Nichelle Tramble Spellman

Nichelle D. Tramble Spellman (born February 11, 1967) is an American television producer and writer.

In 2017, Spellman, and her husband, Malcolm Spellman began to co-produce and co-write an alternate history television series for Home Box Office, called Confederate, set in a present day America where slavery remained legal. The pair found themselves called upon to explain how African-American producers could be involved in a show focused around slavery.

Spellman has worked as a writer or producer on The Good Wife, Justified, Mercy, Harper’s Island and Women’s Murder Club.