Nationality American Siblings Karen Hall Role Writer | Name Barbara Hall Religion Roman Catholicism | |
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Occupation TV producer, author, singer/songwriter Movies and TV shows Madam Secretary, Joan of Arcadia, Ultra, Joan of Arc: Child of War, Soldier of God, Demons Nominations Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series Similar People Lori McCreary, Tim Daly, Connie Tavel, Karen Hall, David Semel Profiles | ||
Barbara Hall (born July 17, 1960 in Chatham, Virginia) is an American television writer, producer, novelist and singer-songwriter. She is known for creating and producing the CBS legal drama Judging Amy and the CBS fantasy family drama Joan of Arcadia. She served as co-executive producer on the Showtime political thriller Homeland and is the creator and showrunner of the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, which premiered in the fall of 2014.
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Background
Hall was born in Chatham, Virginia to Ervis and Flo Hall and is the younger sister of television writer Karen Hall. She graduated from Chatham High School in 1978, and Summa Cum Laude from James Madison University with a BA in English in 1982. Shortly after graduating from James Madison, Hall became a TV writer and producer in Los Angeles, California and worked on shows such as Northern Exposure, Chicago Hope, ER, I'll Fly Away, Anything But Love, and Moonlighting before creating, producing, and writing the CBS legal drama Judging Amy and the CBS fantasy family drama Joan of Arcadia.
Hall is also a founding member of the alternative country rock band The Enablers, with whom she has released two albums. In 2005, she released her debut solo album Handsome. Her latest album, Bad Man, was released in 2013.
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