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{{Infobox person

| name = Diablo Cody

| image = Diablo Cody atin TIFF 2009 cropped 22024.jpg

| caption = Cody at the [[2009 Toronto International Film FestivalSXSW]] 2024

| birth_name = Brook Busey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1978|06|14}}

| birth_place = [[Lemont, Illinois]], U.S.

| alma_matereducation = [[University of Iowa]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])

| occupation = {{flatlist|

* Writer

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'''Brook Maurio''' (previously '''Busey-Hunt'''; ''[[née]]'' '''Busey'''; born June 14, 1978), known professionally as by the [[pen name]] '''Diablo Cody''',<ref name="pans">{{cite news|url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/diablo-cody-jagged-little-pill-musical.html#_ga=2.29718463.121646660.1579807082-1338747813.1579807082|title= Diablo Cody Jagged Little Pill Musical|publisher= New York Magazine}}</ref> is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid [[blog]] and subsequent memoir, ''[[Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper]]'' (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]'' (2007), winning both the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]], and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay]], the [[Independent Spirit|BAFTA Award for Best First Screenplay]], and the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]].

Cody created, wrote, and produced the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] comedy drama series ''[[United States of Tara]]'' (2009–2011). She wrote, produced, and made her [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]] with the comedy drama film ''[[Paradise (2013 American film)|Paradise]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite news|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title=Diablo Cody Celebrates 'Paradise,' Her Directorial Debut, With Hollywood Premiere |date=7 August 2013 |first=Jennifer |last=Calfas |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julianne-hough-nick-offerman-celebrate-600880 |access-date=2015-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Diablo Cody Re-Launches Her 'Red Band Trailer'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/10/diablo-cody-re-launches-her-red-band-trailer-web-talk-show-on-l-studio/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=31 March 2012|date=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kira Cochrane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/08/2013-preview-cultural-women |title=2013 preview: the cultural year ahead for women &#124; Life and style |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 2013-01-08|access-date=2013-10-20 |location=London}}</ref> Cody has also wrotewritten and produced the horror comedy filmfilms ''[[Jennifer's Body]]'' (2009), the comedy drama film ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]'' (2011), which''[[Ricki earned her a second nomination forand the WritersFlash]]'' Guild(2015), ofand America''[[Tully Award(2018 for Bestfilm)|Tully]]'' Original Screenplay,(2018).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/01/wga-awards-nominations-announced/ |title=WGA Awards Nominations Announced |magazine=Deadline.com |date= 2012-01-05|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref> the musical comedy film ''[[Ricki and the Flash]]'' (2015), and the comedy drama film ''[[Tully (2018 film)|Tully]]'' (2018).

Cody woncreated, awrote, and produced the [[TonyShowtime Award(TV fornetwork)|Showtime]] Bestcomedy Bookdrama series ''[[United States of aTara]]'' Musical(2009–2011), and the [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]] forseries ''[[One Mississippi (TV series)|One Mississippi]]'' (2015–2017). She made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut with the [[Alanis Morissette]] musical ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]'', herwinning firstthe musical-theater[[Tony undertakingAward for Best Book of a Musical]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2020-tony-awards-nominations-unveiled|title= Tony Awards: 'Jagged Little Pill,' 'Slave Play' Lead Nominations |magazine=Hollywoodreporter.com |date= 2020-10-15|access-date=2020-10-16}}</ref> She has been a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in the Writer's Branch since 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emanuellevy.com/oscar/oscar-2008-academy-invites-105-new-members-8/|title=Oscar 2008: Academy Invites 105 New Members &#124; Emanuel Levy|date=23 June 2008 }}</ref>

