Sara Hess is a

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and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the drama series ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Hess joined the crew of the

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western drama '' Deadwood'' as a writer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episode " Advances, None Miraculous". From 2005 to 2012, Hess worked on the

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series ''

'', for which she wrote 17 episodes. Since 2013, she worked on ''

''. Starting in 2021, she began working on ''

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'', and signed an HBO overall deal.

Personal life

Hess is openly gay, and married writer Talia Osteen in 2014, with whom she has a son.

Filmography

* '' Deadwood'' (Writer) ** Advances, None Miraculous (S2E10) * ''

'' (Supervising producer, co-producer, producer, writer) ** Spin (S2E6) ** Sleeping Dogs Lie ** Finding Judas ** Act Your Age ** You Don't Want To Know ** Living the Dream ** Lucky Thirteen ** The Greater Good (S5E14) ** Epic Fail ** The Down Low ** Open and Shut (S6E19) ** Larger Than Life ** Bombshells ** The Dig ** Charity Case ** Man of the House ** We Need the Eggs * ''

'' (Co-executive producer, executive producer, writer) ** Blood Donut (S1E7) ** Fool Me Once (S1E12) ** Comic Sans (S2E7) ** It Was The Change (S2E12) ** Ching Chong Chang (S3E6) ** Don't Make Me Come Back There (S3E12) ** Power Suit (S4E2) ** Turn Table Turn (S4E9) * ''

'' (Executive producer, writer) ** The Princess and the Queen ** The Green Council ** Rhaenyra the Cruel ** The Queen Who Ever Was

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