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Eve Ensler

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Eve Ensler
This documentary centers on the creation of a safe haven for women survivors in the middle of violence-torn Eastern Congo.
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Eve Ensler was born on 25 May 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Her Story (2015) and One Billion Rising (2014). She was previously married to Richard McDermott.
BornMay 25, 1953
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BornMay 25, 1953
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Eve Ensler in Food Chains (2014)
Eve Ensler, Thandiwe Newton, and MyAnna Buring
Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, and Margot Kidder
Charlize Theron and Eve Ensler
Jessica Alba and Eve Ensler
Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes, Rosario Dawson, Eve Ensler, Paula Wagner, and Kerry Washington
Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes, Eve Ensler, and Paula Wagner
Katie Holmes and Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler at an event for World VDAY (2003)
Jane Fonda and Eve Ensler at an event for World VDAY (2003)
Tantoo Cardinal, Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda and Kimberle Crenshaw

Known for:

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road
8.1
  • Additional Crew
  • 2015
Her Story (2015)
Her Story
8.2
TV Series
  • Producer
One Billion Rising (2014)
One Billion Rising
7.8
Short
  • Producer
  • 2014
The Truth Has Changed (2021)
The Truth Has Changed
  • Producer
  • 2021

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Producer

  • Babak Tafti and Dana Aliya Levinson in Fraud (2022)
    Fraud
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • My Name Is Andrea (2022)
    My Name Is Andrea
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Women of the White Buffalo (2022)
    Women of the White Buffalo
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • The Truth Has Changed (2021)
    The Truth Has Changed
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Proof of Loss (2020)
    Proof of Loss
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Raise the Vibration (2020)
    Raise the Vibration
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Her Story (2015)
    Her Story
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • One Billion Rising for Justice
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • One Billion Rising (2014)
    One Billion Rising
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Web Junkie (2013)
    Web Junkie
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • World VDAY (2003)
    World VDAY
    • executive producer
    • 2003
  • What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
    What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
    • executive producer
    • 2003

Writer

  • Playhouse: Live
    • writer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Rita Moreno, Mario Cantone, Kristin Chenoweth, Baayork Lee, Idina Menzel, Gavin Creel, Jennifer Nettles, Amber Riley, Stephanie Hsu, Ariana DeBose, Gabrielle Ruiz, Alex Newell, Ali Stroker, Isaac Powell, and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (2021)
    Wicked
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • My Revolution Lives in This Body (2018)
    My Revolution Lives in This Body
    • writer
    • 2018
  • Tanya Wheelock in An Introduction to V-Day Centenary College 2010 (The Vagina Monologues) (2010)
    An Introduction to V-Day Centenary College 2010 (The Vagina Monologues)
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2010
  • World VDAY (2003)
    World VDAY
    • writer
    • 2003
  • Eve Ensler in The Vagina Monologues (2002)
    The Vagina Monologues
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Istories aidoiou
    • play: The Vagina Monologues
    • TV Movie
    • 1999

Director

  • One Billion Rising (2014)
    One Billion Rising
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Eve Ensler in The Vagina Monologues (2002)
    The Vagina Monologues
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2002

Videos3

Official Trailer
Trailer 2:15
Official Trailer
America the Beautiful
Trailer 1:55
America the Beautiful
Food Chains
Trailer 3:24
Food Chains

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 25, 1953
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Richard McDermott1978 - 1988 (divorced)
  • Children
    • Dylan McDermott
  • Other works
    Her play "Necessary Targets" is produced by Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 4 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Ex-stepmother (before legally adopting him) of Dylan McDermott. After adopting him, she became his mother, legally and otherwise, which is still the case.
  • Quotes
    I have enormous rage. God forbid anyone take away my rage. It's part of the struggle.

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