==Early life==

Diablo Cody was born Brook Busey on June 14, 1978, in [[Lemont, Illinois]], a suburb of [[Chicago]], where she and her older brother Marc were raised. She is the daughter of Pam and Greg Busey.<ref>{{cite news|url=httphttps://articleswww.chicagotribune.com/2007-/12-/09/news/0712070510_1_masonfrom-novicklemont-to-hollywood-filmwith-festivala-diablopole-codydance-in-between/ |title=From Lemont to Hollywood, with a pole dance in between |date=9 December 2007 |last=Schaults |first=Janine |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2015-02-11}}</ref> Her mother is of [[Italians|Italian]] descent and her father is of [[Germans|German]] ancestry.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G23CRWNF3IU; stated at 19:55</ref> Cody was raised [[Apostolic Christian Church|Apostolic Christian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inkedmag.com/article/diablo-cody-says-no/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316052258/http://www.inkedmag.com/article/diablo-cody-says-no/|archive-date=March 16, 2010 |title=Diablo Cody Says No|publisher=(interview), [[Inked (magazine)|Inked]]| date= September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and attended SS. Cyril & Methodius School and [[Benet Academy]], [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] schools in the Chicago suburbs. At this time, she went by her birth name Brook.<ref name="cnn"/>▼

In 2000, she graduated from the [[University of Iowa]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Media.<ref name="globe">{{cite news|last= Desson|first= Thomson|title= Hollywood takes a shine to 'Juno' writer's body of work|publisher= [[The Washington Post]] via Boston.com|date= 2007-12-15|url= https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/|page = [https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/?page=2 2]|access-date= 2008-01-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100207020629/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/?page=2| archive-date=February 7, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> While at the [[University of Iowa]], she worked in the acquisitions department in the main university library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2008/02/|title=Former Student Assistant Wins Oscar|publisher=[[University of Iowa]] Libraries|date=February 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716155044/http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2008/02/ |archive-date=July 16, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first jobs were doing secretarial work at a Chicago law firm and later [[proofreading]] [[copy (written)|copy]] for advertisements that played on [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities]] radio stations.▼

▲Diablo Cody was born Brook Busey on June 14, 1978, in [[Lemont, Illinois]], a suburb of [[Chicago]], where she and her older brother Marc were raised. She is the daughter of Pam and Greg Busey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-12-09/news/0712070510_1_mason-novick-hollywood-film-festival-diablo-cody |title=From Lemont to Hollywood, with a pole dance in between |date=9 December 2007 |last=Schaults |first=Janine |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2015-02-11}}</ref> Her mother is of [[Italians|Italian]] descent and her father is of [[Germans|German]] ancestry.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G23CRWNF3IU; stated at 19:55</ref> Cody was raised [[Apostolic Christian Church|Apostolic Christian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inkedmag.com/article/diablo-cody-says-no/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316052258/http://www.inkedmag.com/article/diablo-cody-says-no/|archive-date=March 16, 2010 |title=Diablo Cody Says No|publisher=(interview), [[Inked (magazine)|Inked]]| date= September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and attended SS. Cyril & Methodius School and [[Benet Academy]], [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] schools in the Chicago suburbs. At this time, she went by her birth name Brook.<ref name="cnn"/>

▲In 2000, she graduated from the [[University of Iowa]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Media.<ref name="globe">{{cite news|last= Desson|first= Thomson|title= Hollywood takes a shine to 'Juno' writer's body of work|publisher= [[The Washington Post]] via Boston.com|date= 2007-12-15|url= https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/|page = [https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/?page=2 2]|access-date= 2008-01-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100207020629/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/15/hollywood_takes_a_shine_to_juno_writers_body_of_work/?page=2| archive-date=February 7, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> While at the [[University of Iowa]], she worked in the acquisitions department in the main university library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2008/02/|title=Former Student Assistant Wins Oscar|publisher=[[University of Iowa]] Libraries|date=February 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716155044/http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2008/02/ |archive-date=July 16, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first jobs were doing secretarial work at a Chicago law firm and later [[proofreading]] [[copy (written)|copy]] for advertisements that played on [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities]] radio stations.

==Career==

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Cody began a [[parody]] [[weblog|blog]] called ''Red Secretary'', detailing the (fictional) exploits of a secretary living in [[Belarus]].<ref name="lat">{{cite news|last= Abramowitz|first= Rachel|title= Diablo Cody: From stripper to screenwriter|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 2007-12-06|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080103072529/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-cody6dec06,0,5969724.story| archive-date=2008-01-03|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-cody6dec06,0,5969724.story|access-date= 2008-01-30}} [http://world-news-live.blogspot.com/2007/12/diablo-cody-from-stripper-to.html Alt URL]</ref> The events were thinly-veiled allegories for events that happened in Cody's real life, but told from the perspective of a disgruntled, English-[[idiom]]-challenged [[Eastern Bloc]] girl.

