Corinne Noel Brinkerhoff (born 1979) is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the series ''

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law ...

'' and ''

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''. She was nominated for a

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for best new series in 2010.

Background

Brinkerhoff was born in

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, and graduated from Lawrence High School. She is an alumna of

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, initially majoring in

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, with a minor in creative writing. She changed majors, graduated, and took graduate studies at the

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Career

''Boston Legal''

Brinkerhoff began working in television in 2004 as the executive assistant to showrunner

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on ''

''. She became a writer in 2006, writing nine episodes in the entire series' run. In 2007, she became a story editor and was promoted to executive story editor in 2008.

''The Good Wife''

She became a co-producer and writer for new legal drama ''

'' in 2009, writing 10 episodes over the course of 67 episodes produced. Brinkerhoff and the writing team were nominated for the

for best new television series in

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for their work on the first season of ''The Good Wife''.

''Elementary'' to present

From 2012 to 2013, Brinkerhoff was co-executive producer for the television series ''

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'', writing three episodes and a teleplay for another. In 2014, she was co-executive producer for the short-lived series '' Reckless'', writing one episode. She wrote an unnamed

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before becoming co-executive producer and writer for the television series ''

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'' from 2014 to 2015. In 2016, she created the series ''

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'', of which she is showrunner, executive producer and writer. She is also executive producer for the series '' No Tomorrow'' that debuted in 2016.

Filmography

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