Corinne Noel Brinkerhoff (born 1979) is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the series ''

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law ...

'' and ''

Boston Legal ''Boston Legal'' is an American legal comedy drama television series created by former lawyer and Boston native David E. Kelley, produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to Decem ...

''. She was nominated for a

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for best new series in 2010.

Background

Brinkerhoff was born in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70 in Kansas, Interstate 70, between the Kansas River ...

, and graduated from Lawrence High School. She is an alumna of

Truman State University Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a Public university, public Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. It had 3,664 enrolled students in the fall of 2024 pursuing degrees in 55 undergraduate ...

, initially majoring in

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, with a minor in creative writing. She changed majors, graduated, and took graduate studies at the Boston University College of Communication.

Career

''Boston Legal''

Brinkerhoff began working in television in 2004 as the executive assistant to showrunner David E. Kelley on ''

''. She became a writer in 2006, writing nine episodes in the entire series' run. In 2007, she became a story editor and was promoted to executive story editor in 2008.

''The Good Wife''

She became a co-producer and writer for new legal drama ''

'' in 2009, writing 10 episodes over the course of 67 episodes produced. Brinkerhoff and the writing team were nominated for the

for best new television series in

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for their work on the first season of ''The Good Wife''.

''Elementary'' to present

From 2012 to 2013, Brinkerhoff was co-executive producer for the television series '' Elementary'', writing three episodes and a teleplay for another. In 2014, she was co-executive producer for the short-lived series '' Reckless'', writing one episode. She wrote an unnamed

pilot episode A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television netwo ...

before becoming co-executive producer and writer for the television series ''

Jane the Virgin ''Jane the Virgin'' is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan te ...

'' from 2014 to 2015. In 2016, she created the series '' American Gothic'', of which she was showrunner, executive producer and writer. She was also executive producer for the series '' No Tomorrow,'' which debuted in 2016.

Personal life

Brinkerhoff is married to Laura Kampf.

Filmography

References

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