Cody's first ''bona fide'' blog appeared under the nickname ''Darling Girl'' after she had moved from Chicago to [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref name="lat"/>

In March 2003, Cody started an adult blog called ''The Pussy Ranch'', using a pen name invented while speeding through [[Cody, Wyoming]]<ref name="cnn22">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/film.diablo.cody.ap/index.html|title=Ex-stripper in movie spotlight|date=2008-01-23|access-date=2008-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118072752/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/film.diablo.cody.ap/index.html|archive-date=January 18, 2008|publisher=CNN}}</ref> listening to the song "El Diablo" by [[Arcadia (band)|Arcadia.]]<ref name="EW2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20157948,00.html2007/11/05/juno-makes-ex-stripper-hollywood-lister/|title=Diablo Cody: From Ex-Stripper to A-Lister|last=Valby|first=Karen|date=November 5, 2007|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref> On a whim, Cody signed up for amateur night at a Minneapolis strip club called the Skyway Lounge.<ref name="globe"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cody |first1=Diablo |title=Pussy Ranch |url=http://pussyranch.blogspot.com/2003_03_01_pussyranch_archive.html#91066877 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128034221/http://pussyranch.blogspot.com/2003_03_01_pussyranch_archive.html#91066877 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 November 2004 |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=28 November 2004}}</ref> Having enjoyed the experience, and seeing reader interest, she eventually quit her day job to become a full-time [[stripper]].<ref name="unlikely">{{cite news|last= Scott|first= Megan|title= Unlikely pole dancer tells strippers' story|newspaper= Orange County Register|date= 2006-03-10|url= http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/life/features/lifestyle/article_1032959.php|access-date= 2008-01-30|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080116224306/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/life/features/lifestyle/article_1032959.php|archive-date= 2008-01-16}}</ref> Cody also spent time working [[peep show]]s at Sex World, a Minneapolis adult novelty and DVD store.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

While still stripping, Cody began writing for ''[[City Pages]]'', an alternative [[Twin Cities]] weekly newspaper.<ref name="globe"/> She left ''City Pages'' just before it changed editorial hands, and has since written for the now-defunct ''[[Jane (magazine)|Jane]]'' magazine. In December 2007,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20166555,00.html2007/12/17/diablo-codys-new-ew-column/ |title=Diablo Cody: As the Crowe Flies? |magazine=EW.com |date=2007-12-17 |access-date=2013-12-01}}</ref> Cody began writing a column for the magazine ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.

===2005–2010: ''Juno'', ''Jennifer's Body'',Breakthrough and acclaim===

At the age of 27, Cody wrote her memoir ''[[Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper]]''. The memoir began after [[Mason Novick]], who would soon become Cody's manager, showed interest in her sharp and sarcastic voice. Based on the popularity of her blog, Novick was able to secure her a publishing contract with [[Gotham Books]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

After the completion of her book, Cody was encouraged by [[Mason Novick]] to try writing a screenplay.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|title= Ex-stripper in movie spotlight|publisher= CNN|date= 2008-01-23|url= http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/film.diablo.cody.ap/index.html|access-date= 2008-01-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118072752/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/film.diablo.cody.ap/index.html |archive-date = January 18, 2008}}</ref> Within months she wrote ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]],'' a coming-of-age story about a teenager's unplanned pregnancy. The script was completed in February 2005, and was optioned by a producer by that summer.<ref name="LATIMES">{{cite web|url=https://articleswww.latimes.com/2008archives/la-xpm-2008-feb/-25/entertainment/-et-cody25-story.html|title=For Diablo Cody, flirting with success pays off|last1=Fernandez|first1=Jay A.|date=25 February 2008|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> The [[Jason Reitman]]-directed comedy stars [[Elliot Page]] and [[Michael Cera]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=First Look| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| page=7 |date=February 13, 2009 |issue=1034}}</ref>

