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Sally Wainwright Biography

Birth Name:Sally Wainwright

Birth Place:Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Profession Writer, Producer, Director

Fast Facts

  • Won two BAFTA TV Awards for "Last Tango in Halifax" in 2013, one for Best Drama Series and one for Best Writer: Drama
  • Was nominated for a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series for "Scott & Bailey" in 2012
  • Was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for Best Drama Series for "Scott & Bailey" in 2012 and 2013
  • Won a Royal Television Society Award for Writer of the Year for "Unforgiven" in 2009
  • Graduated from York University with a degree in English and Creative Writing
  • Worked as a double-decker bus driver in London for a year and a half before establishing herself as a writer
  • Quote: "My sister and I would write plays for each other and act them out․ I remember writing dialogue before I'd even seen a play․ That's what appealed to me more, the dialogue - I thought anything else was unnecessary․"
  • Quote: "(On "Last Tango in Halifax"): "Every time I told anyone mum and Alec's story, their face would light up in utter joy that two people had found something so special so late in life․․․It's simply a great story․ Uplifting, life-affirming, joyous․""
  • Best known as the creator and producer of "At Home with the Braithwaites" and as a writer for "Emmerdale" and "Coronation Street․"
  • The story for "Last Tango in Halifax" was based on her mother, who fell in love and got married at the age of 75

Awards

  • 2002BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series: nominated
  • 2002RTS Television Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: nominated
  • 2010BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Serial: nominated
  • 2012BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series: nominated
  • 2012RTS Television Award-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2012Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best TV Drama Series: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: Drama: winner
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series: winner
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series: nominated
  • 2013Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Drama Series/Serial: nominated
  • 2013Writer's Award-: nominated
  • 2014British Screenwriters' Award-Best British TV Drama Writing: winner
  • 2014Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2014Writer's Award-: nominated
  • 2015BAFTA Television Craft Award-Writer: Drama: winner
  • 2015Golden FIPA-TV Series and Serials: winner
  • 2015Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: winner
  • 2015Edgar-Best Episode in a TV Series: winner
  • 2015RTS Television Award-Writer - Drama: nominated
  • 2015Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Long Form TV Drama: winner
  • 2017BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: Drama: winner
  • 2017BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series: winner
  • 2017BAFTA Television Craft Award-Writer: Drama: winner
  • 2017Banff Rockie Award-Best Mini-Series: nominated
  • 2017Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2017RTS Television Award-Writer - Drama: winner
  • 2020BAFTA TV Award-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Long Form TV Drama: nominated
  • 2024BAFTA TV Award-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024BAFTA TV Award-Writer, Drama: nominated
  • 2024Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: winner
  • 2024RTS Television Award-Writer - Drama: nominated