily Giffin novel.

Urman most recently wrote and executive produced the update of Matlock, starring Kathy Bates, which will premiere in 2024 on CBS.

Class of '99