Real Name : Brook Busey
Birth : 14 June 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height : 5' 5 1/2"
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Diablo Cody is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Minnesota to live with her Internet boyfriend, Jonny who later became her husband. While there, she decided on a whim to take up stripping as a hobby of sorts. She was working at an ad agency and got a promotion. The job wore her ragged and was something she did not particularly care for. It demanded organization which is something at which she was not very good. Eventually, she quit her day job with Jonny's blessings and began stripping full-time. During the course of about a year she went from Amateur Night, which was her first stripping experience, to a place she refers to in her book as Sheiks, then to Déjà Vu, and so on. She then took up work as a phone-sex operator before returning to stripping. Shortly thereafter she decided to quit stripping and she and Jonny married. They moved to what she refers to as "the 'burbs, and no one strips unless they're taking a bubble bath." Her stepdaughter was the flower girl in the wedding.
Biography written by: Nikki
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- A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009) (TV) [Herself - Interviewee] <16>
- Sincerely Yours (2008) (V) [Herself]
- The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay]
- "90210" (2008) {Okaeri, Donna! (#1.19)} [Herself] <15>
- "America in Primetime" (2011) [Herself]
- "Chelsea Lately" (2007) {(2009-03-30)} [Herself] <6>
- "Durch die Nacht mit..." (2002) {Zoe Bell und Diablo Cody} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-04-09)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(#7.10)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2010-05-13)}
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#15.49)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2006-03-20)} [Herself] <2>
- "Sunday Morning Shootout" (2003) {(#5.13)} [Herself]
- "The Jay Leno Show" (2009) {(#1.41)} [Herself] <4>
- "The Jay Leno Show" (2009) {(#1.48)} [Herself] <7>
- "The View" (1997) {(2009-01-16)} [Herself] <7>
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2009-08-14)} [Herself] <3>
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- 'Jon Hunt' (29 October 2004 - 2007) (divorced)
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- "The Star Tribune" (USA), 8 December 2007, by: Colin Covert, "Diablo Cody: Dancing As Fast As She Can"
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- "Minneapolis Star Tribune" (USA), 16 January 2009, by: Neal Justin, "Great Expectations From Diablo Cody"
- "The Wall Street Journal" (USA), 16 January 2009, pg. W5, by: Michelle Kung, "United States of Diablo: Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody on the script for her new Showtime series"
- "Pioneer Press" (USA), 27 February 2008, by: Erin Carlson, "Diablo Cody Feels Backlash of Being Hollywood's It Anything"
- "The Washington Post" (USA), 9 December 2007, Vol. 131, Iss. 4, pg. M10, by: Desson Thomson, "Diablo Cody: From G-String to A-List: The Geek Who Found Herself on the Stripper's Pole and Then Became a Hot Property in Hollywood"
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- Diablo Cody. _Candy Girl._ New York: Gotham Books, 2006. ISBN 1-592-40182-1
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- Book: "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper" - Gotham Books (2005). ISBN 1592401821
- Column, "My YouTube Obsessions," Published in "Entertainment Weekly," 18 April 2008, Issue No. 987, Page 72.
- Column, "The Original Rock Stars," Published in "Entertainment Weekly," 16 May 2008, Issue No. 991, Page 72.
- Column, "Mamma Knight!," Published in "Entertainment Weekly," 15 August 2008, Issue No. 1006, Page 18.
- Column, "I Was a Monster Virgin," Published in "Entertainment Weekly (USA)," 24 October 2008, Issue No. 1017, Page 24.
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- (2006) Release of her book, "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper".
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- Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.
- I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.
- I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.
- If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.
- [On screenplay-writing for actresses] The attitude toward women in this industry is nauseating. There are all sorts of porcine executives who are uncomfortable with a woman doing anything subversive. They want the movie about the beautiful girl who trips and falls, the adorable klutz.
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- Grew up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Has a former step-daughter referred to as Peanut in her book.
- Noted in her books to have stripped under the names Bonbon, Roxanne, and Cherish.
- After marriage, she and her husband combined and hyphenated their last names. She went by Brook Busey-Hunt and he was Jon Busey-Hunt. Diablo Cody is a pen name.
- Ranked #38 on Entertainment Weekly's 2007 list of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (issue #968, December 7, 2007).
- Took her pen name on a trip to Cody, Wyoming. "Diablo" is Spanish for "devil".
- Attended Benet Academy, a college-preparatory Catholic high school, located in Lisle, Illinois, USA.
- Is the only author to have been inducted into Dave's Book Club on _"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)_ (qv).
- She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in media studies.
- Resides in Los Angeles, California.
- Has been a recurring columnist for Entertainment Weekly since December 2007. Her column appears on the last page of the magazine.
- When _Juno (2007)_ (qv) star 'Ellen Page' (qv) hosted _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), Diablo Cody was impersonated by 'Andy Samberg' (qv) in Ellen's opening monologue.
- One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
- Former freelance journalist. When she was living in Minneapolis, she was the associated arts editor for "City Pages", an alternative weekly.
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