A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Born:
January 1, 1963
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.
Director:
2016 To Walk Invisible
Executive Producer:
2016 To Walk Invisible
2021 The Unforgivable
Series Writer:
2016 To Walk Invisible
2021 The Unforgivable
Story:
2016 To Walk Invisible
2021 The Unforgivable
Writer:
2005 The Taming of the Shrew
2007 Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2013 The Last Witch
2016 To Walk Invisible
2021 The Unforgivable
Creator:
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
Director:
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
Executive Producer:
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2018 The Detail
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
Original Series Creator:
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2018 The Detail
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
Producer:
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2018 The Detail
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
Writer:
1999 Bad Girls
2000 At Home with the Braithwaites
2002 Sparkhouse
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told
2006 Jane Hall
2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2007 Bonkers
2009 Unforgiven
2011 Scott & Bailey
2012 Last Tango in Halifax
2014 Happy Valley
2018 The Detail
2019 Gentleman Jack
2024 Renegade Nell
???? Riot Women
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