Canadian-American actress
Moira Walley-Beckett
is a Canadian television actress, producer, and writer. She was a writer and producer for the
AMC
drama
Breaking Bad
and the creator of two television series,
Flesh and Bone
and
Anne with an E
(titled
Anne
during the first season).
For her work on
Breaking Bad
, she won three
Primetime Emmy Awards
, including
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
, three
Writers Guild of America Awards
, two
Producers Guild of America Awards
, a
Golden Globe
, and a
Peabody
.
Early life
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Walley-Beckett was raised in
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
, Canada, and attended the
Banff School of Fine Arts
.
[1]
In 1982, she joined the
Arts Club Theatre Company
.
[2]
Career
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Walley-Beckett worked from the mid-1980s until the early-2000s as a television actress. She guest-starred on many series, including
MacGyver
,
21 Jump Street
,
Wiseguy
,
The Pretender
,
Chicago Hope
,
Diagnosis Murder
,
ER
and Tropical Heat. ( only episode 6 season one ).
[3]
She began writing for television in 2007 as a staff writer for the short-lived
NBC
detective drama
Raines
, starring Jeff Goldblum. In 2008 she joined the writing staff for the legal drama
Eli Stone
and penned the episode "Heal the Pain".
She joined
Breaking Bad
as a story editor for the
second season
and wrote the episodes "
Breakage
"
[4]
and "
Over
".
[5]
The second season writing staff were nominated for the
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award
for best drama series at the
February 2010 ceremony
for their work on the second season.
[6]
She was promoted to co-producer for the
third season
in 2010 and wrote the episodes "
Mas
"
[7]
and (with
Sam Catlin
) "
Fly
." She was promoted again to producer for the fourth season in 2011.
For the fifth season, Walley-Beckett wrote "
Gliding Over All
" and
"Ozymandias"
; the latter received universal praise from critics, and has since been called one of the greatest episodes of television ever broadcast. On August 25, 2014 she won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
for "Ozymandias", becoming the first solo woman to win the award in the Drama category since
Ann Biderman
won in 1994.
[8]
After
Breaking Bad
ended, Walley-Beckett, a former ballet dancer, created the ballet drama miniseries
Flesh and Bone
for
Starz
.
[9]
The show premiered in November 2015.
In January 2016, it was announced that Walley-Beckett would create, write and executive produce a television series based on children's classic
Anne of Green Gables
for Canada's
CBC
.
[10]
Netflix
came aboard in August to distribute the show internationally.
[11]
The series,
Anne with an E
(titled
Anne
during the first season) aired on
CBC
in Canada and was later made available for streaming on
Netflix
. The series premiered on March 19, 2017, on CBC and on May 12 internationally. It was renewed for a second season on August 3, 2017, and for a third season in August 2018. Shortly after the third season was released in Fall 2019, CBC and Netflix announced that the series was canceled.
She wrote the 2018 film
The Grizzlies
alongside
Justified
creator
Graham Yost
, directed by
Miranda de Pencier
.
[12]
Filmography
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Production staff
Writer
Year
|
Show
|
Season
|
Episode Title
|
Episode
|
Notes
|
2019
|
Anne with an E
|
3
|
"The Better Feelings of My Heart"
|
10
|
|
"A Secret Which I Desired to Divine"
|
1
|
|
2018
|
2
|
"The Growing Good of the World"
|
10
|
|
"What We Have Been Makes Us What We Are"
|
9
|
|
"Youth Is the Season of Hope"
|
1
|
|
2017
|
1
|
"Wherever You Are Is My Home"
|
7
|
|
"Remorse Is the Poison of Life"
|
6
|
|
"Tightly Knotted to a Similar String"
|
5
|
|
"An Inward Treasure Born"
|
4
|
|
"But What Is So Headstrong as Youth?"
|
3
|
|
"I Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Me"
|
2
|
|
"Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny"
|
1
|
|
2015
|
Flesh and Bone
|
1
|
"Scorched Earth"
|
8
|
|
"Cannon Fodder"
|
2
|
|
"Bulling Through"
|
1
|
|
2012
|
Pan Am
|
1
|
"Romance Languages"
|
13
|
|
2011
|
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
|
9
|
co-wrote with
Lydia Woodward
|
"Eastern Exposure"
|
4
|
co-wrote with
Jack Orman
|
2013
|
Breaking Bad
|
5
|
"
Ozymandias
"
|
14
|
also appeared as an extra, a customer at the Whites’ car wash
|
2012
|
"
Gliding Over All
"
|
8
|
|
2011
|
4
|
"
End Times
"
|
12
|
co-wrote with
Thomas Schnauz
|
"
Bug
"
|
9
|
"
Bullet Points
"
|
4
|
|
2010
|
3
|
"
Fly
"
|
10
|
co-wrote with
Sam Catlin
|
"
Mas
"
[7]
|
5
|
|
2009
|
2
|
"
Over
"
[5]
|
10
|
|
"
Breakage
"
[4]
|
5
|
|
2008
|
Eli Stone
|
1
|
"Heal the Pain"
|
7
|
co-wrote with Alex Taub
|
References
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- ^
Patch, Nick (July 13, 2014).
"Vancouver-raised 'Breaking Bad' scribe celebrates Emmy nod for beloved episode"
.
The Vancouver Sun
. Retrieved
August 24,
2014
.
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Leiren-Young, Mark (March 11, 2014).
"ARTS CLUB ANNIVERSARY ESSAY: "THE ARTS CLUB ON SCREEN"
"
(PDF)
. Arts Club. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on February 9, 2014
. Retrieved
August 26,
2014
.
- ^
"Talking to Moira Walley-Beckett about the 'punishing, challenging' world of Flesh and Bone"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2017-12-21
.
- ^
a
b
Johan Renck (director); Moira Walley-Becket (writer) (2009-04-05). "Breakage".
Breaking Bad
. Season 2. Episode 5. AMC.
- ^
a
b
Phil Abraham (director); Moira Walley-Becket (writer) (2009-05-10). "Over".
Breaking Bad
. Season 2. Episode 10. AMC.
- ^
"2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced"
. WGA. 2008. Archived from
the original
on 2008-12-12
. Retrieved
2008-12-12
.
- ^
a
b
Johan Renck (director); Moira Walley-Becket (writer) (2010-04-18). "Mas".
Breaking Bad
. Season 3. Episode 5. AMC.
- ^
Alter, Charlotte (August 26, 2014).
"Vince Gilligan Thought True Detective Would Win the Emmy for Best Drama"
.
Time
. Retrieved
August 26,
2014
.
- ^
Andreeva, Nellie (2014-01-26).
"Ballet Drama 'Flesh And Bone' Gets Series Order At Starz, Casts Lead"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
2017-12-20
.
- ^
Tartaglione, Nancy (2016-01-12).
"
'Anne Of Green Gables' Series Greenlit At CBC; Moira Walley-Beckett Writing"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
2017-12-20
.
- ^
Tartaglione, Nancy (2016-08-22).
"Netflix Boards CBC's 'Anne Of Green Gables' Adaptation; Niki Caro To Helm Premiere"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
2017-12-20
.
- ^
McNary, Dave (2016-02-18).
"
'Goat' Actor Ben Schnetzer to Star in Arctic Drama 'The Grizzlies'
"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
2017-12-21
.
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