Leigh Davenport is an American writer and producer. She is the creator of ''Run the World'', and the writer of the films '' Wendy Williams: The Movie'' and ''

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''.

Life and career

Davenport was born and raised in

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. She received her bachelor's degree from

Spelman College Spelman College is a private, historically black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman re ...

. She moved to

Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), ...

after graduation, where she began her career in digital media and entertainment journalism. In 2017, she was working as editorial director for HelloBeautiful.com when she decided to pursue a screenwriting career. Davenport's first writing job was for the ''

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'' television adaptation. She eventually sold ''Run the World'', a script she had worked on for a decade. The series, co-produced by

Yvette Lee Bowser Yvette Denise Lee Bowser (born 1965) is an American television writer and producer. She wrote and produced the TV shows ''Living Single ''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser that aired for five seasons ...

, follows a group of thirtysomething Black women living and working in Harlem. She loosely based the series on her own experiences living in New York for twelve years. The show has been compared to ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (newspaper column), newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the ...

'' and ''

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'' for its focus on close female friendship. The first season received critical acclaim and was renewed by

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in 2021. Davenport wrote '' Wendy Williams: The Movie'' (2021) and the upcoming Netflix film ''

''. Davenport is married. She has two children.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

Official website
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