Nichelle Tramble Spellman

Nichelle D. Tramble Spellman (born February 11, 1967) is an American television producer and writer.^[2]

Nichelle Tramble Spellman
Born	(1967-02-11) February 11, 1967 (age 58)[1] Alameda County, California
Nationality	American
Other names	Nichelle D. Tramble
Occupation(s)	Television writer and producer
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Malcolm Spellman

Career

In 2017, Spellman, and her husband, Malcolm Spellman, began to co-produce and co-write an alternate history television series for HBO, called Confederate, set in a present day America where slavery remained legal.^[2] The pair found themselves called upon to explain how African-American producers could be involved in a show focused around slavery.^[3]

She has worked as a writer or producer on The Good Wife, Justified, Mercy, Harper's Island and Women's Murder Club.^[4][5]

Nichelle Tramble Spellman is the creator and showrunner of the Apple TV+ drama series Truth Be Told, starring Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Perkins, Ron Cephas Jones, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Beach, Tracie Thoms, and Annabella Sciorra.^[6] The limited series is inspired by the 2017 novel Are You Sleeping.

Truth Be Told debuted on Apple TV+ on December 6, 2019. In February 2020, Spellman won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series for "Monster", the first episode of the series.^[7]

Spellman is also the author of the novels The Dying Ground and The Last King, published by Random House/Ballantine.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Writer	Producer
2007–08	Women's Murder Club	Yes	No	Wrote: "No Opportunity Necessary" and teleplay: "Never Tell"
2009	Harper's Island	Yes	No	Episode: "Seep"
2010	Mercy	Yes	No	Episodes: "I Saw This Pig and I Thought of You" and "There is No Superwoman"
2012	Justified	Yes	No	Story and teleplay: "When the Guns Come Out", also executive story editor
2012–16	The Good Wife	Yes	Yes	Wrote 5 episodes Also co-producer, supervising, co-executive, and consulting producer
2019–21	Truth Be Told	Yes	Executive	Creator, wrote 3 episodes
2021	Snowfall	No	Yes	Consulting producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Spur Awards	Spur Award for Best Drama Script (Fiction)	Justified	Nominated	[8]
2014	Writers Guild of America Awards	Drama Series	The Good Wife	Nominated	[9]
2015				Nominated	[10]
2020	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series	Truth Be Told (for "Monster")	Won	[7]