Tanya Barfield’s TV credits include Mrs America (FX), Raising Dion (Netflix), The Americans (FX, WGA Award/S4), Ray Donovan (Showtime) and Here Now (HBO). Barfield’s Mrs. America episode “Shirley” was nominated for Outstanding Writing (Primetime Emmy Award and Black Reel Award), as well as an NAACP Image Award. The series is currently nominated for a WGA Award. Tanya shares a WGA Award win for her work on Season 4 of The Americans. Barfield has projects in development at Netflix, Bad Robot and Sony. As a playwright, Tanya’s work has been seen off-Broadway, regionally and around the world. Her plays include: Bright Half Life, The Call and Blue Door. She is a recipient of a PEN America Playwriting Award, a LAMDA Literary Award, a Lilly Award recognizing extraordinary women in theatre, the inaugural Lilly Award Commission and a Helen Merrill Award. In addition to television writing, Barfield is the Co-Director of the Juilliard Playwrights Program.

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