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	Kwok in 2012
Born	Canada
Occupations	Screenwriter; actress; television producer;
Known for	The Cleaning Lady
Website	mirandakwok.com

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Miranda Kwok is a Canadian-American screenwriter, actress, and television producer best known as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the Fox drama series The Cleaning Lady, which premiered on January 3, 2022.^[1]^[2] Kwok won the 2023 Gracie Awards for her work on the show, in the Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) category.^[3]

Studies and early work

Kwok began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto, Canada.^{[citation needed]} She majored in visual arts and minored in drama and dance.^{[citation needed]} She made her television debut at the age of thirteen and has performed in several leading, supporting, and guest-starring roles in film, television, and theatre.^{[citation needed]}

Kwok continued her education at Earl Haig Secondary School, where she completed the Claude Watson Arts Program as well as the Academy Program for the intellectually gifted.^{[citation needed]} She also completed an Honors Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and psychology at the University of Toronto.^{[citation needed]}

Kwok was a participant in Project: Involve, a mentorship program at the IFP in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} Through its directors, she was recommended for and subsequently won a full scholarship award at the Los Angeles Film School in the Feature Development Program, which she completed with honors.^{[citation needed]}

Kwok won the grand prize in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition for a historical drama entitled Song of Silence.^[4]

She is an honoree of the 2021 WGA's Showrunner Training Program.^{[citation needed]}, the 2010 WGA Writer Access Project for professional screenwriters,^[5] and the 2009 CBS Diversity Initiative Writers Mentoring Program.

Writing career

Kwok worked as a staff writer on the first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a 2010 original television drama on Starz. She wrote episode 105, "Shadow Games",^[6] and co-wrote episode 110, "Party Favors".^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Entertainment One Television acquired format rights to the Finnish fantasy drama series Nymphs, in order to develop and produce a US version, which was to be written by Kwok.^[7]

In 2016, Kwok joined the writing staff of the television series The 100 on the CW Network, where she worked as a writer and producer for four seasons, ultimately serving as supervising producer in 2020.^{[citation needed]}

The Cleaning Lady

Kwok created the American drama television series The Cleaning Lady, based on the 2017 Argentinian television show La Chica Que Limpia. The Cleaning Lady premiered on Fox on January 3, 2022, as a midseason entry during the 2021–22 television season.

Warner Bros. had acquired the remake rights to the Spanish-language television series, and on October 22, 2019, it was announced that an English-language adaptation was being developed for Fox, with Kwok set to write the pilot script. Kwok was also attached to executive-produce with Melissa Carter and Shay Mitchell.^[8]

On January 23, 2020, Fox gave the project a pilot order, the first for the network's 2020–21 television season, with Fox Entertainment and Warner Bros. set as co-production partners.^[9]

The series was ultimately pushed back to the 2021–22 television season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Fox giving a series greenlight consisting of ten hour-long episodes on May 7, 2021.^[10] The show premiered on January 3, 2022.

On August 25, 2022, it was announced that Kwok was promoted to showrunner on The Cleaning Lady.^[11] On May 12, 2024, Deadline Hollywood announced that the show had been renewed for a fourth season but that Kwok and her co-showrunner and co-executive producer Jeannine Renshaw would not be returning.^[12]

Kwok won the 2023 Gracie Award for her work writing the show's pilot episode, in the Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) category.^[13]

Kwok, Mitchell, and Carter were listed in Variety magazine's 2022 TV Producers Impact List.^[14]

Awards

Women's Image Network Awards – Show Producer, for The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Gracie Award – Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) (2023)

Selected filmography

Spartacus: Blood and Sand, "Shadow Games" – writer (2010)
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, "Party Favors" – co-writer (2010)
The 100 – executive story editor (2017)
The 100, "DNR" – writer (2017)
The 100, "Sic Semper Tyrannis" – writer (2018)
The 100, "The Old Man and the Anomaly" – writer (2019)
The 100, "The Queen's Gambit" – writer (2020)
The Cleaning Lady – creator, executive producer, writer (2022–present)

