Karen Bailey is Executive Vice President of Original Programming for STARZ.
Based in the company’s Santa Monica office, Bailey oversees creative development and production on a number of programs for the network including the critically-acclaimed “Outlander” and “P-Valley,” and the upcoming series “Dangerous Liaisons” and “The Venery of Samantha Bird.”
Bailey joined Starz in 2006 as an executive producer, overseeing development, production, and post-production for the company’s studio slate of television movies and mini-series. She was promoted to Vice President of Production in 2007, overseeing the physical production for the company’s newly launched original programming department. Bailey spent the next few years building the internal production department and focusing on the networks’ new slate of original series, including fan-favorite “Party Down,” “Crash,” “Boss” and Starz’s first international series “Spartacus” and “Camelot.”
In 2011 she transitioned to creative development and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Original Programming in 2012. Since then, she has worked on a number of international co-productions including Golden Globe® and Emmy®-nominated STARZ Original Miniseries “The White Queen” and the critically acclaimed STARZ Original Limited Series “The White Princess.” Golden Globe® and Emmy®-nominated limited series “The Missing” and its sequel; “Howard’s End,” a 4-part TV adaptation written by Academy Award® winner Kenneth Lonergan and Starz’s first movie for television, “The Dresser” starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins.
Karen Bailey has been a featured panelist at a number of events and international conferences including BAFTA Women Director’s Panel in London, Create and Cultivate Panel in Los Angeles, the College TV Summit at the Television Academy of Arts and Science, C21 London Drama Summit, and most recently has been an invited speaker at both Stanford University and Harvard Business School.
