Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, known collectively as the Molyneux sisters, are American screenwriters and television producers.

Career

They have written for ''

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'' since 2011, and won a

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in 2017 and an

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in 2017 for writing " The Hormone-iums". Along with Minty Lewis, the pair co-created the animated sitcom ''

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'', which premiered on January 3, 2021. On November 20, 2020, it was announced that they would write the screenplay alongside returning screenwriters

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and

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for the third ''Deadpool'' film, set in the

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(MCU). The Molyneuxs are originally from

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, but grew up in

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. Wendy is a 1997 graduate of

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, and is married to writer Jeff Drake, with whom she has four children.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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