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Leigh Davenport is an American writer and producer. She is the creator of Run the World, and the writer of the films Wendy Williams: The Movie and The Perfect Find.
Leigh Davenport is a west coast-based writer and director. Davenport wrote the screenplay for Netlfix’s “The Perfect Find” starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers. She also wrote the screenplay for Lifetime’s highest-rated original film, “Wendy Williams: The Movie.”.
Leigh Davenport is known for Run the World (2021), The Perfect Find (2023) and Queenie (2023).
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May 16, 2021 · NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Leigh Davenport, creator and co-executive producer of Run the World. The new show, on Starz, follows four successful Black women living in New York.
Feb 20, 2024 · But Leigh Davenport, creator and executive producer of Run the World, set out to make something different—a show from this century that actually reflected her reality.
May 12, 2022 · Adapted by Leigh Davenport, the series is based on the book “The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in the Early Twentieth Century...
May 14, 2021 · Leigh Davenport is a writer and producer who drew on her own experiences to create a comedy series about four Black women in Harlem. She was inspired by shows like 'Sex and the City' and 'Living Single' and worked with Yvette Lee Bowser as showrunner.
