Toni Graphia
| Toni Graphia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 11, 1960 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Louisiana State University (attended) University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Television producer and writer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Home town | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States |
| Television | China Beach, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Battlestar Galactica |
Toni Graphia (born 1960) is an American television producer and writer.
Graphia was raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Anthony J. "Tony" Graphia, a prominent Louisiana judge and current Chairman of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals. She attended Woodlawn High School before going to college.
Graphia attended Louisiana State University for two years as an English major before moving west. She enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a B.A. in communications. She also studied journalism at Santa Barbara City College.
Graphia got her start as part of a Writers Guild of America apprenticeship program where she "...went from opening fan mail to selling scripts in just a few years..." Her first work was as a researcher on the television series China Beach, where she met co-creator John Sacret Young, and was eventually promoted into a screenwriting role. The two would work on further projects together, including Quantum Leap, Cop Rock, and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Through her history with Young, Graphia created, produced, and wrote Orleans with him, which aired on CBS in 1997. The show was based on Graphia's family and life growing up in New Orleans, with the character Judge Luther Charbonnet, played by Larry Hagman, modeled after her father. Hagman was the first actor that Graphia thought about after creating the role of Charbonnet.
Subsequent projects saw her produce and/or write for Roswell, Carnivàle, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Mercy, Alcatraz, Grey's Anatomy, and Outlander.
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