---
name: "Alexandra Cunningham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexandra-cunningham"
fi1m_id: "alexandra-cunningham"
imdb_id: "nm1017827"
tmdb_id: 1213617
wikidata_id: "Q4720616"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:47.204782+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."
---

# Alexandra Cunningham

## Identity

Alexandra Cunningham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexandra-cunningham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexandra-cunningham
- **IMDb ID:** nm1017827
- **TMDB ID:** 1213617
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4720616
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Cunningham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213617

Writer. Born 1 January 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1972
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Randy Zisk](https://film.one/person/randall-zisk.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 80 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Cunningham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213617

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Alexandra Cunningham is an American playwright, screenwriter and television producer. She attended the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School from 1998 to 2000.

Her television writing credits include episodes of *NYPD Blue* (2001), *Fastlane* (2002–2003), *Rome* (2005), *Desperate Housewives* (2004–2010) and *Prime Suspect* (2011). She created and executive produced the series *Dirty John* (2018–2020) and has written for *Chance* (2016–2017), *Physical* (2021) and *Fatal Attraction* (2023). She has also directed episodes of several series.

Cunningham wrote plays including *No. 11 (Blue and White)* and *The Theory of Three*. She received a Primetime Emmy nomination as a producer on *Desperate Housewives* and Writers Guild of America nominations for *Rome* and *Dirty John*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *56 Days* (2026), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *Fatal Attraction* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Physical* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Dirty John* (2018), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Chance* (2016), series, Creator
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *Prime Suspect* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Rome* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Consulting Producer, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, Writer, Co-Producer
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

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