Monica Owusu-Breen

Monica Owusu-Breen
Owusu-Breen at WonderCon 2017
Born	Cornwall, England
Alma mater	Brown University University of California, San Diego
Occupations	Writer producer
Years active	2001 - present

Monica Owusu-Breen is an American television producer and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Owusu-Breen has described herself as "half-Spanish, half Ghanaian".^[1] She was born in England and lived in Spain as a child, where she learned to speak English from watching television. She moved to Brooklyn with her family at the age of eight.^[1]

After graduating from Brown University, Owusu-Breen coordinated the production of music videos. She attended a PhD program at the University of California, San Diego and obtained a degree in television and media studies.^[1]

Career

Owusu-Breen is known for her work on television series including

Her television career began when she was asked to write scripts as she was procrastinating while writing her PhD dissertation. This led, within two years, to a writer's position for Charmed. In the beginning of her career, Owusu-Breen chose to go only by "Breen" "just so no one made assumptions about anything" when she submitted scripts.[1]

Alias

In 2003, Owusu-Breen joined the

• "
  A Missing Link" (03.04) (co-written by executive story editor Alison Schapker
  )
• "
  After Six
  " (03.13) (co-written by Schapker)
• "
  Unveiled
  " (03.18) (co-written by Schapker)
• "
  J.R. Orci
  )
• "
  Détente
  " (04.07) (co-written by producer Schapker)
• "
  The Orphan
  " (04.12) (co-written by co-executive producer Jeffrey Bell)
• "
  Search and Rescue
  " (04.21) (co-written by Schapker)
• "
  Prophet Five
  " (05.01) (co-written by supervising producer Schapker)
• "
  Bob
  " (05.08) (co-written by Schapker)
• "
  30 Seconds
  " (05.13) (co-written by Schapker)
• "
  Reprisal
  " (05.16) (co-written by Schapker)

• "Sexual Politics" (01.12) (co-written with supervising producer Alison Schapker)
• "The Other Walker" (01.16) (co-written with Schapker)
• "Bad News" (01.20) (co-written with Schapker)
• "Home Front" (02.01) (co-written with co-executive producer Schapker)
• "Two Places" (02.06) (co-written with Schapker)
• "Holy Matrimony" (02.09) (co-written with Mark B. Perry and Schapker)
• "Prior Commitments" (02.16) (co-written with Schapker and co-executive producer Greg Berlanti)
• "Troubled Waters, Part 1" (03.16) (co-written by Sherri Cooper-Landsman)
• "Mexico" (03.24) (co-written with executive producer Schapker)
• "The Science Fair" (04.12) (co-written with Schapker)
• "Time After Time, Part Two" (04.19) (co-written with Schapker)

Lost

In Fall 2006, Owusu-Breen joined the

Fringe

After her departure from