Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon (/mɔːˈrɪsə ˈtæntʃəroʊn ˈhwiːdən/; born November 28, 1975, in Los Angeles, California) is an American television producer/writer, actress, singer, dancer, and lyricist.

Biography

Tancharoen is Asian-American and has said that her surname is of Thai origin. She attended Occidental College, where she wrote two plays that won the Argonaut & Moore literary award. Her father, Tommy Tancharoen, is a transportation coordinator for Hollywood movies. Her brother Kevin Tancharoen is a director, whose feature film debut is 2009's Fame. On April 19, 2009, she married fellow writer Jed Whedon, brother of Joss Whedon. Their first child, a daughter, was born in June 2015.

In her younger years, Tancharoen was a member of the girl band Pretty in Pink. Before 'making it big', the band broke up and shortly after Tancharoen was diagnosed with lupus that required chemotherapy.

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