Inma Puig
Clinical Psychologist | Head of Sports Human Relations, FC Barcelona (2003-2018) | IESE Professor | Author & Emotional Intelligence Expert
Miranda Kwok
Award-Winning Showrunner, Creator, Writer & Executive Producer | Creator of Hit TV Series The Cleaning Lady | Gracie & Astra Award-Winning Television Writer
Miranda Kwok is one of the most distinctive new voices in global television. The award-winning showrunner, creator, writer and executive producer behind The Cleaning Lady, a Fox hit that became a worldwide Netflix sensation in 2026, she has built her career proving that authentic, underrepresented stories can become massive commercial successes. On stage, she shows audiences how to find their voice, pitch what sells and craft narratives that move millions.
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Miranda Kwok biography
Miranda Kwok is an award-winning showrunner, creator, writer and executive producer best known as the creator of The Cleaning Lady, the groundbreaking series now streaming on HBO Max and Netflix International after a successful four-season run on the Fox Network. She developed the series with Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment, turning it into a record-breaking hit that became Fox’s highest-rated new drama premiere and the most-watched Fox drama in Hulu history as of 2022.
Entertainment speaker Miranda Kwok has earned some of the industry’s most respected honors, including the 2022 Women’s Image Network (WIN) Award for Outstanding Drama Series, the 2023 CAPE Radiance Best in TV or Film Award, the 2023 Gracie Award for Scripted TV Drama Writing and the 2024 Astra Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series. The show found a global resurgence when it was released on Netflix International in 2026, becoming the #1 show in dozens of countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. It became the third most-watched show in the United Kingdom in a single day and ranked #4 on Netflix Global for weeks.
From The 100 and Spartacus to a Global Television Phenomenon
Prior to The Cleaning Lady, Miranda was a supervising producer and writer for four seasons on the sci-fi series The 100 on The CW and Netflix, and she served as a writer on the acclaimed action drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand on Starz. She completed an Honors BA in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Toronto while volunteering as a counselor at a women’s shelter and a crisis center, where she found her passion to create stories that matter. Her first screenplay, about the so-called military “comfort women,” won the grand prize in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, and her first spec script launched her television career.
A member of the Television Academy, the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, Miranda is also an actor, motorcyclist, black-belt martial artist, rugby player and an unofficial 76th-generation descendant of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. She was named to Variety’s TV Producers Impact List and is currently developing new original series with Warner Bros. Television.
As a speaker, Miranda Kwok gives audiences a rare, unfiltered look at what it takes to break through in Hollywood as an underdog and build stories that move the world. She speaks with authority on honing your voice, surmounting obstacles to reinvent yourself, pitching television series that actually sell, and the business of storytelling itself. Attendees leave inspired, equipped with practical insight on creative leadership and a clearer playbook for turning personal truth into work that captivates a global audience.
Miranda Kwok Speaking Videos
Interview with FOX show "The Cleaning Lady" EP/series developer Miranda Kwok | FOX 7 Austin
Stone Soup Social: Miranda Kwok & Kate del Castillo (11/07/25) [FULL TALK]
Miranda Kwok Keynote Topics
Miranda's career is built on a simple conviction: the world doesn't need more content, it needs more truth. Drawing on her path from volunteering at a women's shelter to creating one of Netflix's most-watched global hits, she helps audiences identify the stories only they can tell and turn personal experience into work that resonates. A deeply motivational session for creatives, leaders and anyone building a brand around their own voice.
Hollywood is famously hard to crack, especially from the outside. Miranda walks audiences through her own underdog journey, from her first spec script to running a global TV phenomenon, sharing the strategies, mindset shifts and small turning points that opened doors. Practical, candid and inspiring, this talk gives emerging professionals and career changers a real-world map for breaking into competitive industries.
Careers in entertainment are rarely linear, and Miranda's journey from actor to indie filmmaker to writer to award-winning showrunner is a case study in reinvention. She shares how she navigated setbacks, gatekeepers and self-doubt to build a body of work that moves global audiences, and gives leaders and creatives a framework for reinventing themselves with intention, courage and clarity.
