Date of Birth
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14-June-1978
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Place of Birth
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Lemont
(Cook County, DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Brook Busey, Brook Maurio, Brook Busey-Hunt, Brooke M. Busey
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Profession
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Screenwriter, Journalist, Author, Memoirist, Exotic dancer, Television Producer, Film Producer, Film Director, Stripper
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Brook Busey-Maurio, better known by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American screenwriter, producer and director. She first became known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her "The Pussy Ranch" blog and in her memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Later, Cody achieved critical acclaim for her debut script Juno, winning awards such as the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
She is also known for creating, writing and producing Showtime's television series United States of Tara and for writing and producing the films Jennifer's Body and Young Adult. For the latter, she received a second nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. Her directorial debut, Paradise, was released on October 18, 2013.
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