Michelle Paradise

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Michelle Paradise
Birth name:	Michelle Eileen Paradise
Date of birth:	12 January 1972
Place of birth:	San Diego, California, USA
Roles:	Writer; Co-Executive Producer; Executive Producer; Voice actress
Character(s):	Starfleet officer

"Her grasp of character and story detail, her drive and her focus have already become essential in ensuring the Trek legacy, and her fresh perspective always keeps us looking forward."

– Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek: Discovery co-showrunner on Michelle Paradise's promotion to showrunner [1])

Michelle Paradise (born 12 January 1972; age 53) is an actress, writer, and producer who worked on Star Trek: Discovery. She joined the Discovery creative staff during the second season, where she served as co-executive producer. She was promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner (with Alex Kurtzman) for the third through fifth seasons. She also wrote and co-wrote ten episodes of the series.

Paradise also had a voice-over cameo role as a Starfleet officer in the fifth season episode "Life, Itself".

Before her tenure on Star Trek, Paradise served as executive producer and head writer and starred as documentary filmmaker Jennifer in Exes & Ohs which was based on her own life. Chelah Horsdal appeared in a recurring role, while Cathy DeBuono and Adrian Holmes had guest roles on this show.

From 2013 to 2018, Paradise served as writer, executive story editor, as well as co-producer, producer, supervising producer, and co-executive producer on The Originals. This show featured Todd Stashwick, Sonja Sohn, and Meg Foster in recurring roles and Paul Wesley, Donny Boaz, and David Chattam in guest roles.

She also wrote an episode of Hart of Dixie (with Cress Williams and Eric Pierpoint) and an episode of Rogue, as well as Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story (2019, with Ian Lake and Wilson Cruz).

Star Trek appearances

• TRR: "Such Sweet Sorrow"

Star Trek credits

• DIS: – Co-Executive Producer
  • "An Obol for Charon"
  • "Saints of Imperfection"
  • "The Sound of Thunder"
  • "Light and Shadows"
  • "If Memory Serves"
  • "Project Daedalus"
  • "The Red Angel"
  • "Perpetual Infinity"
  • "Through the Valley of Shadows"
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow"
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2"
• DIS: – Executive Producer
  • Season 3 (all episodes)
  • Season 4 (all episodes)
  • Season 5 (all episodes)
• DIS: – Writer
  • "Project Daedalus"
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow" (with Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman)
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" (with Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman)
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 1" (with Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman)
  • "Far From Home" (with Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman)
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
  • "Kobayashi Maru" (with Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman)
  • "Coming Home"
  • "Red Directive"
  • "Life, Itself" (with Kyle Jarrow)

External links

• Michelle Paradise at Wikipedia
• Michelle Paradise at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview: Diving Into Star Trek: Discovery's Finale with Season 3 Co-Showrunner Michelle Paradise at TrekCore