Jenny Lumet

Born in New York City in 1967, the daughter of director Sidney Lumet, Jenny Lumet is an American actress and screenwriter. She had small roles in Deathtrap (1982) and Running on Empty (1988), both directed by her father, and later played Nancy Bosch in his Q & A (1990). She then turned to writing and earned attention for her original screenplay for Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married (2008). The script won best screenplay honors from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Toronto Film Critics Association, an NAACP Image Award for outstanding writing, and a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for best first screenplay. Lumet also worked as a script doctor on The Mummy (2017) and taught drama at the Manhattan Country School. On television, she joined Star Trek: Discovery in 2018, serving as a consulting producer before becoming co-executive producer, and co-wrote the Short Treks segment Runaway. She also signed an overall deal with CBS Studios.