''Juno'' was runner-up for the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] People's Choice Award, won second prize at the Rome Film Festival, and earned four [[Academy Award]] nominations, including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. Cody herself won an Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for her debut script, which also picked up a [[Golden Globes|Golden Globe]] nomination and an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay]]. She also won screenplay honors from [[BAFTA]], the [[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America]], the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]], the [[National Board of Review]], the [[Satellite Awards]], and the 2008 [[Cinema for Peace|Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Work of Director, Producer & Screenwriter]] (shared with Jason Reitman, [[John Malkovich]], Mason Novick, Russel Smith and [[Lianne Halfon]]).<ref name="variety.com">{{cite magazine|author=Michael Jones |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980855/?refcatid=38&printerfriendly=true |title=Berlin's Peace Awards bring in celebs |magazine=Variety |date=2008-02-12 |access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref>

[[File:Diablo Cody2.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Cody in January 2008]]

The ''Juno'' script was read by many in Hollywood before the film was released, bringing Cody more opportunities. In July 2007, [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] announced that it would be producing a pilot of Cody's [[DreamWorks Television|DreamWorks]] television series, ''[[United States of Tara]]''. Based on an idea by [[Steven Spielberg]], ''Tara'' is a comedy about a mother with [[dissociative identity disorder]], starring [[Toni Collette]].<ref name="times">{{cite news|title= Diablo Cody, lap dancer turned ace screenwriter|newspaper= Times Online|date= 2008-01-20|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3199604.ece|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081205053307/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3199604.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= December 5, 2008|access-date= 2008-04-15 | location=London | first=Jeff | last=Dawson}}</ref> The series began filming in Spring 2008, and premiered on January 18, 2009.

In October 2007, Cody sold a script titled ''Girly Style'' to [[Universal Studios]], and a horror script called ''[[Jennifer's Body]]'' to [[Fox Atomic]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|last= Covert|first= Colin|title= Interview: Diablo Cody: Dancing as fast as she can|newspaper= Minneapolis Star Tribune|date= 2007-12-07|url= http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/12219916.html|access-date= 2008-01-30|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080209163008/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/12219916.html|archive-date= 2008-02-09}}</ref> Released on September 18, 2009, ''Jennifer's Body'' starred [[Megan Fox]] as the title character and [[Amanda Seyfried]] as the supporting character.<ref>{{cite news|last=Covert |first=Colin |title=In Defense Of 'Jennifer's Body' |date=2007-12-07 |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3329313/defense-jennifers-body/ |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=2008-01-30}}</ref> She revised writer-director [[Steven Antin]]'s script for his musical film ''[[Burlesque (2010 American film)|Burlesque]]''.<ref name=burlesque>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974104|date=October 15, 2007|title=Screen Gems enlists Antin for 'Burlesque'|first=Michael |last=Fleming|access-date=November 18, 2011|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118153501/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974104|archive-date=November 18, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cody made a small cameo appearance as herself in a 2008 episode of the television series ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''. She appeared in the same episode that marked the return of [[Tori Spelling]] as [[Donna Martin]], in which Cody needed Spelling's character to make a dress for a red carpet event. In 2009, Cody signed on to script and produce a film adaptation of the ''[[Sweet Valley High]]'' [[young adult fiction|young adult]] book series.<ref>{{cite news | first=Dave |last=McNary | title=Diablo Cody takes on 'Sweet Valley'| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008999 | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=23 September 2009 | access-date=2011-11-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111118153709/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008999| archive-date=November 18, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2011–present: ''YoungCareer Adult'',expansion ''Tully'', and other works===

In 2011, she was brought in to revise first-time feature director Fede Alvarez's script for the remake of [[Sam Raimi]]'s 1980s horror film ''[[The Evil Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/07/evil-dead-remake-diablo-cody-polishing-script-for-first-time-director.html|title='Evil Dead' remake: Diablo Cody polishing script for first-time director|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 13, 2011 | first=Gina|last= McIntyre}}</ref> In October 2011, Cody began hosting an online celebrity interview program called "Red Band Trailer," on the broadband channel, L-studio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Diablo Cody Re-Launches Her 'Red Band Trailer' Web Talk Show On L Studio|url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/10/diablo-cody-re-launches-her-red-band-trailer-web-talk-show-on-l-studio/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=31 March 2012|date=5 October 2011}}</ref> She originally launched the series privately on YouTube in summer 2010, and the Lexus channel picked it up the following year.

