Kate Purdy is an American writer and producer of television series. She grew up in San Antonio,Texas, United States. She is known for her work as a writer on the Netflix adult animated comedy series BoJack Horseman, which she also produced. She received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation in 2017 for the BoJack episode "Time's Arrow." Purdy is also the creator and writer of the Amazon Prime Video series Undone.
Purdy grew up in San Antonio, Texas.[1] Her father was a Spanish teacher and the family lived for several years in Guadalajara, Mexico.[2] In 2012, Purdy became depressed and suffered anxiety whilst working as a writer on the Cougar Town television series. She became concerned that she might have schizophrenia since her grandmother and two grand-uncles had schizophrenia.[3] After trying various treatments, Purdy finally found benefits in indigenous and Ayurvedic medicines.[1][3] She graduated from Wesleyan University in 2001.
Purdy began her career in television writing for shows such as Cold Case and Mad TV in the mid-2000s.[4]
Between 2014 and 2018, Purdy wrote five episodes for BoJack Horseman, the acclaimed adult animated comedy series screened on Netflix. Purdy received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation in 2017 for the BoJack episode "Time's Arrow."[5] She was also one of the producers of the show.[6]
Purdy co-created a new animated television series called Undone in 2019, with her BoJack Horseman collaborator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The eight half hour episodes were screened on Amazon Prime Video. Undone was Amazon's first original animated series and was made using the rotoscoping technique.[7] Purdy drew upon her own experiences of mental illness in plotting the themes of the show.[8]
In late 2019, Amazon announced that Undone had been renewed for a second season and that Purdy had signed an exclusive deal. No details of the latter agreement were released.[9]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2019–2022 | Undone | Co-creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2014–2018 | BoJack Horseman | Writer, producer |
| 2014–2015 | The McCarthys | Writer, producer |
| 2014 | Enlisted | Writer, producer |
| 2010–2012 | Cougar Town | Writer, story editor |
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