Gabrielle Gail Stanton (born in

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) is an American

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and producer. She is known for her work on the

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series ''

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'' and ''

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'', for

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s ''

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'', and for

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adaptation series '' Haven''.

Life and career

After attending the all-girls

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and graduating from the women's

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and

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, Stanton worked as the national publicity coordinator in the New York office of the

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until 1991. In 1992 she made her way into the

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as the assistant to writer-producer George Zaloom on the film ''

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'' and later appeared in the 1998 film ''

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'' in a minor role as the character "Gabrielle", while her then husband and writing partner

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also appeared in the film as "Harry". She also worked on the movie

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. It was also in 1998 that she broke into television. Her first job was on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', which she followed with writing positions on '' V.I.P.'' and the

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series '' Earth: Final Conflict'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Veritas: The Quest'', in the latter two of which she also served as co-producer. She wrote the

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for the

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'' Deathlands'' before she was hired as a writer and producer for the medical drama series ''

'', for which she made her debut with the 2005 episodes " Who's Zoomin' Who" and "Much Too Much". Her work on ''Grey's Anatomy'' earned her a shared

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nomination with the other production crew members in the Outstanding Drama Series category and one Writers Guild of America Award and two nominations; nominations in 2006 and 2007 for Dramatic Series, and a win in 2006 in the New Series category. She moved from ''Grey's Anatomy'' to the dramedy series ''

'' in 2007, writing the episode " Petra-Gate" and serving as a supervising producer for eight other episodes. She and the other ''Ugly Betty'' producers were nominated in 2007 for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. Stanton also worked on the CBS television series ''

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'', for which she wrote three episodes and served as first co-executive producer, then executive producer. Upon its cancellation in May 2008, she served as co-executive producer on the ABC series ''

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'', then as consulting producer on The CW's ''

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''. Stanton was a co-executive producer on the ABC series ''

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''. She served as showrunner for the

series '' Haven'' over its five-season run. She then joined the writing team of

superhero drama ''

'', where she also served as consulting producer for the last five episode of the first season. She co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale, along with showrunner

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, "Fast Enough". Entering its sophomore year. Stanton was promoted to co-showrunner/executive producer; co-writing the teleplay, again with Kreisberg, for the premiere, "The Man Who Saved Central City". Next she co-penned the pivotal sixth episode, "Enter Zoom", with story editor

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. At the conclusion of 2015, Stanton departed the series for uncited reasons. Prior to joining ''Flash'', Stanton had written a first-season episode of its parent-series ''

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'', "Trust But Verify".

Personal life

Stanton and her former husband

announced their wedding plans in April 1991 and married in July 1991 in the chapel of New College at the

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, where Werksman had just received his master of letters degree in English history in June. They divorced in 2008. Her father is James Stanton, a lawyer, and she has a sister named Lexie.

References

External links

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Grey Matter blog
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