Dayna Lynne North

Dayna Lynne North is an EP/Showrunner/writer, and a self-described “Delightful Disruptor of the status quo.” Dayna is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She began her writing career on the critically acclaimed Lifetime drama. ANY DAY NOW, starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint. She was on the writing staff for the Pirst two seasons of the pop culture phenom, VERONICA MARS, starring Kristen Bell. Dayna was Co-Executive Producer on the ABC-Family drama, LINCOLN HEIGHTS, which garnered the NAACP Image award for Best Drama, as well as the Gabriel Award for Best Entertainment. She also wrote a holiday-themed Lifetime biopic, AN EN VOGUE CHRISTMAS. Dayna was most recently a writer/ Executive producer on HBO’s zeitgeist-shifting INSECURE, co-created by and starring Issa Rae. Dayna is committed to telling stories of characters who’s POV has long been overlooked and undervalued, with an intention to raise the collective emotional intelligence through art. She recently joined founder Bridgid Coulter and inspiring group of women on the founding advisory board of Blackbird, a private co-working space, centered on women of color and their allies.