In 2011, Cody wrote and produced the comedy-drama film ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]''. Cody was nominated by awards associations such as the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] and the [[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America]]. With [[Jason Reitman]], [[Charlize Theron]] and [[Patton Oswalt]], she shared the Chairman's Vanguard Award at the [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]]. In 2012, the Fempire, the collaboration of writers Cody, [[Dana Fox]], [[Liz Meriwether]], and [[Lorene Scafaria]] received the Creativity and Sisterhood Award from the Athena Film Festival for their support for one another in the competitive film industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athenafilmfestival.com/awards/award-winners/2012-athena-award-winners/ |website=Athena Film Festival |title=2012 Athena Award Winners |access-date=2015-02-13 |archive-date=2014-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106045918/http://athenafilmfestival.com/awards/award-winners/2012-athena-award-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the ''[[WTF with Marc Maron]]'' podcast, on February 24, 2012, she said her next project would be directing her first film, which is about a young woman who abandons religion after surviving a plane crash. In February 2013, she announced that the film was called ''[[Paradise (2013 American film)|Paradise]]'' (firstly known as ''Lamb of God''). [[Julianne Hough]], [[Holly Hunter]], [[Octavia Spencer]], and [[Russell Brand]] starred in the cast. [[Mandate Pictures]] produced the film, which was released in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/diablo-cody-paradise-athena-film-festival-interview/ |title=Diablo Cody Talks PARADISE, SWEET VALLEY HIGH, and the Athena Film Festival |website=Collider |date= 2013-02-05|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79150 |title=Diablo Cody Making Directing Debut with Lamb of God |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=2011-06-29 |access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref>

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In May 2013, it was announced that Cody would host her own talk show, ''Me Time with Diablo Cody'', on [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]]. The program would tailor "around Diablo’s unique perspective on all things pop culture and told in her very own tongue-in-cheek way," and "reveal a side of Hollywood and celebs that the public very rarely gets to see." [[Steve Agee]] was to be presenting and writing with her. Cody was a producer, alongside Mark Cronin and Courtland Cox. The series never materialized or made it to air.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/06/diablo-cody-gets-sidekick-for-her-tbs-talk-show-pilot/ |title=Diablo Cody Gets Sidekick For Her TBS Talk Show Pilot |magazine=Deadline.com |date= 2013-06-04|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/tbs-developing-diablo-cody-talk-show |title=TBS is Developing a Talk Show With Diablo Cody &#124; Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews |work=Indiewire |date=2012-10-26 |access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref>

Cody had numerous projects that were cancelled or stuck in [[development hell]], including ''Time and a Half'', which was to star [[Julianne Hough]] with [[Ol Parker]] directing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/julianne-hough-time-and-a-half-diablo-cody/187175/ |title=Julianne Hough to Star in TIME AND A HALF, Written by Diablo Cody &#124; Collider &#124; Page 187175 |website=Collider |date= 2012-08-07 |access-date=2013-10-20 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102055524/http://collider.com/julianne-hough-time-and-a-half-diablo-cody/187175/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also developed a teen drama series with [[Josh Schwartz]] for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] called ''Prodigy''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barrett |first=Annie |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/04/fox-diablo-cody-prodigy/ |title=Fox picks up Diablo Cody, Josh Schwartz teen drama pilot &#124; Inside TV &#124; EW.com |publisher=Insidetv.ew.com[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=2013-10-04 |access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref> According to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', it focused on "a 16-year-old genius who through home schooling has been isolated from her peers. Hoping to experience a "normal" teen social life before she enters the adult world of academia, she enrolls in her local high school. Her experiment goes off the rails when she finds herself adopted by a wild crowd, getting caught up in a whirlwind of romance and crime."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/diablo-cody-paradise-prodigy-interview/ |title=Diablo Cody Talks PARADISE, Being "Scared Shitless," PRODIGY, SWEET VALLEY HIGH, and More |website=Collider |date= 2013-10-18|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/diablo-cody-teams-fake-empire-643511 |title=Diablo Cody Teams With Fake Empire for Fox Teen Drama 'Prodigy' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2013-10-04 |access-date=2013-10-20 |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg}}</ref> Cody also created and wrote [[Warner Bros. Television]]'s romantic comedy series pilot ''Alex+Amy''.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/diablo-cody-developing-romantic-comedy-abc-386188 |title=Diablo Cody Developing Romantic Comedy at ABC |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2013-10-20 |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg}}</ref>

