Years active 1994–present Name Felicia Henderson | Role Television screenwriter | |
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Full Name Felicia D. Henderson Born April 18, 1965 (age 58) ( 1965-04-18 ) Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles Occupation Film and Television producer, director, and writer Education University of California, Los Angeles, University of Georgia Nominations Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series Similar People J R Orci, David H Goodman, Julia Cho, Jeff Pinkner, JJ Abrams | ||
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Felicia D. Henderson (born April 18, 1961) is an American television producer, screenwriter, comic books writer and a director of music videos and television episodes. She has worked on Moesha, Sister, Sister, Soul Food, and Fringe, also played in a movie with Whitney Houston.
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Personal life
Henderson was born on April 18, 1961. She grew up in Pasadena, California, one of eight siblings. Henderson still currently resides in Pasadena, California . She has always had a love for writing. She also claims to be a "researchaholic". She married the love of her life after graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psycho-Biology. Henderson spent five years in business, and later attended the University of Georgia for an MBA in corporate finance.
She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Career
After working as a creative associate at NBC, Henderson realized she wanted to become a writer, and soon became an apprentice on the sitcom Family Matters, and on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air two years later. She co-produced Moesha and Sister, Sister, and developed the TV series Soul Food for television. It became the longest running drama in television history to star a black cast, and earned several NAACP Image Awards.
She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004 with a Master of Fine Arts degree, and teaches television drama writing at its film school. She and three other black women in the entertainment industry created the Four Sisters Scholarship in Screenwriting, Directing, and Animation to help support students working on productions related to portraying their race's experiences. She is currently a doctoral student in the school's Cinema and Media Studies program.
Henderson worked as a co-executive producer for the teen drama series Gossip Girl. She also served as a co-executive producer on the first season of the science-fiction television series Fringe, before leaving to begin as a writer on the DC Comics series Teen Titans, Static Shock, as well as other projects.