---
name: "Ellen Fairey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ellen-fairey"
fi1m_id: "ellen-fairey"
imdb_id: "nm0265557"
tmdb_id: 2125297
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:13:23.607401+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."
---

# Ellen Fairey

## Identity

Ellen Fairey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ellen-fairey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ellen-fairey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0265557
- **TMDB ID:** 2125297
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2125297

Producer. Born in Michigan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2125297

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nurse Jackie*](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Ellen Fairey is an American writer and producer who began her career as a playwright in Chicago. She left high school at 16, attended art school in Chicago, and worked in advertising before writing her first short play at age 35. Her full-length play *Graceland* received productions in Chicago and New York, leading to representation and a position in the writers’ room for the Showtime series *Nurse Jackie*.

Fairey wrote episodes and served as producer on *Nurse Jackie* (2009–2015). She later contributed as writer and co-executive producer to series including *Masters of Sex* (2016), *The Sinner* (2018), *Away* (2020), *The First Lady* (2022) and *Tiny Beautiful Things* (2023), and is credited as writer and executive producer on the forthcoming *American Classic* (2026). She has also premiered plays such as *Support Group for Men* at the Goodman Theatre.

*Sources: imdb.com, bbc.co.uk, chicagotribune.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Fi1m 72, Producer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *American Classic* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Tiny Beautiful Things* (2023), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The First Lady* (2022), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *Away* (2020), series, Writer
- *The Sinner* (2017), series, Writer
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Supervising Producer, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)

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