Cody is the [[spokesperson]] of [[Barnard College]]'s Athena Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://athenafilmfestival.com/2013/01/29/diablo-cody-opens-up-about-her-passion-project/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426172911/http://www.etonline.com/movies/129782_Diablo_Cody_Sweet_Valley_High_Interview_Athena_Film_Festival/ |title=Diablo Cody Opens Up About Her Passion Project |archive-date=2013-04-26 |publisher=Athena Film Festival |date= 2013-01-28|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref>

In 2015, Cody was hired to write a new screenplay for ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' with [[Amy Schumer]] eyed as the lead, but left the project in 2018 after struggling to produce a draft that she was proud of.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flemming |first=Mike |date=2015-03-04 |title=Diablo Cody Set To Rewrite 'Barbie' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/diablo-cody-barbie-sony-pictures-1201386146/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayman |first=Adam |date=2023-07-06 |title=The Story of the Diablo Cody Barbie Movie We Almost Got |url=https://www.gq.com/story/barbie-movie-first-attempts-amy-schumer-diablo-cody |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=GQ}}</ref>

Cody wrote and produced the musical comedy film ''[[Ricki and the Flash]]'' (2015), starring [[Meryl Streep]] and directed by [[Jonathan Demme]] in his last feature film. She also wrote and produced the comedy drama film ''[[Tully (2018 film)|Tully]]'' (2018), reuniting her with ''Young Adult'' star Charlize Theron. The film was directed by Jason Reitman, who previously directed Cody's scripts for ''Juno'' and ''Young Adult''.

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She wrote the script for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]'', based on the [[Alanis Morissette]] album of the same name. The musical premiered in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/alanis-morissette-musical-jagged-little-pill-begins-on-broadway-november-3|title=Alanis Morissette Musical Jagged Little Pill Begins on Broadway November 3|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=November 3, 2019|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref>

In August 2020, Cody began working with [[Madonna]] on a screenplay of the singer's life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/madonna-diablo-cody-screenplay-quarantine-1234578927/ |title=Madonna and Diablo Cody Are Working on a Screenplay in Quarantine|last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |publisher=IndieWire |date=August 9, 2020 |website=IndieWire |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> However, she later stepped away from the project in May 2022 after turning in a final draft,<ref name="boot">{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Galuppo |first2=Mia |title=The Search for Madonna: Inside the Auditions for the Material Girl's Biopic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/madonna-biopic-auditions-1235101860/#! |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=24 May 2022|accessdate=24 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nolfi |first1=Joey |title=Diablo Cody didn't 'quit' Madonna biopic despite reports: studio source |url=https://ew.com/movies/madonna-biopic-diablo-cody-didnt-quit/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> with the project also later being scrapped in January 2023.<ref name=scrapped>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2023/01/madonna-biopic-at-universal-not-moving-forward-1235239722/|title = Madonna Biopic At Universal Not Moving Forward|work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date = 24 January 2023|accessdate = 25 January 2023|last = Grobar|first = Matt}}</ref><ref name=out>{{cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |title=Madonna Biopic Starring Julia Garner Scrapped as Singer Embarks on World Tour (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/madonna-biopic-scrapped-over-world-tour-julia-garner-1235500880/ |access-date=25 January 2023 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=24 January 2023}}</ref>

