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Jenji Leslie Kohan (born July 5, 1969) is an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds and the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. [1] [2] She has received nine Emmy Award nominations, winning one as supervising producer of the comedy ...
- 3 (1 deceased)
- Columbia University
- 1994–present
- David Kohan (brother), Jono Kohan (brother)
- She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English language and literature in 1991.
- Kohan is married to author and journalist Christopher Noxon, who converted to Judaism. Together they have three children: Charlie, Eliza, and Oscar.
- Kohan, who grew up in and still lives in L.A., owns the city’s historic Hayworth Theatre, using the second floor as production offices.
- Her kids have attended Jewish day school and summer camp.
Jan 3, 2020 · Noxon was the son of Jenji Kohan and journalist Christopher Noxon, who married in 1997. The two divorced in 2018, after 21 years of marriage. They had three children, including Charlie.
Jan 2, 2020 · Photo: Jenji Kohan/Instagram. Orange Is the New Black and Weeds creator Jenji Kohan is speaking out about the death of her 20-year-old son Charlie Noxon in a Utah skiing accident Tuesday. “Our ...
Jan 2, 2020 · Published on January 2, 2020. Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images; Jenji Kohan/Instagram. Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan and her ex-husband, journalist Christopher Noxon, say they ...
Aug 21, 2019 · Following in their father's footsteps, siblings David and Jenji Kohan went on to be television producers themselves — David being a co-creator of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace and Jenji serving as ...
May 4, 2011 · Jenji Kohan exclaims as she bursts into the kitchen 20 minutes late for the interview, in jeans and a T-shirt, her two sons in tow. ... And even though the Kohan children — twins Jono and David ...
