Karen Leigh Hopkins
- Senaryo
- Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Biyografi
Karen Leigh Hopkins (also Karen Lee Hopkins) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress born in Sandusky, Ohio. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting but pivoted to writing after her scenes were cut from The Breakfast Club (1985) and Three Amigos. Her first screenplay, The Kindness of Strangers, was written in 12 days and sold to Paramount, launching her career behind the camera. As an actress, Hopkins is best known for playing Brenda in The Running Man (1987), with additional credits in Corrina, Corrina (1994) and Mafia! (1998). Her most notable writing and producing credits include Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990), Stepmom (1998, co-writer, starring Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts, $160M worldwide), Because I Said So (2007, writer and associate producer, starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore), Miss Meadows (2014, writer, director, and executive producer, Tribeca premiere), Little Voice (2020, Apple TV+), and Love Is Love Is Love (2020). She won the Humanitas Prize for Searching for David's Heart (2004) and received an Emmy nomination for What Girls Learn.
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Filmografi
- Love Is Love Is Love · Senaryo
- Little Voice · Consulting Producer, Yazar
- You Can't Take My Daughter · Yazar, Yapımcı
- Paris Can Wait · Teşekkür
- Miss Meadows · Yürütücü yapımcı, Yönetmen
- Ben Sana Söylemiştim · Milly's Staff #2 Charlie, Senaryo
- Searching for David's Heart · Yazar
- Kızkardeşler · Teleplay
- A Woman's a Helluva Thing · Jessie, Yönetmen
- Omuz Omuza · Senaryo
- Jane Austen's Mafia! · Nurse
- Dillinger and Capone · Ragtop Blonde
- Corrina, Corrina · Liala Sheffield
- Doppelganger · Psycho-slut #1
- Grapevine · Marsha
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael · Yazar, Yürütücü yapımcı
- Kim Bu Adam? · Office Worker
- Ölüme Karşı Koşan · Brenda
- Talking Walls · Luna
- Cloak & Dagger · Receptionist
- Going Berserk · Aerobics Leader
- In Love with an Older Woman · The Blonde
- When Stroker Strikes · Electra