Alexandra Cunningham (born 1972/73) is an American

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, and

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Biography

From 1998 through 2000, she attended the

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American Playwrights Program at

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. Her plays include ''The Theory of Three'' and ''No. 11 (Blue and White)''. Cunningham is most known as a writer and producer for

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'' (2004-2010), having written more episodes of the show than any other writer besides

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. Prior to ''Desperate Housewives'', Cunningham produced and wrote for the

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series '' Fastlane'' (2002-2003), and wrote episodes of ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2002), and ''

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'' (2005). She was a developer, executive producer, and writer for the U.S. version of ''

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''. She was also a writer for several episodes of ''Chance'' (2016-2017), starring

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Dr. Chance, which aired on

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for two seasons. Most recently, she created and executive produces the

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series ''

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'', based on the podcast of the same name by

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. Starring

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and

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, it premiered on November 25, 2018.

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