References

^ "'The Cleaning Lady' Ordered to Series at Fox". hollywoodreporter.com. May 7, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ "'The Cleaning Lady' Gets Trailer; Élodie Yung Talks Portraying Cambodian Immigrant with a Fighter's Spirit in Fox Drama Series – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ "Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners".
^ Film Festivals Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Miranda Kwok". wga.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ep. 1.05: "Shadow Games" – Fight as One or Die as Two". popoptiq.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ "Finnish Fantasy Series 'Nymphs' to Be Adapted By Entertainment One Television". Deadline Hollywood. September 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ White, Peter (October 22, 2019). "Fox to Adapt Argentinian Mob Drama 'The Cleaning Lady' from Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Shay Mitchell & Warner Bros. TV". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
^ Petski, Denise (January 23, 2020). "Fox Orders Drama Pilot 'The Cleaning Lady' Based on Argentine Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
^ Otterson, Joe (May 7, 2021). "Fox Orders Drama Series 'The Cleaning Lady' Starring Elodie Yung". Variety. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
^ "'The Cleaning Lady' Creator Miranda Kwok Upped to Showrunner Alongside Melissa Carter". August 25, 2022.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2024). "'The Cleaning Lady' Renewed for Season 4 by Fox with New Leadership". Deadline. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ "Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners".
^ "2022 TV Producers Impact List". September 7, 2022.

External links

Official website
Miranda Kwok at IMDb

[1] "'The Cleaning Lady' Ordered to Series at Fox". hollywoodreporter.com. May 7, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[Deadline-2] "'The Cleaning Lady' Gets Trailer; Élodie Yung Talks Portraying Cambodian Immigrant with a Fighter's Spirit in Fox Drama Series – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[3] "Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners".

[4] Film Festivals Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Miranda Kwok". wga.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[6] "Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ep. 1.05: "Shadow Games" – Fight as One or Die as Two". popoptiq.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[7] "Finnish Fantasy Series 'Nymphs' to Be Adapted By Entertainment One Television". Deadline Hollywood. September 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[8] White, Peter (October 22, 2019). "Fox to Adapt Argentinian Mob Drama 'The Cleaning Lady' from Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Shay Mitchell & Warner Bros. TV". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[9] Petski, Denise (January 23, 2020). "Fox Orders Drama Pilot 'The Cleaning Lady' Based on Argentine Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[series_order-10] Otterson, Joe (May 7, 2021). "Fox Orders Drama Series 'The Cleaning Lady' Starring Elodie Yung". Variety. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[11] "'The Cleaning Lady' Creator Miranda Kwok Upped to Showrunner Alongside Melissa Carter". August 25, 2022.

[12] Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2024). "'The Cleaning Lady' Renewed for Season 4 by Fox with New Leadership". Deadline. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[13] "Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners".

[14] "2022 TV Producers Impact List". September 7, 2022.

