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Gloria Calderón Kellett
Writer, Producer, Showrunner & Director Known for "One Day at a Time;" Activist for Women's Empowerment, Latine Communities & Inclusion in Hollywood
Gloria Calderón Kellett is an American writer, producer, director and actress. She is best known as the executive producer, co-creator, co-showrunner, director, and actress on the sitcom "One Day at a Time." Her Amazon Original series, "With Love," is the first series coming out of a deal between her company, Glonation and Amazon Studios. Along with Blumhouse Television and Spotify, Glonation is also producing "The Horror of Dolores Roach" based on the Gimlet podcast
The proud daughter of Cuban immigrants, Calderón Kellett graduated from Loyola Marymount University and went on to earn a Masters degree in Theatre from the University of London. She spent her early years as a writer and producer on numerous shows, including "Devious Maids" and "How I Met Your Mother." Her acting credits include "Jane The Virgin," "Angie Tribeca," "Dead To Me," "How I Met Your Mother," and "One Day at a Time." She also appeared as a narrator on "Drunk History" (New Orleans).
Calderón Kellett is a champion for women, the Latino/a/x/e community and other disenfranchised voices. She is an executive committee member for The Television Academy. She assisted Amazon in supporting their inaugural Inclusion Playbook - providing a template for how to make content in an inclusive and responsible way. Her advocacy includes being a founding member of the UNTITLED LATINX PROJECT, a group of Latine show runners who advocate on behalf of the Latine community to help studios identify ways to support and tell Latine stories. As an ambassador for the non-profit ReFrame, which celebrates and encourages gender parity in front of and behind the camera.
She is also a member of The Creative Coalition where she fights to support the arts and arts programs by going to DC and meeting with members of congress to encourage their support for the National Endowment for the Arts and is the chair for their Pay Gap Initiative which gives grants of 10k to entry level BIPOC candidates to help them start their Hollywood journey. As an Ambassador for the National Women's History Museum, she is focused on highlighting the countless untold stories of women throughout history. As a part of the Celebrity Ambassador Cabinet for The National Hispanic Media Coalition, she supports their woman-led non-profit civil and human rights organization founded to eliminate hate, discrimination, and racism toward the Latino community. She's also a part of the Creative Council for Emily's List which is the nation's largest resource dedicated to electing Democratic women to office and the Creative Council for Vote Mama Foundation which is the leading source of research and analysis about the political participation of moms.
Calderón Kellett is also an industry advocate for greening Hollywood and has partnered with Scriptation to come up with solutions to make a positive environmental impact and reduce Hollywood's carbon footprint while also advocating for stories about the environment on TV.
Awards for her work include The Television Academy Honors, The Geffen TrailBlazer Award, Mental Health America Media Award, ALMA Award, Imagen Award, Vanguard Award, NHMC Award, Sentinel Award, and The Voice Award. She has been honored as an industry leader by The Hollywood Reporter in their Top Women in Entertainment issue, the THR100 list issue, and their 50 Agents of Change issue.
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