---
name: "Akela Cooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akela-cooper"
fi1m_id: "akela-cooper"
imdb_id: "nm4868455"
tmdb_id: 1327476
wikidata_id: "Q27662845"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T15:00:44.995673+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Akela Cooper

## Identity

Akela Cooper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akela-cooper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akela-cooper
- **IMDb ID:** nm4868455
- **TMDB ID:** 1327476
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27662845
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akela_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27662845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4868455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1327476

Writer. Born 1 January 1980 in Hayti, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1980, Hayti, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Axelle Carolyn](https://film.one/person/axelle-carolyn.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $270m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akela_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27662845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4868455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1327476

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md) (77), [*The Nun II*](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md) (55)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Akela Cooper is an American screenwriter and television producer. She was raised in Hayti, Missouri, graduated from Truman State University and earned an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she was the first recipient of the NAACP/CBS Writer's Fellowship.

She began her career as a staff writer on *Grimm* and later wrote for and produced episodes of *The 100*, *American Horror Story*, *Marvel's Luke Cage*, and *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*. Her film work includes the screenplays for *Hell Fest* (2018), *Malignant* (2021), *M3GAN* (2022) and *The Nun II* (2023), the last co-written with Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing from her story. She co-created the *M3GAN* franchise with James Wan. Cooper was named in *Variety*'s 10 Screenwriters to Watch list for 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Nun II* (2023), Fi1m 55, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), Fi1m 77, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Story Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Boulet Brothers' Holiday of Horrors* (2025), Writer, Director
- *The Last Frontier* (2025), series, Writer
- *M3GAN 2.0* (2025), Characters, Story
- *The Nun II* (2023), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *M3GAN* (2022), Story, Screenplay
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Malignant* (2021), Story, Screenplay
- *Jupiter's Legacy* (2021), series, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *Chambers* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Hell Fest* (2018), Screenplay
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer
- *The 100* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Executive Story Editor
- *Witches of East End* (2013), series, Co-Producer, Writer
- *Marvel's Avengers* (2013), series, Writer
- *TRON: Uprising* (2012), series, Writer
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Writer, Supervising Producer
- *It's Over*, Screenplay
- *Don't Look*, Writer
- *Deepest, Darkest*, Executive Producer
- *The Lot*, Screenplay, Producer

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