Michelle Paradise Movies and Career Information

Michelle Paradise is an American actress, writer and producer and lesbian, best known for the short film The Ten Rules and the television series Exes and Ohs. Paradise wrote, produced and starred in the short film The Ten Rules: The Lesbian Survival Guide, which debuted in 2002 and subsequently played at gay and lesbian film festivals, both in the United States and in Europe (specifically Copenhagen, Paris and Rekjavik). The film, which focused on a group of lesbian friends in Los Angeles, won awards at the Boulder Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. After the success of The Ten Rules, Paradise developed the themes of the film into a television series for Logo, Exes and Ohs. Paradise writes, produces and stars in the series, debuted on October 8, 2007. Unusually, she developed, produced and sold Exes and Ohs without an agent. Paradise has also appeared in the film Heart of the Beholder and the television series George Lopez and Rodney. On stage, she has performed improv comedy with the Groundlings, Second City and the Gay Mafia,