Jana Sinyor
Jana Sinyor is a Canadian television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator of the television comedy-drama series Being Erica and Dark Oracle.
Early life
Sinyor was born in Ottawa, Canada, and raised in the Jewish faith as the daughter of Egypt-born father, Albert and mother, Lynda. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies from Montreal's McGill University in 1998. She then worked in a call center for a year before taking a screenwriting course at Ryerson University in Toronto and going on to study at the Canadian Film Centre.Career
She was a writer on seasons 2 and 3 of Degrassi: The Next Generation.Sinyor created the comedy drama time-travel series Being Erica, which ran four seasons from 2009 to 2011. She made brief cameo appearances in three episodes of Being Erica playing the role of Jana: in the season one finale, "Leo", as the person living in Erica's apartment after Erica has changed the timeline by saving Leo; in the second last episode of season 2, "Erica, Interrupted"; and in the series finale, "Dr. Erica", she appeared with Aaron – played by the show's executive producer, Aaron Martin – as a bickering couple.