---
name: "Nicole Yorkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicole-yorkin"
fi1m_id: "nicole-yorkin"
imdb_id: "nm0948820"
tmdb_id: 1214391
wikidata_id: "Q7030229"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 November 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.925333+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."
---

# Nicole Yorkin

## Identity

Nicole Yorkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicole-yorkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicole-yorkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0948820
- **TMDB ID:** 1214391
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7030229
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7030229, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214391

Writer. Born 22 November 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 November 1958, Los Angeles, California
- **Active:** 1997–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Dawn Prestwich](https://film.one/person/dawn-prestwich.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md), [Michael Rymer](https://film.one/person/michael-rymer.md), [Ronald D. Moore](https://film.one/person/ronald-d-moore.md), [Toni Graphia](https://film.one/person/toni-graphia.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 62 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7030229, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214391

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*Carnivàle*](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)
- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Nicole Yorkin is an American television writer and producer. She began her career as a reporter for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner before training at the American Film Institute, where she met her long-term writing partner Dawn Prestwich.

Yorkin and Prestwich have collaborated on numerous drama series. Their credits include writing and producing roles on *Chicago Hope* (1994–1999), *Carnivàle* (2003–2005), *Battlestar Galactica* (2005), *The Riches* (2007–2008), *FlashForward* (2009–2010) and *The Killing* (2011–2014). They created *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001–2002) and later *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015–2017) and *Hit & Run* (2021).

In 1997 Yorkin shared an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for *Chicago Hope*. In 2003 she and Prestwich won a Writers Guild of America award for the pilot of *The Education of Max Bickford*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.battlestarwikiclone.org, wgacontract2023.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Hit & Run* (2021), series, Creator
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), series, Creator
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, Writer
- *The Riches* (2007), series, Writer
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, Writer, Creator
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Writer
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Writer
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, Writer
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Producer, Writer
- *Christy* (1994), series, Writer
- *Angel Street* (1992), series, Writer
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* (1990), series, Writer

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