Jessica Swale

Jessica Swale

42 · Born: Feb 1, 1982

Personal Details

Born Feb 1, 1982 Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Biography

Jessica Swale is a British playwright, theater director, screenwriter and director. Her first play, Blue Stockings, premiered at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013. It is widely performed by UK amateur companies and is also studied on the Drama GCSE syllabus. In 2016 her play Nell Gwynn won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. In 2012, she won the BAFTA JJ Screenwriting Bursary for which she developed an original screenplay, Summerland, which she also directed in 2020.

Career

2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2020
Summerland
Summerland as Director, Writer
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2022
Ten Percent
Ten Percent as Creator
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