Monica Beletsky

Monica Beletsky is an American television producer and screenwriter.

Biography

Beletsky grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Julia R. Masterman School. She went to Harvard University.
She was a theatre director from 2000–2006 in NYC and the U.K. Her mother is Jewish and her father is African American.
She was a writer and producer for the third season of the FX series, Fargo. Past writing and producing credits include the drama series The Leftovers, Friday [Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights], and the first four seasons of Parenthood.
In 2017, Beletsky was nominated with her colleagues for an Emmy Award for Best Limited Series and a PGA and a WGA Award for Long Form Adapted for Fargo. In 2011, she was on the team of writers nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Best Drama series for the fourth and fifth seasons of Friday Night Lights.
The best seller, The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White is dedicated to Beletsky and a few other influential people in the podcaster/author's life.
In 2019, Beletsky received an overall TV development deal from Apple TV+, where she developed the miniseries Manhunt, about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin John [Wilkes Booth].