Cathryn Humphris is an American

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. She has worked on the

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drama ''

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'' and has won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award.

Biography

Humphris worked as a production assistant and a writer's assistant on ''

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'' in 1999. She began writing for television for the series ''

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'' in 2006. She co-wrote the first-season episode "Dead Man's Blood" with co-executive producer

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. She returned as a writer for the second season and wrote the episodes "The Usual Suspects" and "Born Under a Bad Sign". She continued to write for the third season and wrote the episode "Bedtime Stories" and wrote the teleplay and co-wrote the story (with

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) for the episode "Dream a Little Dream of Me". She became a story editor for the fourth season in 2008 and wrote the episodes "Metamorphosis" and "Sex and Violence". Humphris joined the crew of

drama ''

'' as an executive story editor and writer for the third season in 2009. She co-wrote the episode "Love Among the Ruins" with series creator and show runner

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and co-wrote the episode " The Gypsy and the Hobo" with consulting producer

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. Humphris and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season. Other series she would work on after included '' Under the Dome'', '' NCIS: New Orleans'' and ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Humphris, Cathryn American television writers Living people American women television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women