Sally Wainwright

Writing

Sally Wainwright

Born

1963-01-01 (63)

Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

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 Televisio…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

To Walk Invisible poster
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To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

To Walk Invisible

2016

To Walk Invisible poster
7.2

To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

To Walk Invisible

2016

The Taming of the Shrew poster
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A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.

The Taming of the Shrew

2005

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley poster
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When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

2007

The Last Witch poster
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A young woman abruptly moves into an elderly lady's house. Strange things start to happen and soon it becomes clear witchcraft is involved.

The Last Witch

2013

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Beth Craddock (Julie Walters) is a highly successful television actress in her early fifties but her professional success is not reflected in her private life. She has had four husbands and the fourth (Bill Nighy) is about to leave her for a younger woman. She begins an affair with co-star Jerome (Paul Nicholls) who is 30 years her junior and, despite general disapproval, they are genuinely happy. Unfortunately Jerome's health issues mean that the story does not end well for Beth.

The Wife of Bath

2003