In June of 2022, it was announced that [[Zelda Williams]] would be making her directorial debut for an adaptation of Cody’s original screenplay ''[[Lisa Frankenstein]]'', which Cody produced alongside [[Mason Novick]]. The film released in February of 2024 with mixed reviews, though still developing a small cult following.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=2022-06-29 |title=Zelda Williams to make directing debut with 'bonkers' zombie comedy Lisa Frankenstein |url=https://ew.com/movies/zelda-williams-directing-debut-lisa-frankenstein/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Lisa Frankenstein {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lisa_frankenstein |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Emberwing |first=Amelia |date=2024-03-13 |title=We Did Lisa Frankenstein Dirty During Its Theatrical Run |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/we-did-lisa-frankenstein-dirty-during-its-theatrical-run |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=IGN}}</ref>

==Personal life==

OnIn Aprilher 6memoir, 2010Cody wrote fondly of her boyfriend "Jonny" (Jon Hunt). They were married from 2004 until 2007, Codyduring announcedwhich thattime she was expectingknown herin firstpersonal childlife withas herBrook husbandBusey-Hunt.<ref name="globe" /> In 2009, she married Dan Maurio, who worked on ''[[Chelsea Lately]]'', on which Cody also appeared frequently as a "roundtable" guest. The couple married in the summer of 2009.<ref>{{cite news | title= Diablo Cody Expecting a Baby!|publisher= Celebrity Moms|date= 2010-04-06|url=http://celebrity-moms.blogspot.com/2010/04/diablo-cody-expecting-baby.html}}</ref> TheirThey sonhave wasthree sons, born in 2010, 2012 and 2015.<ref>{{cite news | title= @diablocody|publisher= Twitter|date= 2010-07-27|url=https://twitter.com/diablocody/status/19698425357}}</ref> Cody had her second child in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/quote-of-the-day-i-wanted-to-show-people-that-pregnancy-is-not-a-disability-and-a-pregnant-lady-can-be-in-a-position-of-power-and-crazy-shit-wont-happen-diablo-cody |title=Pregnant Lady Can Be in a Position of Power and Crazy Shit Won't Happen - Diablo Cody |author=Silverstein, Melissa |work=IndieWire |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020051227/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/quote-of-the-day-i-wanted-to-show-people-that-pregnancy-is-not-a-disability-and-a-pregnant-lady-can-be-in-a-position-of-power-and-crazy-shit-wont-happen-diablo-cody |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{as of|2018||}}, Cody and Maurio have three children.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Sara|title=Diablo Cody's Kids Have No Idea She's Famous|url="[https://nypostwww.latimes.com/2018entertainment/05envelope/03/diablola-codysen-kidsmn-havediablo-nocody-ideawriting-shestully-famous/|access20181108-date=4story.html MayIn her own words, Diablo Cody reveals how writing ‘Tully’ saved her]". ''Los Angeles Times''. November 8, 2018|date=2018-05-04}}.</ref>▼

In her memoir, Cody wrote fondly of her boyfriend "Jonny" (Jon Hunt). They were married from 2004 until 2007, during which time she was known in personal life as Brook Busey-Hunt.<ref name="globe" />

▲On April 6, 2010, Cody announced that she was expecting her first child with her husband Dan Maurio, who worked on ''[[Chelsea Lately]]'', on which Cody also appeared frequently as a "roundtable" guest. The couple married in the summer of 2009.<ref>{{cite news | title= Diablo Cody Expecting a Baby!|publisher= Celebrity Moms|date= 2010-04-06|url=http://celebrity-moms.blogspot.com/2010/04/diablo-cody-expecting-baby.html}}</ref> Their son was born in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title= @diablocody|publisher= Twitter|date= 2010-07-27|url=https://twitter.com/diablocody/status/19698425357}}</ref> Cody had her second child in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/quote-of-the-day-i-wanted-to-show-people-that-pregnancy-is-not-a-disability-and-a-pregnant-lady-can-be-in-a-position-of-power-and-crazy-shit-wont-happen-diablo-cody |title=Pregnant Lady Can Be in a Position of Power and Crazy Shit Won't Happen - Diablo Cody |author=Silverstein, Melissa |work=IndieWire |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020051227/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/quote-of-the-day-i-wanted-to-show-people-that-pregnancy-is-not-a-disability-and-a-pregnant-lady-can-be-in-a-position-of-power-and-crazy-shit-wont-happen-diablo-cody |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{as of|2018||}}, Cody and Maurio have three children.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Sara|title=Diablo Cody's Kids Have No Idea She's Famous|url=https://nypost.com/2018/05/03/diablo-codys-kids-have-no-idea-shes-famous/|access-date=4 May 2018|date=2018-05-04}}</ref>

