Director

Jessica Swale

Writing

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

2.3

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 2041517

IMDb ID: nm7328140

Known for: Writing

Born: February 1, 1982

Age: 44

Place of birth: Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2018 - 2025

Years active: 8

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q17020824

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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.