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-'''Miranda Kwok''' is a Canadian [[screenwriter]], [[television producer]], and actress best known as the creator and [[executive producer]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] drama series ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'', which premiered on January 3, 2022.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cleaning-lady-fox-series-order-1234949693/]
+'''Miranda Kwok''' is a Canadian-American [[screenwriter]], actress, and [[television producer]] best known as the creator, showrunner, and [[executive producer]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] drama series ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'', which premiered on January 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Cleaning Lady' Ordered to Series at Fox |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cleaning-lady-fox-series-order-1234949693/ |website=hollywoodreporter.com |date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|title='The Cleaning Lady' Gets Trailer; Élodie Yung Talks Portraying Cambodian Immigrant with a Fighter's Spirit in Fox Drama Series – TCA |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-cleaning-lady-gets-trailer-elodie-yung-talks-fox-drama-tca-1234890552/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref> Kwok won the 2023 [[Gracie Awards]] for her work on the show, in the Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners |url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-gracie-award-2023-podcast-archetypes-winners/}}</ref>
-[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-the-cleaning-lady-elodie-young-2021-2022-broadcast-season-1234968753/]
-[https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-cleaning-lady-gets-trailer-elodie-yung-talks-fox-drama-tca-1234890552/]
-==Education and Accolades==
+==Studies and early work==
+{{More citations needed|section|date=January 2022}}
-Kwok began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada's premiere multidisciplinary school for the performance and visual arts, where she majored in Visual Arts and minored in Drama and Dance. Kwok made her television debut at the age of thirteen, and has performed in several leading, supporting and guest starring roles in film, television and theatre.
+Kwok began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts]] in [[Toronto]], Canada.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} She majored in visual arts and minored in drama and dance.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} She made her television debut at the age of thirteen and has performed in several leading, supporting, and guest-starring roles in film, television, and theatre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-Kwok continued her education at [[Earl Haig Secondary School]], where she completed the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts|Claude Watson Arts Program]] as well as the Academy Program for the [[Intellectual giftedness|intellectually gifted]].
+Kwok continued her education at [[Earl Haig Secondary School]], where she completed the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts|Claude Watson Arts Program]] as well as the Academy Program for the [[Intellectual giftedness|intellectually gifted]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} She also completed an [[Bachelor's degree|Honors]] [[Bachelor of Arts]] in philosophy and psychology at the [[University of Toronto]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-Kwok completed an [[Bachelor's degree|Honors]] [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Philosophy and Psychology at the [[University of Toronto]]. During the same time, Kwok volunteered her services as a crisis intervention counselor at a community women's shelter and two rape crisis centers.
-Kwok was a participant in "Project: Involve," a mentorship program at the [[Independent Feature Project|IFP]] in Los Angeles. Through the directors of "Project: Involve," Kwok was recommended for and subsequently won a full scholarship award at [[Los Angeles Film School|The Los Angeles Film School]] for their Feature Development Program, which she completed with Honors.
+Kwok was a participant in Project: Involve, a mentorship program at the [[Independent Feature Project|IFP]] in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Through its directors, she was recommended for and subsequently won a full scholarship award at the [[Los Angeles Film School]] in the Feature Development Program, which she completed with honors.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+Kwok won the grand prize in the [[Slamdance Film Festival|Slamdance Screenplay Competition]] for a historical drama entitled ''Song of Silence''.<ref>[http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&fest=sundance2004&year=2004&lang=en&page=daily&partner=&date=2004/1/24 Film Festivals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813214414/http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&fest=sundance2004&year=2004&lang=en&page=daily&partner=&date=2004%2F1%2F24 |date=August 13, 2006 }}</ref>
-Kwok is a [[Black Belt (martial arts)|Black Belt]] in the [[Chinese Martial Arts|Martial Art]] of [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]].
+She is an honoree of the 2021 [[Writers Guild of America|WGA's]] Showrunner Training Program.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}, the 2010 WGA Writer Access Project for professional screenwriters,<ref>{{cite web |title=Miranda Kwok |url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4080 |website=wga.org |date= |access-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908115844/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4080 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 2009 [[CBS|CBS Diversity Initiative Writers Mentoring Program]].
-Kwok won the grand prize in the [[Slamdance Film Festival|Slamdance Screenplay Competition]] for a historical drama entitled ''Song of Silence''.<ref>[http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&fest=sundance2004&year=2004&lang=en&page=daily&partner=&date=2004/1/24 Film Festivals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813214414/http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&fest=sundance2004&year=2004&lang=en&page=daily&partner=&date=2004%2F1%2F24 |date=2006-08-13 }}</ref>
+==Writing career==
-Kwok was on the front cover of the February 2008 edition of The North York Post magazine.<ref>[http://www.postcitymagazines.com/2008-02/story_200802_MirandaKwok.php]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429222549/http://www.postcitymagazines.com/2008-02/story_200802_MirandaKwok.php |date=April 29, 2008 }}</ref>
