---
name: "Janet Tamaro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-tamaro"
fi1m_id: "janet-tamaro"
imdb_id: "nm1002023"
tmdb_id: 1220644
wikidata_id: "Q6153624"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 July 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:14.783911+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."
---

# Janet Tamaro

## Identity

Janet Tamaro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janet-tamaro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janet-tamaro
- **IMDb ID:** nm1002023
- **TMDB ID:** 1220644
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6153624
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Tamaro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220644

Writer. Born 27 July 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 July 1961
- **Active:** 1999–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Marita Grabiak](https://film.one/person/marita-grabiak.md), [Alex Chapple](https://film.one/person/alex-chapple.md), [Chad Lowe](https://film.one/person/chad-lowe.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [David Hugh Jones](https://film.one/person/david-hugh-jones.md), [Donna Deitch](https://film.one/person/donna-deitch.md), [Greg Yaitanes](https://film.one/person/greg-yaitanes.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Tamaro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220644

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Janet Tamaro is an American television writer, series creator, executive producer and showrunner. She began her career as an on-camera correspondent for ABC NewsOne, Inside Edition and the Travel Channel, and holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. She is the author of the 1998 book So That's What They're For!: Breastfeeding Basics.

Tamaro has written for series including *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *CSI: NY* (2004), *Lost* (2004), *Bones* (2005) and *Sleeper Cell* (2005). As a member of the *Lost* writing staff she shared a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2006. In 2010 she created the TNT series *Rizzoli & Isles*, serving as showrunner for several seasons.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, Teleplay, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Development Producer, Creator
- *Trauma* (2009), series, Writer
- *Sleeper Cell* (2005), series, Producer, Writer
- *Bones* (2005), series, as TV Reporter · Writer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Lost* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Writer
- *Line of Fire* (2003), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Court* (2002), series, Writer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Writer
- *Black Sash*, series, Writer, Teleplay

## Gallery

- ![Janet Tamaro](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-ec685a91917e.jpg) Janet Tamaro — Lesly Marquina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Janet_Tamaro.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sasha and Janet celebrate wins (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-4993893a6c50.jpg) Sasha and Janet celebrate wins (2011) — Lesly Marquina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Gracie_Awards_Sasha_Alexander_and_Janet_Tamaro.jpg/1280px-Gracie_Awards_Sasha_Alexander_and_Janet_Tamaro.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damon Lindeloff, Mike Royce and Janet Tamaro speaking at panel after LA premiere of feature-length documentary, "Showrunners," in which they appear. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-cc52c2207422.jpg) Damon Lindeloff, Mike Royce and Janet Tamaro speaking at panel after LA premiere of feature-length documentary, "Showrunners," in which they appear. (2014) — GearHeadinLA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/JT_and_friends_at_Showrunners_Documentary_Premiere_Panel_10-28-14_pic5.jpg/1280px-JT_and_friends_at_Showrunners_Documentary_Premiere_Panel_10-28-14_pic5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Celebrating a birthday on the R&I set with Executive Producer Janet Tamaro (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-0328a3db8a7c.jpg) Celebrating a birthday on the R&I set with Executive Producer Janet Tamaro (2010) — Lesly Marquina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/On_the_Rizzoli_%26_Isles_Set.jpg/1280px-On_the_Rizzoli_%26_Isles_Set.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bill O'Reilly, Rick Kirkham, Tony Cox and Janet Tamaro (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-9b0bb624d30f.jpg) Bill O'Reilly, Rick Kirkham, Tony Cox and Janet Tamaro (2013) — Lesly Marquina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Partial_Staff_of_Inside_Edition.jpg/1280px-Partial_Staff_of_Inside_Edition.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sasha Alexander, Bruce McGill, Janet Tamaro and Angie Harmon (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/100879/gallery-1a37a69ee8dd.jpg) Sasha Alexander, Bruce McGill, Janet Tamaro and Angie Harmon (2011) — Lesly Marquina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Rizzoli_%26_Isles_Season_2_Alley_Scene.jpg/1280px-Rizzoli_%26_Isles_Season_2_Alley_Scene.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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