Corinne Marrinan (born 2 September 1974) is an

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-winning

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and

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Early life

Marrinan was born in New York City in 1974. She attended Eldred Central School in

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. She holds American and

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citizenship. She studied theater at

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, earning a

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in 1995.

Career

Marrinan worked as a

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in theater before moving into

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s. She was nominated for a

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(Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming — Long Form) in 2000 for '' On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom''. She won an

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for '' A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin'', making her one of just five Irish women to have won a competitive Oscar (the others being

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, Josie MacAvin,

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and

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). She has since then worked as writer and producer for several TV shows, including the ''CSI'' franchise, '' Code Black'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Marrinan married Benjamin Whitney Tripp on 26 November 2008.

References

External links

* * American television producers American women television producers American television writers Living people American women television writers American people of Irish descent Producers who won the Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award 1974 births 21st-century American women {{US-tv-bio-stub