Biography
Alexandra Cunningham is an American playwright, screenwriter and television producer. She attended the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School from 1998 to 2000.
Her television writing credits include episodes of NYPD Blue (2001), Fastlane (2002–2003), Rome (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004–2010) and Prime Suspect (2011). She created and executive produced the series Dirty John (2018–2020) and has written for Chance (2016–2017), Physical (2021) and Fatal Attraction (2023). She has also directed episodes of several series.
Cunningham wrote plays including No. 11 (Blue and White) and The Theory of Three. She received a Primetime Emmy nomination as a producer on Desperate Housewives and Writers Guild of America nominations for Rome and Dirty John.