As of 2008, Cody resides in Los Angeles.<ref name="times"/>

Cody is a friend of screenwriters [[Dana Fox]] (''[[What Happens in Vegas]]'', ''[[Couples Retreat]]'') and [[Lorene Scafaria]] (''[[Hustlers (film)|Hustlers]]''), and they often write their screenplays together in order to get advice from one another.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://virtual.torontosun.com/doc/toronto-sun-special-sections/0907/2008090701/24.html#24| title= The Fempire strikes back| access-date= 2015-08-28| date= September 7, 2008| newspaper= [[Toronto Sun]]| last= Slotek| first= Jim| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035839/http://virtual.torontosun.com/doc/toronto-sun-special-sections/0907/2008090701/24.html#24| archive-date= March 4, 2016| url-status= dead}}</ref>

In light of [[Georgia House Bill 481|Georgia's 2019 anti-abortion law]], Cody stated that she has"would regrettednot writinghave written ''Juno'' in today's reality", as critics have perceived it as an [[Anti-abortion movements|anti-abortion]] film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/diablo-cody-juno-abortion_n_5cdd9ab6e4b09648227cc2e2|title = Diablo Cody Says She Wouldn't Have Written 'Juno' in Today's 'Hellish Alternate Reality'|date = 16 May 2019}}</ref>

Cody is a lifelong [[roller -coaster]] enthusiast and has a tattoo of the [[Giant Dipper (Belmont Park)|Giant Dipper]] at [[Belmont Park (San Diego)|San Diego’s Belmont Park]] on her right arm.<ref>{{Citation|title=Super Into - Diablo Cody Is Super Into Roller Coasters| date=30 November 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpuFvwjgiMA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/wpuFvwjgiMA |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/charlize-theron-tully-sundance-film-festival-secret-screening-jason-reitman-diablo-cody-1202262965/|title=Charlize Theron, Jason Reitman & Diablo Cody Reteam 'Tully' Is Sundance Secret Screening |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 21, 2018 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=January 26, 2018}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{cite interview | title=Diablo Cody on United States of Tara’sTara's Cancellation: ‘If'If I Do TV Again, I Would Do It Differently’Differently' | website=Vulture | date=May 25, 2011 | interviewer=Patti Greco | first=Diablo | last=Cody | url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/05/diablo_cody_on_united_states_o_1.html | access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/diablo-cody-tig-notaro-one-mississippi-renewed-1201917342/ | title=Diablo Cody-Tig Notaro Comedy 'One Mississippi' Renewed at Amazon | publisher=Variety | last=Schwindt | first=Oriana | date=November 14, 2016 | access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title='The Powerpuff Girls' Live-Action Series From Diablo Cody, Heather Regnier & Berlanti Prods. In Works At the CW|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-powerpuff-girls-live-action-series-diablo-cody-heather-regnier-greg-berlanti-the-cw-1203021883/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

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|''[[Straight Talk with Ross Mathews]]''

|"Diablo Cody"

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!scope="row"|'''August 13, 2018'''

|''The Boo Crew Podcast''

|"Diablo Cody (Jennifer's Body/Juno)"

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!scope="row"|'''May 12, 2019'''

|''[[Eli Roth]]'s History of Horror: Uncut''

|"Diablo Cody"

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!scope="row"|'''May 14, 2019'''

|''Keep It!''

|"The Mystery Files of [[Constance Wu]] (with Diablo Cody)"

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!scope="row"|'''August 19, 2019'''

|''[[The Margaret Cho]]''

|"Diablo Cody, [[Durk Dehner]], & S.R. Sharp"

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!January 24, 2024

|''Keep It!''

|"Oscar Noms & Snubs (with Diablo Cody & [[Common (rapper)|Common]])"

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