Winnie Holzman (born in 1954 in New York City) is an award-winning American dramatist, screenwriter and poet. blank">Winnie Holzman She is best known as the creator of the television series _My So-Called Life, which originally aired on ABC. Holzman earned an Emmy Award nomination for writing in 1995 for My So-Called Life. She also wrote for the TV series The Wonder Years, thirtysomething and Once and Again.
Holzman studied English and Creative Writing at Princeton University and graduated with a Masters in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University in 1984. Her teachers at NYU included Steven Sondheim, Hal Prince, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Leonard Bernstein.
Holzman made her Broadway debut in 2003 when she wrote the book for the Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. For Wicked, Holzman received a Tony Award nomination in 2004 for Best Book of a Musical.
Holzman has had a number of acting spots, primarily featured in cameo roles on her own TV shows. She also had a small role in the film Jerry Maguire.
She is married to actor Paul Dooley, with whom she has one daughter, Savannah (born 1985), who is also a writer, and with whom Winnie has collaborated on various short films.
Sister of Ernest Holzman.
Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Book of a Musical for "Wicked."
