Carol Fuchs

Carol Diane Fuchs, born on 19 October 1962, is an American entertainment attorney, producer and World Series of Poker bracelet winner. She wrote the screenplay for the 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations, and her sister is the attorney Jacqueline Fuchs, known as Jackie Fox when she was a member of The Runaways in the 1970s. She is married to Martin Shafer, Chairman and CEO of Castle Rock Entertainment, and they have two children. She started playing poker after reading Positively Fifth Street by James McManus and sometimes plays in a home game with other Castle Rock executives. At the 2015 World Series of Poker she won the 1,500 dollar Dealer's Choice tournament and its 127,735 dollar first prize, which made her the first female winner of an open field event at the 2015 WSOP and the 21st woman to win an open event bracelet. She had earlier won titles at the L.A. Poker Open in 2005 and 2011, and by 2025 her total live poker winnings exceeded 885,000 dollars.