Sally Wainwright
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 AwardNominated
- 2014British Screenwriters' Award - Best British TV Drama Writing:Winner
- 2014Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Writer:Nominated
- 2014Writer's AwardNominated
- 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
- 2026Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Writer:Nominated
- 2026RTS Television Award - Best Writer:Nominated