About me
Marissa Jo Cerar began her career working as a writer and producer on series such as Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Hulu’s The Handmaids Tale, for which she shares nominations for both the Emmys and Writers Guild Awards for Outstanding Drama Series for season three. She has spent her career focusing her creative efforts on projects that explore the intersectionality of the human experience through character-driven and female forward stories, such as her series Women of the Movement which aired on ABC. In addition to her WOTM script winning the NAACP Image Award and the Humanitas Prize, the series has been honored as the Best Limited Series by the African American Film Critics Association and The Gracie Awards. Marissa Jo’s series Black Cake is currently streaming on Hulu. The series was honored with the Critics Choice Association Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment (SOFEE), was nominated for GLAAD Media Awards’ “Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series” category, and was honored as “The Best in TV” from the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE). The NAACP Image Awards nominated Black Cakefor the Outstanding Drama Series category, as well as Marissa Jo’s writing for the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series category. She served as Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer, along with Kapital Entertainment and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films. Her new original series Birthright is currently in development at Netflix.