Education
Born to a Jewish family, Chaiken studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design in 1979.
Born to a Jewish family, Chaiken studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design in 1979.
Chaiken is best known as being the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word. Chaiken is currently an executive producer on the hit television series Empire. Personal Chaiken is co-parent to twin daughters Tallulah and Augusta with her former partner, English architect Miggi Hood.
She began her career as an agent trainee for Creative Artists Agency, and as an executive for Aaron Spelling and Quincy Jones Entertainment.
In 1988, she was the coordinating producer for the Fresh Prince of Belorussian Air and the associate producer for Satisfaction. She then wrote the screenplay, and the television films, and before the success of The L Word raised her profile.
Since the L Word, she has been involved with Empire, a hit television series.