A masterclass on one of the toughest disciplines in entertainment. Drawing on the development of The Cleaning Lady and her experiences pitching to studios, networks and cable/streaming platforms, Miranda breaks down what actually sells in a Hollywood pitch room, the structure of a winning pitch, what executives are really listening for, and the mistakes that can quietly kill most projects before they ever get a chance.
Great stories are not magic, they are engineered. Miranda shares the principles, frameworks and audience instincts behind narratives that travel across cultures and platforms, from network television to global streaming. An essential session for leaders in marketing, media, communications and creative business who want to use storytelling as a serious tool for growth, influence and lasting connection.
FAQs on Booking Miranda Kwok
Why Miranda Kwok?
Booking Miranda Kwok is a powerful decision for any event focused on storytelling, creative leadership, reinvention and the future of global entertainment. As the award-winning creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer of The Cleaning Lady, a Fox and Warner Bros. Television hit that became a Netflix global #1 phenomenon in dozens of countries, Miranda has proven that underrepresented stories can become massive commercial successes. With Gracie, Astra, WIN and CAPE Radiance Awards on her resume and an upcoming slate at Warner Bros. Television, she combines deep industry credibility with a personal underdog journey audiences instantly connect with. Her perspective makes her an exceptional choice for events on entertainment, motivation, women in leadership, diversity and inclusion, creative business strategy and storytelling.
What is The Cleaning Lady and why was it a global hit?
The Cleaning Lady is the American crime drama created and developed by Miranda Kwok for Fox and Warner Bros. Television, based on the Argentinian series La Chica Que Limpia. It tells the story of a Cambodian doctor who comes to the US to save her son and is forced into the underworld to survive. The series ran for four seasons on Fox, became Fox's highest-rated new drama premiere and Hulu's most-streamed Fox debut, and won the 2022 WIN Award for Outstanding Drama Series. After a global Netflix International release in 2026 it became the #1 show in dozens of countries and ranked #4 on Netflix Global for weeks, turning into one of the most-discussed international television hits of the year.
What awards has Miranda Kwok won?
Miranda Kwok has won the 2023 Gracie Award for Scripted TV Drama Writing and the 2024 Astra Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series for her work on The Cleaning Lady. The series itself won the 2022 Women's Image Network Award for Outstanding Drama Series and the 2023 CAPE Radiance Best in TV or Film Award. She was also named to Variety's TV Producers Impact List. Earlier in her career, her first screenplay, about the military "comfort women" of WWII, won the grand prize in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. Her work has also earned multiple nominations, including 2022 Hollywood Critics Association Television Award and 2024 ASTRA Award nominations for Best Broadcast Network Drama Series, a 2024 Imagen Award nomination for Best Drama Series and a 2023 Gracie Awards national honorable mention, while Kwok received a 2022 WIN Award nomination for Outstanding Show Producer.
What other projects has Miranda Kwok worked on?
Beyond The Cleaning Lady, Miranda Kwok's body of work spans scripted television, film and immersive entertainment. She created and sold the original series Snakehead to a premium US cable network and wrote the pilot, with an Academy Award-winning actress and an Oscar-winning director attached. She also ran a writers' mini-room and wrote ten of twelve episodes, including the pilot, of an international martial arts series. Earlier, she worked as a writer and story consultant on large-scale immersive attractions with Bezark Entertainment, including Wanda Movie Park's 4D film Streets of Fury and the 5D film Ultimate Energy, produced by Industrial Light & Magic. Her path also includes years as an independent producer, UPM, line producer and location manager, giving her a rare command of storytelling at every level of production.
What topics does keynote speaker Miranda Kwok cover?
Miranda Kwok speaks on honing your voice to tell stories that matter, breaking into the entertainment industry from an underdog perspective, surmounting obstacles and reinventing yourself to achieve success in entertainment, how to pitch a TV series that can sell in Hollywood, and the business of storytelling: how to craft narratives that captivate audiences. Her talks resonate with entertainment, media, women in business, leadership, motivation and creative professional audiences. To book Miranda Kwok for your next keynote, fireside chat, moderated Q&A or panel, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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