+Kwok worked as a staff writer on the first season of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', a 2010 original television drama on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]]. She wrote episode 105, "Shadow Games",<ref>{{cite web|title=Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ep. 1.05: "Shadow Games" – Fight as One or Die as Two |url=https://www.popoptiq.com/spartacus-blood-and-sand-ep-1-05-shadow-games/ |website=popoptiq.com |date= March 11, 2015|access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref> and co-wrote episode 110, "Party Favors".{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+In 2014, [[Entertainment One Television]] acquired format rights to the Finnish fantasy drama series ''[[Nymphs (Finnish TV series)|Nymphs]]'', in order to develop and produce a US version, which was to be written by Kwok.<ref>{{cite web|title=Finnish Fantasy Series 'Nymphs' to Be Adapted By Entertainment One Television |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/nymphs-video-entertainment-one-television-finland-fantasy-series-838637/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref>
-Kwok is an honoree of the 2009 [[CBS|CBS Diversity Initiative Writers Mentoring Program]], the 2010 WGA Writer Access Project for professional screenwriters [https://web.archive.org/web/20150908115844/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4080], and the 2021 [[Writers Guild of America|WGA’s]] Showrunner Training Program.
+In 2016, Kwok joined the writing staff of the television series ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' on the [[CW Network]], where she worked as a writer and producer for four seasons, ultimately serving as supervising producer in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-==Writing career==
-Kwok worked as a Staff Writer on the first season of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', an original television drama on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] Network. Kwok wrote episode Episode 105 "Shadow Games" [http://www.popoptiq.com/spartacus-blood-and-sand-ep-1-05-shadow-games/] and co-wrote Episode 110 "Party Favors".
+===''The Cleaning Lady''===
-In 2014, [[Entertainment One Television]] acquired format rights to the Finnish fantasy drama series ''[[Nymphs (Finnish TV series)|Nymphs]]'' to develop and produce a U.S. version of the TV series to be written by Kwok. [https://deadline.com/2014/09/nymphs-video-entertainment-one-television-finland-fantasy-series-838637/]
+Kwok created the American drama television series ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'', based on the 2017 Argentinian television show ''La Chica Que Limpia''.  ''The Cleaning Lady'' premiered on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on January 3, 2022, as a midseason entry during the [[2021–22 United States network television schedule|2021–22 television season]].
+[[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros.]] had acquired the remake rights to the Spanish-language television series, and on October 22, 2019, it was announced that an English-language adaptation was being developed for Fox, with Kwok set to write the pilot script. Kwok was also attached to executive-produce with Melissa Carter and [[Shay Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox to Adapt Argentinian Mob Drama 'The Cleaning Lady' from Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Shay Mitchell & Warner Bros. TV |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/fox-to-adapt-argentinian-mob-drama-the-cleaning-lady-from-miranda-kwok-melissa-carter-shay-mitchell-warner-bros-1202765483/ |last=White |first=Peter |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804005243/https://deadline.com/2019/10/fox-to-adapt-argentinian-mob-drama-the-cleaning-lady-from-miranda-kwok-melissa-carter-shay-mitchell-warner-bros-1202765483/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In 2016, Kwok joined the writing staff of the television series ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' on the [[CW Network]]. She worked on the series as a writer and producer for four seasons, ultimately serving as Supervising Producer in 2020. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477230/]
+On January 23, 2020, Fox gave the project a [[pilot order]], the first for the network's [[2020–21 United States network television schedule|2020–21 television season]], with [[Fox Entertainment]] and Warner Bros. set as co-production partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Orders Drama Pilot 'The Cleaning Lady' Based on Argentine Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/fox-orders-drama-pilot-the-cleaning-lady-based-argentine-series-1202838927/ |last=Petski |first=Denise |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 23, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226020646/https://deadline.com/2020/01/fox-orders-drama-pilot-the-cleaning-lady-based-argentine-series-1202838927/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-=== ''The Cleaning Lady'' ===
+The series was ultimately pushed back to the 2021–22 television season due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Fox giving a series greenlight consisting of ten hour-long episodes on May 7, 2021.<ref name="series order">{{cite web |title=Fox Orders Drama Series 'The Cleaning Lady' Starring Elodie Yung |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-the-cleaning-lady-elodie-young-2021-2022-broadcast-season-1234968753/ |last=Otterson |first=Joe |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508155029/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-the-cleaning-lady-elodie-young-2021-2022-broadcast-season-1234968753/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show premiered on January 3, 2022.
-Kwok developed ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'', an American drama television series, based on the 2017 Argentinian television series ''La Chica Que Limpia''.
-''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' will premiere on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network on January 3, 2022 as a midseason entry during the [[2021–22 United States network television schedule|2021–22 television season]].
+On August 25, 2022, it was announced that Kwok was promoted to showrunner on ''The Cleaning Lady''.<ref>{{cite web |title='The Cleaning Lady' Creator Miranda Kwok Upped to Showrunner Alongside Melissa Carter|date=August 25, 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-cleaning-lady-creator-miranda-kwok-upped-showrunner-melissa-carter-1235100687/}}</ref> On May 12, 2024, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' announced that the show had been renewed for a fourth season but that Kwok and her co-showrunner and co-executive producer [[Jeannine Renshaw]] would not be returning.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title='The Cleaning Lady' Renewed for Season 4 by Fox with New Leadership |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-cleaning-lady-renewed-season-4-fox-showrunner-change-1235912258/ |website=Deadline |date=May 12, 2024 |access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
