Abby Ajayi is a British
television screenwriter.
Early life
Ajayi was born in London to Nigerian parents. She studied law at
Wadham College, Oxford and was the recipient of a
Fulbright scholarship
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to study screenwriting in New York.
Career
Ajayi began her career in the UK writing on television shows including ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'', ''
Hollyoaks'', and ''
Casualty''. In the US, Ajayi has worked as a writer-producer on ''
Four Weddings and a Funeral'', ''
The First Lady,'' ''
Inventing Anna'', and ''
How to Get Away With Murder''. She was nominated for an
Emmy Award
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for her work on ''Inventing Anna''.
In 2020, she was selected by ''Drama Quarterly'' as one of its "Writers to Watch". In March 2023, Ajayi was featured in ''
Variety'' "International Women of Impact Report".
Ajayi also writes fiction and she has been published in the literary magazine ''
Callaloo''.
In 2021, Ajayi wrote and directed the drama series ''
Riches'' for
ITV
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and
Amazon which began filming in 2021. The series was broadcast in late 2022.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British women screenwriters
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