What Is Diablo Cody's Net Worth?
Diablo Cody is an American screenwriter, author, producer, and director who has a net worth of $10 million. She gained wide recognition as the writer of the 2007 film "Juno," which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Diablo also wrote the screenplays for "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Young Adult" (2011), "Paradise" (2013), "Ricki and the Flash" (2015), and "Tully" (2018), producing and directing several of these films. She created and wrote Showtime's "United States of Tara" (2009–2011) and Amazon Prime Video's "One Mississippi" (2015–2017), and wrote for Adult Swim's "Childrens Hospital" (2010). Diablo also wrote the book for the Alanis Morissette jukebox musical "Jagged Little Pill," which premiered on Broadway in 2019 and earned her a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. She published the memoir "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper" in 2005.
Early Life
Diablo Cody was born Brook Michele Busey on June 14, 1978, in Lemont, Illinois. She was raised in an Apostolic Christian household with her mother Pam, father Greg, and older brother Marc. Cody has Italian ancestry on her mother's side and German on her father's side. She attended Benet Academy, a Roman Catholic school, and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media from the University of Iowa in 2000. During her college years, Diablo worked in the acquisitions department of the university's main library and later at a law firm in Chicago and as a proofreader for radio station ads in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
Career
Before her breakthrough with "Juno," Cody wrote several blogs including "Red Secretary," "Darling Girl," and the adult blog "The Pussy Ranch." It was during this time she adopted the pen name "Diablo Cody" while listening to the Arcadia song "El Diablo" and driving through Cody, Wyoming. She also worked as an exotic dancer after participating in amateur night at the Minneapolis strip club, the Skyway Lounge. Additionally, she wrote for the weekly newspaper "City Pages" and was hired by "Entertainment Weekly" in late 2007 to write a monthly column.
After her memoir "Candy Girl" was published in 2005, her manager, Mason Novick, suggested she write a screenplay. The result was "Juno," a 2007 film about a teenager's unplanned pregnancy starring Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, and J.K. Simmons. The film grossed $231.4 million at the box office and earned Cody an Academy Award.
Her next film, "Jennifer's Body" (2009), starred Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, followed by the Showtime series "United States of Tara" starring Toni Collette. The show ran for three seasons, receiving two GLAAD Media Award nominations, a Satellite Award nomination, and a Television Critics Association Award nomination. Cody wrote the short films "Tight" (2010) and "The Magic Bracelet" (2013), and revised scripts for 2010's "Burlesque" and the 2013 "Evil Dead" remake. "Young Adult" was released in 2011, featuring Charlize Theron and directed by "Juno" director Jason Reitman. Her 2013 film "Paradise" marked her directorial debut, and she followed it with "Ricki and the Flash" (2015), a musical comedy starring Meryl Streep.
Diablo co-created the Amazon Prime Video series "One Mississippi" with comedian Tig Notaro, which ran from 2015 to 2017 and won a Critics Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series. The series also received two GLAAD Media Award nominations and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination. She reunited with Jason Reitman and Charlize Theron for 2018's "Tully," and wrote the book for the musical "Jagged Little Pill," which received 12 Tony nominations in 2020. In August 2020, Madonna announced she was co-writing a screenplay with Cody for her biopic. Although Cody later left the project, a Universal source confirmed she completed her work and moved on to her next endeavor.
Personal Life
On October 29, 2004, Diablo married Jon Hunt; they divorced in 2007. In 2009, she married Dan Maurio, whom she met during "Chelsea Lately" appearances. They have three children. Diablo is a roller coaster enthusiast, and Dan proposed while they were on one. She even has a tattoo of the Giant Dipper roller coaster from Belmont Park on her arm. In 2019, Cody expressed regret over "Juno" potentially being perceived as anti-choice, especially in light of abortion restrictions in states like Georgia and Alabama. She voiced concerns over the evolving societal landscape, indicating it might have affected her creative decisions.
Awards and Nominations
In 2008, Cody won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Juno," along with numerous other accolades such as a BAFTA Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and Independent Spirit Award. She has three Writers Guild of America Awards, won for "Juno" (2008), and nominations for "Young Adult" (2012) and "One Mississippi" (2017). Diablo has been honored by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and received the Hollywood Film Awards' Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year and Screenwriter of the Year.
Real Estate
In 2008, Cody and Maurio purchased a 2,206-square-foot Hollywood Hills home for $1.22 million. They listed the three-bedroom, three-bathroom property for $1.3 million in September 2013, selling it for that price the following month.