-[[Warner Bros. Television Studios]] had acquired the remake rights to the Spanish-language Argentinian television series, and on October 22, 2019, it was announced that an English-language adaptation of the series was being developed for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] with Kwok set to write the script. Kwok also attached to executive produce with Melissa Carter and [[Shay Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox To Adapt Argentinian Mob Drama 'The Cleaning Lady' From Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Shay Mitchell & Warner Bros. TV |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/fox-to-adapt-argentinian-mob-drama-the-cleaning-lady-from-miranda-kwok-melissa-carter-shay-mitchell-warner-bros-1202765483/ |last=White |first=Peter |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804005243/https://deadline.com/2019/10/fox-to-adapt-argentinian-mob-drama-the-cleaning-lady-from-miranda-kwok-melissa-carter-shay-mitchell-warner-bros-1202765483/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Kwok won the 2023 Gracie Award for her work writing the show's pilot episode, in the Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meghan Markle Receives Gracie Award for 'Archetypes' Podcast — See the Other Winners |url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-gracie-award-2023-podcast-archetypes-winners/}}</ref>
-On January 23, 2020, Fox gave the project a [[pilot order]], the first for the network's [[2020–21 United States network television schedule|2020–21 television season]], with [[Fox Entertainment]] and [[Warner Bros. Television Studios]] set as co-production partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Orders Drama Pilot 'The Cleaning Lady' Based On Argentine Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/fox-orders-drama-pilot-the-cleaning-lady-based-argentine-series-1202838927/ |last=Petski |first=Denise |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 23, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226020646/https://deadline.com/2020/01/fox-orders-drama-pilot-the-cleaning-lady-based-argentine-series-1202838927/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Kwok, Mitchell, and Carter were listed in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine's 2022 TV Producers Impact List.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 TV Producers Impact List|date=September 7, 2022 |url=https://variety.com/lists/2022-tv-producers-impact-list/}}</ref>
-The series was ultimately pushed back to the 2021–22 television season due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Fox giving a series greenlight consisting of 10 hour-long episodes on May 7, 2021.<ref name="series order">{{cite web |title=Fox Orders Drama Series 'The Cleaning Lady' Starring Elodie Yung |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-the-cleaning-lady-elodie-young-2021-2022-broadcast-season-1234968753/ |last=Otterson |first=Joe |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508155029/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-the-cleaning-lady-elodie-young-2021-2022-broadcast-season-1234968753/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-An official trailer of ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' was released on December 14, 2021 during the TCA Press Tour in advance of the Series Premiere. <ref>{{cite web |title=‘The Cleaning Lady’ Gets Trailer; Élodie Yung Talks Portraying Cambodian Immigrant With A Fighter’s Spirit In Fox Drama Series – TCA
-|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-cleaning-lady-gets-trailer-elodie-yung-talks-fox-drama-tca-1234890552/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Awards==
+* [[Women's Image Network Awards]] – Show Producer, for ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' (2022)
-*2004 [[Slamdance Film Festival]] Sparky Award for Best Screenplay
+* [[Gracie Awards|Gracie Award]] – Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) (2023)
-==Selected Filmography==
+==Selected filmography==
+* ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', "Shadow Games" – writer (2010)
-*''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' - Creator/Executive Producer - Developed By
+* ''Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', "Party Favors" – co-writer (2010)
-*''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' - Episode 110 "The Crown" - Written By
-*''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' - Episode 102 "The Lion's Den" - Co-Written By
+* ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' – executive story editor (2017)
+* ''The 100'', "DNR" – writer (2017)
-*''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' - Pilot Episode "TNT" - Written By
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2020) – Episode "The Queen's Gambit" - Written By
+* ''The 100'', "Sic Semper Tyrannis" – writer (2018)
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2020) – Supervising Producer
+* ''The 100'', "The Old Man and the Anomaly" – writer (2019)
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2019) – Episode "The Old Man and the Anomaly" - Written By
+* ''The 100'', "The Queen's Gambit" – writer (2020)
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2019) – Producer
+* ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' – creator, executive producer, writer (2022–present)
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2018) – Episode "Sic Semper Tyrannis" - Written By
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2018) – Co-Producer
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2017) – Episode "DNR" - Written By
-*''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' (2017) – Executive Story Editor
-*''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' (2010) – Episode "Party Favors" – Co-Written By
-*''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' (2010) – Episode "Shadow Games" – Written By
-*''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' (2010) – Staff Writer
-==Notes==
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
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 ==External links==
+* {{official website|mirandakwok.com}}
-*{{IMDb name|0477230|Miranda Kwok}}
+* {{IMDb name|0477230|Miranda Kwok}}
-*[http://mirandakwok.com/ Official Website]
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