---
name: "Elisabeth Kiernan Averick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elisabeth-kiernan-averick"
fi1m_id: "elisabeth-kiernan-averick"
imdb_id: "nm2463299"
tmdb_id: 1579774
wikidata_id: "Q107177491"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T03:14:16.120851+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."
---

# Elisabeth Kiernan Averick

## Identity

Elisabeth Kiernan Averick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elisabeth-kiernan-averick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elisabeth-kiernan-averick
- **IMDb ID:** nm2463299
- **TMDB ID:** 1579774
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107177491
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107177491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2463299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579774

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Elisabeth Kiernan
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md), [Jeff Westbrook](https://film.one/person/jeff-westbrook.md), [Jessica Conrad](https://film.one/person/jessica-conrad.md), [John Frink](https://film.one/person/john-frink.md), [Matt Selman](https://film.one/person/matt-selman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107177491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2463299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579774

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Elisabeth Kiernan Averick is an American writer and producer. She has written episodes of the animated series *The Simpsons* since 2020 and has held producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer roles on the show. She previously worked on the musical comedy series *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015–2019) as a writer, story editor and co-producer, having begun there as a writers' assistant.

Her other credits include production work on the film *Selma* (2014) and writing for *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*. She co-wrote the *Simpsons* shorts *The Good, the Bart, and the Loki* (2021) and *When Billie Met Lisa* (2022). Averick has received Primetime Emmy nominations for her work on *The Simpsons* and *When Billie Met Lisa*. She is married to film editor and producer Spencer Averick.

*Sources: simpsons.fandom.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *When Billie Met Lisa* (2022), Writer
- *The Good, the Bart, and the Loki* (2021), Writer
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Howard Gets an Interview* (2012), as Jamie
- *Where God Left His Shoes* (2007), as Hostess
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Female Director Fan (voice) · Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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