Nazrin Choudhury is a British screenwriter and actress of

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descent, best known for her radio dramas and extensive work in American television.

Early life

Choudhury was born in South West London, England to parents of

origin. She graduated with a BSc in Biomedical Science from

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, and completed an MA in Screenwriting at the

Northern Film School The Northern Film School is part of the Leeds Beckett University Leeds School of Arts. It is one of the largest full-time film schools in the UK, with both bachelor's and master's degrees, and is situated in the city centre of Leeds. School was ...

, having received a FilmFour Productions/

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Award.

Career

Choudhury scripted episodes of British television serials such as '' Casualty'', '' Doctors'', ''

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'' and '' Waterloo Road''. She also worked as a storyline writer on ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Orig ...

''. Her radio play ''Mixed Blood'' won the Richard Imison Award in 2006. In 2006, she was awarded a grant for the arts by the

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for her first novel ''My England''. Her first screenplay ''Scum'' won the "Focus on Talent" award, a competition run by DNA Films. Choudhury was selected as one of the ten finalists for the 2014 Fox Writers Intensive. She moved to the United States and has written for Fox's ''

Houdini and Doyle ''Houdini & Doyle'' is a British television drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, and ...

'', ''

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'', Amazon's '' Jack Ryan'' and most recently written and produced on '' Fear the Walking Dead''. On 17 September 2020, she was announced as the writer of ''American Radical'' for Universal, based the memoir written by Kevin Maurer and Tamer Elnoury. It is to be directed by

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Personal life

Choudhury is currently based in Los Angeles and is married.

Filmography

Writer

Actor

References

External links

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Time To Read – Nazrin Choudhury
* Lang, Kirsty

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. October 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Nazrin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English people of Bangladeshi descent British women screenwriters English screenwriters English television writers English soap opera writers Women soap opera writers English women novelists British Asian writers 21st-century English writers 21st-century English women writers Writers from London English television actresses English stage actresses English actresses of South Asian descent English television producers People educated at Streatham and Clapham High School People from London Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the Northern Film School British women television producers 21st-century British screenwriters British women television writers