Jennifer Hoppe

writer/producer

Jennifer Hoppe, also credited as Jennifer Hoppe-House, is an American television writer, producer, and playwright known for her contributions to comedy and drama series.

She gained prominence as the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Apple TV+ dark comedy series High Desert (2023), which stars Patricia Arquette as a former drug addict turned private investigator in California’s high desert.

With her longtime creative partner Nancy Fichman, Hoppe spent a decade developing feature film screenplays for studios including Paramount, DreamWorks, Universal, Warner Bros., and Columbia before shifting to television.

In television, she has written episodes for notable series such as Nurse Jackie (Showtime, seasons 1–2, 2009–2010), Damages (DirecTV, 2011), Save Me (NBC, 2013), Us & Them (Fox, unaired pilot, 2013), Grace and Frankie (Netflix, seasons 1–2, 2015–2016), and Get Shorty (Epix, 2017).

Hoppe began her creative career as a playwright in Texas, where her short works were produced in New York and Austin, including a finalist entry in the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 10-Minute Play Competition; her first full-length play, Bad Dog, a comedy-drama about family dysfunction and addiction, premiered at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in April 2015 and later at the Olney Theatre Center in September 2015, with an extended run through November.

Bad Dog earned nominations for five Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Play, and the 2015 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing its impact as a fresh voice in American theater. Hoppe’s background in television writing subtly shaped her stage style, infusing Bad Dog with tight, episodic pacing suited to live performance.

Hoppe has been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards as part of the writing team for Nurse Jackie. Her play Bad Dog received five Helen Hayes Award nominations in 2016 and a nomination for the American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award in 2015.

Hoppe is a member of the Writers Guild of America West, the Dramatists Guild of America, and the Television Academy.

Hoppe is represented by Tom Lassally at 3 Arts Entertainment.