Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.

7 million. 6 million in its opening weekend in the U. Written for and starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte the film was not well received by critics but grossed over $30 million in box-office receipts in the United States.

Her second film as director What Women Want (2000) was at one point the most successful film ever directed by a woman taking in $183 million in the United States. She is the writer producer and director of several big-screen successes including The Parent Trap (1998) Something's Gotta Give (2003) The Holiday (2006) and It's Complicated (2009). Nancy Jane Meyers (born December 8 1949) is an American film director producer and screenwriter.