debbie tucker green is a British playwright, screenwriter, and director. She spells her name in lower-case. She has written a number of plays, including ''born bad'' (2003), for which she won the

Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known a ...

for Most Promising Newcomer in 2004. Most of her stage plays have been produced at the

Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England ...

and the Young Vic in London. She has been called "one of the most stylistically innovative and politically engaged playwrights at work in Britain today".

Career

tucker green was born in London, and before beginning to write plays worked for a decade as a stage manager. Her 2003 play ''dirty butterfly'' was produced by the

Soho Theatre The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces. The the ...

, and for her play ''born bad'' (

Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. Roxana Silbert has been the artistic director since ...

, 2003) she won the

for Most Promising Newcomer in 2004. Her plays have also been staged at the Royal National Theatre, and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. She won a

BAFTA Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cer ...

for ''random'', which was broadcast on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

. In 2016, she won an ARIA (Audio and Radio Industry Award) from the

Radio Academy The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to "the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production". It was formed in 1983 and is run via a board of trustees, with a chair and a deputy chair ...

for her

radio play Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

''Lament''. Produced by BBC Radio Drama London and broadcast on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

, ''Lament'' won the Gold Best Audio Dramatisation prize.

Film career

tucker green wrote and directed ''

Second Coming The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messian ...

'' (2014), a film set in London starring

Nadine Marshall Nadine Panchita Marshall (born 30 September 1972) is an English television, stage, and radio actress. Education and career She studied at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and is best known for her performance as Sally in the British te ...

and

Idris Elba Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor.

. The film premiered at the

2014 Toronto International Film Festival The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film '' The Judge'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert D ...

. It was given a limited release in the UK by Kaleidoscope Entertainment in June 2015, making green only the fourth British black woman to ever have a movie distributed in the UK, following

Ngozi Onwurah Ngozi Onwurah (born 1966) is a British-Nigerian film director, producer, model, and lecturer. She is best known as a filmmaker for her autobiographical film ''The Body Beautiful'' (1991) and her first feature film, ''Welcome II the Terrordome'' ( ...

Amma Asante Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she receive ...

, and

Destiny Ekaragha Destiny Ekaragha is a British film director. She is only the third British black woman, following Ngozi Onwurah and Amma Asante, to have directed a feature-length film that was given cinema distribution in the UK. Career Ekaragha began her career ...

. tucker green was nominated for the

BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer The BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer is presented annually at the British Academy Film Awards in London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual ...

for the film.

Television career

In 2018, tucker green was commissioned by

to direct an episode of their short film series, ''Random Acts''. It was first broadcast at midnight on 15 August 2018.

Selected works

Theatre

*''two women'' (

, 2000, dir.

Rufus Norris Rufus Norris (born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of the National Theatre. Life and career Norris grew up in Africa and Malaysia, attended North Bromsgr ...

)"two women"
Black Plays Archive, National Theatre. *''dirty butterfly'' (Soho Theatre, 2003, dir. Rufus Norris; Young Vic, 2008, dir. Michael Longhurst) *''born bad'' (

, 2003, dir.

Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She achieved fame with her appearances on sketch shows such as ''French and Saunders'' (1988–1999) and her recurring role as Mag ...

) *''trade'' ( The Other Place, 2004;

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Sh ...

, 2005, dir. Sacha Wares) *''stoning mary'' (

, 2005, dir. Marianne Elliott) *''generations'' (

Cottesloe Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...

, National Theatre, 2005, dir. Sacha Wares) *''random'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2008, dir. Sacha Wares; Royal Court Theatre Local, 2010, dir. Sacha Wares) *''laws of war'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2010) *''truth and reconciliation'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2011, dir. debbie tucker green) *''nut'' (The Shed, National Theatre, 2013, dir. debbie tucker green) *''hang'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2015, dir. debbie tucker green) *''a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2017, dir. debbie tucker green) *''ear for eye'' (Royal Court Theatre, 2018)

Film

*''

'' (2014) *'' ear for eye'' (2021)

Radio

*''Gone'' ( BBC Radio 3, 2010) *''Lament'' (

, 2016) *''

Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947; also married name, JoAnne Chesimard) is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder ...

: The FBI's Most Wanted Woman'' (BBC Radio 4, 2017)

Television

*''Random Acts'' (

, 2018)

Selected awards

* 1998 Shortlisted for

Alfred Fagon Award The Alfred Fagon Award is granted annually for the best new play by a Black British playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the United Kingdom. It was instituted in 1996 and first awarded in 1997, to recognise the work of Black Br ...

for ''She Three'' *2003 Shortlisted for Susan Smith Blackburn Award for ''born bad'' *2004

for Most Promising Newcomer for ''born bad'' *2012 Best Single Drama BAFTA Awards for ''random'' *2016 Audio and Radio Industry Award (ARIA) for Best Audio Dramatisation for ''Lament''

References

External links

"debbie tucker green"
at Royal Court
"Debbie Tucker Green"
at The Agency. {{DEFAULTSORT:green, Debbie tucker British dramatists and playwrights Living people British women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Black British women writers 21st-century British women writers Black British filmmakers