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{{Short description|American writer and filmmaker (1941–2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Nora Ephron
| image              = Nora Ephron.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Ephron at the 2010 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date|mf=yes|1941|05|19}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2012|06|26|1941|05|19}}
| death_place        = New York City, U.S.
| education          = [[Wellesley College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| notable_works      = ''[[Silkwood]]'', ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'', ''[[You've Got Mail]]'', ''[[Julie & Julia]]''
| years_active       = 1962–2012
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Screenwriter
* producer
* director
* journalist
* playwright
* author
}}
| spouse             = {{Unbulleted list|
{{marriage|[[Dan Greenburg]]|1967|1976|end=div}}|
{{marriage|[[Carl Bernstein]]|1976|1980|end=div}}|
{{marriage|[[Nicholas Pileggi]]|1987}}
}}
| relatives          = {{Unbulleted list|
[[Amy Ephron]] (sister)|
[[Delia Ephron]] (sister)|
[[Hallie Ephron]] (sister)|
[[June Gale]] (stepmother)
}}
| awards             = {{Unbulleted list|
[[BAFTA Award]] (1990)|Crystal Award (1994)|
Ian McLellan Hunter Award (2003)|
Golden Apple Award (2009)
}}
| children           = 2
| parents            = {{Unbulleted list|
[[Henry Ephron]]|
[[Phoebe Ephron|Phoebe Wolkind]]
}}
| signature          = Nora Ephron signature.svg
}}
'''Nora Ephron''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|f|r|ə|n}} {{respell|EF|rən}};<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/12/09/249723073/delia-ephron-on-the-closeness-and-complexity-of-sisterhood |title=Delia Ephron on the Closeness and Complexity of Sisterhood |date=December 9, 2013 |series=[[Fresh Air]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |time=1:18–1:44 |access-date=December 11, 2013}} Interview.</ref> May 19, 1941&nbsp;– June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing [[romantic comedy|romantic comedy films]] and received numerous accolades including a [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]] as well as nominations for three [[Academy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] and three [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Writers Guild of America Award]]s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Academy Awards Search {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22:%22Nora%20Ephron%22,%22Sort%22:%221-Nominee-Alpha%22,%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22:0,%22AwardShowNumberTo%22:0,%22Search%22:30%7D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813123735/https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Nora%20Ephron%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=awardsdatabase.oscars.org}}</ref>

Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for ''[[Silkwood]]'' (1983), ''[[Heartburn (film)|Heartburn]]'' (1986), and ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989), the last of which earned the [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay]], and was ranked by the [[Writers Guild of America]] as the 40th greatest screenplay of all-time.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Nora+Ephron |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813123542/https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Nora+Ephron |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|title= 101 Greatest Screenplays|website= Writers Guild of America West|publisher= [[Writers Guild of America West]]|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> She made her directorial film debut with [[comedy drama]] ''[[This Is My Life (1992 film)|This Is My Life]]'' (1992) followed by the romantic comedies ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' (1993), ''[[Michael (1996 film)|Michael]]'' (1996), ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' (1998), ''[[Bewitched (2005 film)|Bewitched]]'' (2005), and the biographical film ''[[Julie & Julia]]'' (2009).

Ephron's first produced play, ''[[Imaginary Friends (play)|Imaginary Friends]]'' (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002–03 New York theatre season.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bestplaystheater00jeff|title=The best plays of 2002–2003|date=2004|publisher=Limelight Editions|others=Jenkins, Jeffrey Eric.|isbn=0879103035|edition=84th|location=[New York]|oclc=55139647}}</ref> She also co-authored the [[Drama Desk Award]]–winning theatrical production ''[[Love, Loss, and What I Wore]]''.<ref name="NYT_obit" /><ref>[http://www.broadway.com/buzz/151802/ragtime-the-scottsboro-boys-the-addams-family-and-finians-rainbow-top-nominations-for-2010-drama-desk-awards/ "Ragtime, The Scottsboro Boys, The Addams Family and Finian's Rainbow Top Nominations for 2010 Drama Desk Awards"]. 
In 2013, she received a posthumous [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] for ''Lucky Guy'', her last play.</ref> In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous [[Tony Award]] nomination for Best Play for ''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cadenas|first1=Kerensa|title=Nora Ephron, Cyndi Lauper Among Tony Award Nominees|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2013/05/nora-ephron-cyndi-lauper-among-tony-award-nominees-209395/|access-date=April 18, 2017|publisher=IndieWire|date=May 2, 2013|language=en}}</ref> She also wrote columns for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.