Sally Wainwright
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
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
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Renegade Nell
TV · Writer · 5 eps
Son Nefesime Kadar
TV · Original Story · 5 eps
The Unforgivable
Movie · Story
Gentleman Jack
TV · Writer · 16 eps
The Detail
TV · Original Series Creator · 10 eps
To Walk Invisible
Movie · Writer
Happy Valley
TV · Writer · 18 eps
The Last Witch
Movie · Writer
Last Tango in Halifax
TV · Writer · 24 eps
Scott & Bailey
TV · Writer · 22 eps
Unforgiven
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Movie · Writer
Bonkers
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Jane Hall
TV · Writer · 6 eps
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV · Writer · 6 eps
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · Writer
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Wife of Bath
Movie · Writer
Canterbury Tales
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Sparkhouse
TV · Adaptation, Writer · 3 eps
At Home with the Braithwaites
TV · Writer · 22 eps
Bad Girls
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Playing the Field
TV · Writer · 5 eps
Castles
TV · Writer · 24 eps
The House of Windsor
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Revelations
TV · Writer · 5 eps
Children's Ward
TV · Writer · 42 eps
Emmerdale
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Coronation Street
TV · Writer · 4 eps