As one of the most talked-about figures, Diablo Cody has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.
What Is Diablo Cody's Net Worth?
Diablo Cody is an American screenwriter, author, producer, and director who has a net worth of $10 million. Diablo Cody first gained wide recognition as the writer of the 2007 film "Juno," which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Diablo also wrote the screenplays for "Jennifer's Body" (2009) "Young Adult" (2011), "Paradise" (2013), "Ricki and the Flash" (2015), and "Tully" (2018), and she also produced those films and directed "Paradise." Cody created, wrote, and executive produced Showtime's "United States of Tara" (2009–2011) and Amazon Prime Video's "One Mississippi" (2015–2017), and she wrote for the Adult Swim series "Childrens Hospital" (2010). Diablo wrote the book for theAlanis Morissettejukebox musical "Jagged Little Pill," which premiered on Broadway in 2019 and earned Cody a Tony for Best Book of a Musical. Diablo published the memoir "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper" in 2005.
Early Life
Diablo Cody was born Brook Michele Busey on June 14, 1978, in Lemont, Illinois. She grew up in an Apostolic Christian household with mother Pam, father Greg, and older brother Marc. Diablo's ancestry is Italian on her mother's side and German on her father's side. Cody attended the Roman Catholic school Benet Academy, and she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media from the University of Iowa in 2000. As a college student, she took a job in the acquisitions department of the university's main library. Diablo later worked as a secretary at a law firm in Chicago and as a proofreader for ads that played on radio stations in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
Career
Before finding fame with "Juno," Cody wrote the blogs "Red Secretary," 'Darling Girl," and "The Pussy Ranch." When writing "The Pussy Ranch," an adult blog, she began using the pen name "Diablo Cody," which she came up with when she was listening to the Arcadia song "El Diablo" while driving through Cody, Wyoming. Diablo worked as an exotic dancer after taking part in amateur night at the Minneapolis strip club the Skyway Lounge, and she also wrote for the weekly Twin Cities newspaper "City Pages." In late 2007, she was hired by "Entertainment Weekly" to write a monthly column.
After publishing her 2005 memoir, "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper," Cody's manager, Mason Novick, suggested Diablo write a screenplay. "Juno," which was released in 2007, is the story of a teenager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, and it starsElliot Page,Michael Cera,Jennifer Garner,Jason Bateman,Allison Janney, andJ. K. Simmons. The film grossed $231.4 million at the box office and earned Cody numerous awards, including an Oscar.
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