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name: "Ilana Peña"
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average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:13:48.409861+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."
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# Ilana Peña

Writer. Born in Miami, Florida.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6869772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1914307

## Biography

Ilana Peña is a television writer, creator and director. She worked as a writing assistant on several series before joining the staff of the CW musical comedy *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), where she was promoted to staff writer and received writing credits on three episodes across seasons three and four.

Peña created, executive produced and wrote for the Disney+ series *Diary of a Future President* (2020), a coming-of-age comedy-drama about a Cuban-American girl from Miami. She also directed one episode of the show. She studied theatre at Northwestern University and is a 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree in Hollywood & Entertainment.

*Sources: thecrimson.com, forbes.com, variety.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Diary of a Future President* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Working Girl*, Writer

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