Migdia Skarsgård Chinea-Varela (also credited as Migdia Chinea) is an American screenwriter[1][2][3] and director[3] She was a writer for the TV series Superboy,[2] as well as for The Incredible Hulk, The Facts of Life, and Punky Brewster.

She has written about theatre for the Los Angeles Times[4][5] She lives in Glendale, California.

In 2012, Skarsgård-Chinea graduated with a master's degree from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

[10] She is in production on The Prince of Old Havana, based on the life of Cuban political icon and pimp Alberto Yarini (1882–1910).

[citation needed] Migdia Chinea is of German-Jewish background through her mom Violeta Mimó Suarez (a variation of Soros and Schwartz).