Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 01, 1963
Place of Birth
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
34 titles
Sally Wainwright
Biography
Sally Anne Wainwright OBE (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director. She is known for her dramas, which are often set in West Yorkshire, where she originates from, and feature "strong female characters". Wainwright has been praised for the quality of her dialogue. Wainwright began her career as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama The Archers, and worked on the television soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street in the 1990s. Her first original drama, At Home with the Braithwaites, aired between 2000 and 2003. After two self-described "flops" in the mid-2000s, Wainwright found success with Unforgiven (2009), for which she won the Royal Television Society's Writer of the Year Award. Her work since includes Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020), Happy Valley (2014–2023), and Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). Last Tango in Halifax won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2013, and Happy Valley won the same award in both 2015 and 2017.
Known For
Filmography
Riot Women
Executive Producer
Renegade Nell
Executive Producer
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Remembers…
Self
Son Nefesime Kadar
Original Story
The Unforgivable
Story
Gentleman Jack
Executive Producer
The Detail
Original Series Creator
To Walk Invisible
Director
Happy Valley
Executive Producer
The Last Witch
Writer
Last Tango in Halifax
Executive Producer
Scott & Bailey
Executive Producer
Unforgiven
Writer
Bonkers
Writer
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Writer
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Producer
Jane Hall
Writer
The Taming of the Shrew
Writer
ShakespeaRe-Told
Writer
The Wife of Bath
Writer
Canterbury Tales
Writer
Sparkhouse
Writer
At Home with the Braithwaites
Writer
Bad Girls
Writer
Playing the Field
Writer
Castles
Writer
Revelations
Writer
The House of Windsor
Writer
Children's Ward
Writer
The South Bank Show
Emmerdale
Writer
Coronation Street
Writer