Rina Mimoun is an American

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and producer.

Career

Mimoun's career began at the age of 21 with a

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internship on the Fox comedy ''

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'' and a first staff writer job on the UPN sitcom '' Guys Like Us''. She scored her big break when then-''

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'' showrunner

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hired her as a writer on the teen drama series. Mimoun has also written for '' Jack & Jill'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Eastwick'', and ''

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''. She served as a supervising producer on ''Everwood'' for the first 12 episodes of season 1. She was made a co-executive producer for the rest of season 1 and the entirety of season 2. She became an executive producer and the

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for seasons 3 and 4 after creator Greg Berlanti left the series. Mimoun developed and executive-produced '' Privileged'' for The CW Television Network, based on the Zoey Dean novel ''How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls''. Mimoun serves as an executive producer on '' Mistresses'', an American remake of the 2008–2010 British series of the same name.

Personal life

Mimoun has been married to actor

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, the voice of

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, since 2008; together they have a son, who was born in 2009. Mimoun is

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Works

References

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