American television producer (born )
Lindsay Anne Shookus (born June 18, ) is an American television producer. She has been nominated for 10 Emmy Awards, winning four times, for her work on Saturday Night Live.
Shookus's father, Robert, owned a manufacturers representative business while her mother, Christine, worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative.[1][2] She has one older brother, Jeff, and one younger sister, Sara.[3][4] She was raised in Williamsville, New York, and attended Williamsville South High School, where she was president of her junior and senior high school classes.[5] She studied journalism at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from to [6]
After graduating from college in , Shookus was hired as Marci Klein's assistant on Saturday Night Live.[7][8] In , she became an associate producer on the show and also had producing credits on 45 episodes of 30 Rock between and She was named an SNL co-producer in , and was named as a producer in She is head of the show's talent department,[9] booking hosts and musical guests, as well as scouting potential cast members.[10] She was named one of Billboard's 50 Most Powerful Music Executives in both and [11][12] After 20 years at SNL, Shookus left the show in [13]
Shookus and friend Kristin O’Keeffe Merrick host an annual “Women Work Fucking Hard” networking event in New York, which spotlights female entrepreneurs and encourages women to help each other succeed in business.[14]
Shookus met television producer Kevin Miller in and they married in [15] Their daughter was born in early [16] The couple separated in and later divorced.[17] She dated Ben Affleck from to ,[18][19] and again in early [20]
During the presidential campaign, Shookus supported Hillary Clinton and was a member of the Emily's List Creative Council.[21]