British women television writers

The list British women television writers includes Peaches Geldof, Catherine Tate, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Miranda Hart and Konnie Huq. The list consists of 174 members and 3 sublists.

English women television writers
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Scottish women television writers
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Women television writers from Northern Ireland
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- Anne Devlin

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Peaches Geldof

British journalist, television presenter, and model (1989–2014)

Overview: Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (13 March 1989 – 6 or 7 April 2014) was an English columnist, television personality, and model.

Date of birth: 16 March 1989

Date of death: 7 April 2014

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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21st-century English women writers 453T

21st-century British women writers 831T

Women columnists 765T
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Catherine Tate

British, Actress

Overview: Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jeff Gutheim (Engaged)

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Comedians from the London Borough of Camden 26T

English sketch comedians 48T

Actors from Holborn 6T
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

British actor

Overview: Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985) is an English actress, writer, and television producer. She is best known as the creator, head writer, and star of the BBC tragicomedy series Fleabag (201 ...

Date of birth: 14 July 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Best Female Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 11T

British women television producers 149T

People educated at St Augustine's Priory School, Ealing 1T
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Miranda Hart

English comedian

Overview: Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972), known professionally as Miranda Hart, is an English actress, comedian, and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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British women television producers 159T

21st-century British screenwriters 145T

21st-century English women writers 447T
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Konnie Huq

British television presenter

Overview: Kanak Asha Huq (born 17 July 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the popular UK children's television ...

Date of birth: 17 July 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: British

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Charlie Brooker (Married)

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Women radio presenters 622T

Television personalities from London 80T

BBC Asian Network presenters 20T
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Tracey Ullman

British-American actress, comedian, singer, director, producer and writer

Overview: Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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British women company founders 22T

English people of Romani descent 12T

British women television producers 149T
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Victoria Wood

British comedian

Overview: Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.

Date of birth: 19 May 1953

Date of death: 20 April 2016

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners 52T

21st-century English comedians 249T
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Julia Davis

English actress

Overview: Julia Charlotte L. Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English comedian, actress, writer, and director. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy Nighty Night (2004–2005) and the comedies ...

Date of birth: 25 August 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Julian Barratt (Long-Term)

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British women television producers 159T

WFTV Award winners 56T

British comedy actresses 69T
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Siobhan Thompson

British comedian (born 1984)

Overview: Siobhan Thompson (born 29 July, 1984) is a British sketch comedian and comedy writer. She is known for her work on the CollegeHumor Originals web series and has appeared in other programs such as Adam ...

Date of birth: 29 July 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

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CollegeHumor people 12T

British sketch comedians 23T

American sketch comedians 273T
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Lorna Watson

British comedian, TV presenter (born 1977)

Overview: Lorna Watson (born 1977) is a British comedian, actress and television presenter.

Date of birth: 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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British women television presenters 79T

Women television presenters 1,277T

21st-century British actresses 288T
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Pooky Quesnel

English actress, screenwriter and singer

Overview: Joanna Gabrielle "Pooky" Quesnel (born 30 April 1966) is an English actress, screenwriter and singer.

Date of birth: 30 April 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses from Salford 21T

21st-century British screenwriters 153T

21st-century English women writers 453T
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Kelly Marcel

British screenwriter

Overview: Kelly Marcel (born 10 January 1974) is a British writer, actress and television producer. She co-wrote the film Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and wrote the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and created and served ...

Date of birth: 10 January 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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British women television producers 159T

Women television producers 979T

British women screenwriters 136T
13.

Jo Brand

English comedian

Overview: Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Nurses from London 68T

Best Female Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 11T

21st-century English women writers 392T
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Caroline Aherne

English actress, comedian and writer (1963–2016)

Overview: Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English comedian, writer and actress, best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host Mrs Merton, in various roles in The Fast Show ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1963

Date of death: 2 July 2016

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Female

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

British women television producers 149T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
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Morwenna Banks

British comedy actress, writer and producer

Overview: Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Absolutely, and wrote, produced, and appeared in the ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: David Baddiel (Married)

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British women television producers 173T

British comedy actresses 70T

21st-century British comedians 236T
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Jessica Hynes

British, Actress

Overview: Tallulah Jessica Elina Hynes (née Stevenson; born 30 October 1972) is an English actress, director and writer. Known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007, she was one of the creators, writers ...

Date of birth: 15 November 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Writers from the London Borough of Lewisham 21T

Comedians from the London Borough of Lewisham 8T

Comedians from Brighton and Hove 14T
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Jennifer Saunders

British comedian

Overview: Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, screenwriter, and singer. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after ...

Date of birth: 6 July 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Adrian Edmondson (Married)

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Best Female Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 11T

20th-century English women writers 690T

21st-century English women writers 392T
18.

Michaela Coel

British actress and filmmaker (born 1987)

Overview: Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. She is best known for creating and ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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21st-century British LGBT people 160T

20th-century British LGBT people 185T

Black British women comedians 15T
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Karla Crome

British actress (born 1988)

Overview: Karla Patsy Crome (born 22 June 1988 in Edgware, London) is a British actress, best known for her work on Sky Atlantic's Hit & Miss, playing series regular Jess on E4's Misfits, and appearances in a number ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Black British actresses 165T

English television actresses 2,523T

English film actresses 2,039T
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Katy Brand

English actress, comedian and writer

Overview: Katherine Frances Brand (born 1979) is an English actress, comedian and writer, known for her ITV2 series Katy Brand's Big Ass Show and for Comedy Lab Slap on Channel 4.

Date of birth: 13 January 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

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British women screenwriters 115T

English voice actresses 315T

English radio actresses 269T