Jana Sinyor (born 1976) is a

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television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator of the television comedy-drama series ''

Being Erica ''Being Erica'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009, to December 12, 2011. Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as ''The Session'', but was later retitled ''Bein ...

'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Sinyor was born in Ottawa, Canada, and raised in the Jewish faith, the daughter of Egypt-born father Albert, a medical-equipment manufacturer, and mother Lynda, a computer programmer and teacher. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies from Montreal's

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

in 1998. She then worked in a call center for a year before taking a screenwriting course at

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Tor ...

in Toronto and going on to study at the

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Career

She was a writer on seasons 2 and 3 of '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Sinyor created the comedy drama time-travel series ''

'', which ran four seasons from 2009 to 2011. She made brief appearances in three episodes of ''Being Erica'' playing the role of "Jana". In the program's final episode, "Dr. Erica", she appeared with "Aaron", (the show's executive producer Aaron Martin), playing a bickering couple.

Personal life

As of at least 2010, Sinyor is married to entrepreneur David Singer, with whom she has two children, Jada and Max.

References

External links

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Jana Sinyor Cameo Appearance on Being Erica

Living people Jewish Canadian writers Canadian television writers Canadian television producers Canadian women television producers Canadian women screenwriters McGill University alumni 1976 births Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian Film Centre alumni Canadian women television writers {{Canada-tv-bio-stub