Cindy Chupack is a

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and

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who has won three

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s and two

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s for her work as a writer/executive producer of

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's '' Sex and the City'' and writer/co-executive producer of ABC's '' Modern Family''.

Early years

Chupack was born and raised in Tulsa, living there until she graduated from Edison High School. Although she moved away, and currently lives in California, she says she maintains close ties to high school girl friends, many of whom still live in Tulsa. She still credits her third-grade teacher, Virginia Davis, at Waite Phillips Elementary School, by praising her skill at writing. Chupack said in an interview that this encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a professional writer.Eaton, Kristi and Anna Holton Dean. "The road to fame." ''Tulsa People''. March 2019. Accessed March 22, 2019.
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Career

Several episodes she penned—namely, '' Sex and the City''s "Evolution", "Attack of the 5'10" Woman", "Just Say Yes", "Plus One is the Loneliest Number", "I Love a Charade", and "Splat!", and '' Modern Family''s "Little Bo Bleep"—were individually nominated for Writer's Guild and/or Emmy awards. Chupack also worked on '' Everybody Loves Raymond'' as a writer/co-executive producer. In May 2010, NBC announced it had commenced production of ''

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'', a television series created by Chupack for the NBC network. Her first book, ''The Between Boyfriends Book'', was published by St. Martin's Press. Her second book, a comic memoir about marriage entitled ''The Longest Date: Life as a Wife'', was published by Viking in January 2014. She has also written humorous essays for '' The New York Times'', '' Real Simple'', ''

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'', '' People'', '' Allure'', ''

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''. In April 2018, it was announced Chupack would make her directorial debut on '' Otherhood'', with Patricia Arquette,

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and

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starring.

Personal life

Chupack is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She received a journalism degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Chupack now lives in

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.Middleton, Nicole Marshall. "These bigtime stars are funny and they're from Oklahoma." June 11, 2014.
Accessed March 22, 2019.

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Official website
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