Sally Wainwright

Sally Wainwright

Sally Anne Wainwright OBE (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director. She is known for her dramas, which are often set in West Yorkshire, where she originates from, and feature "strong female characters". Wainwright has been praised for the quality of her dialogue. Wainwright began her career as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama The Archers, and worked on the television soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street in the 1990s. Her first original drama, At Home with the Braithwaites, aired between 2000 and 2003. After two self-described "flops" in the mid-2000s, Wainwright found success with Unforgiven (2009), for which she won the Royal Television Society's Writer of the Year Award. Her work since includes Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020), Happy Valley (2014–2023), and Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). Last Tango in Halifax won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2013, and Happy Valley won the same award in both 2015 and 2017.

  • Title: Sally Wainwright
  • Popularity: 4.564
  • Known For: Creator
  • Birthday: 1963-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Sally Wainwright Movies

  • 2023
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    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    10 2023 HD

    imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Russell T Davies

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  • 2007
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    Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

    Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

    5.4 2007 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2021
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    The Unforgivable

    The Unforgivable

    7.4 2021 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sandra Bullock

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  • 2013
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    The Last Witch

    The Last Witch

    5 2013 HD

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Katherine Kelly

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  • 2016
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    To Walk Invisible

    To Walk Invisible

    7.194 2016 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Finn Atkins

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  • 2016
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    To Walk Invisible

    To Walk Invisible

    7.194 2016 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Finn Atkins

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  • 2016
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    To Walk Invisible

    To Walk Invisible

    7.194 2016 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Finn Atkins

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  • 2005
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    8 2005 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Shirley Henderson

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  • 2021
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    The Unforgivable

    The Unforgivable

    7.4 2021 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sandra Bullock

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  • 2021
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    The Unforgivable

    The Unforgivable

    7.4 2021 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sandra Bullock

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  • 2023
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    8 2023 HD

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced,...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sarah Lancashire

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  • 2006
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    6.2 2006 HD

    Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jane Horrocks

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  • 2002
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.6 2002 HD

    The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sarah Smart

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  • 2006
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.561 2006 HD

    Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Victoria Alcock

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  • 2005
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.7 2005 HD

    Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nick Malinowski

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  • 2009
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.321 2009 HD

    Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2016
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.415 2016 HD

    D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Lesley Sharp

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  • 2016
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.415 2016 HD

    D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Lesley Sharp

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  • 2020
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.156 2020 HD

    Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anne Reid

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  • 2020
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.156 2020 HD

    Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anne Reid

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  • 2007
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    1 2007 HD

    Bonkers is a British comedy series written by Sally Wainwright and starring Liza Tarbuck as a school teacher who discovers her husband is having an...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lynda Bellingham

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  • 2018
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    6.8 2018 HD

    Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Angela Griffin

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  • 2018
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    6.8 2018 HD

    Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Angela Griffin

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  • 2022
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.9 2022 HD

    Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2022
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.9 2022 HD

    Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2022
    imgS2 E8

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.9 2022 HD

    Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2023
    imgS3 E6

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    8 2023 HD

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced,...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sarah Lancashire

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  • 2024
    imgS1 E8

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.336 2024 HD

    England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Louisa Harland

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  • 2024
    imgS1 E8

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.336 2024 HD

    England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Louisa Harland

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  • 2006
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    5.7 2006 HD

    Struggling to find a job in her northern home town, Jane is convinced that she is ugly, boring, and completely useless. But after one blazing row...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Geraldine James

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  • 2009
    imgS1 E3

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.321 2009 HD

    Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 1970
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    1 1970 HD

    Five women along with two riotous backing singers come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band in order to enter a local talent contest, but in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joanna Scanlan

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  • 2006
    imgS1 E6

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    6.2 2006 HD

    Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jane Horrocks

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  • 2003
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    6.7 2003 HD

    At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Davison

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  • 2006
    imgS1 E6

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    5.7 2006 HD

    Struggling to find a job in her northern home town, Jane is convinced that she is ugly, boring, and completely useless. But after one blazing row...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Geraldine James

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  • 2009
    imgS1 E3

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.321 2009 HD

    Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

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  • 2016
    imgS5 E3

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.415 2016 HD

    D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Lesley Sharp

    img
  • 2002
    imgS1 E3

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.6 2002 HD

    The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sarah Smart

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  • 2020
    imgS5 E4

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.156 2020 HD

    Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anne Reid

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  • 2023
    imgS3 E6

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    8 2023 HD

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced,...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sarah Lancashire

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  • 2022
    imgS2 E8

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.9 2022 HD

    Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suranne Jones

    img
  • 2024
    imgS1 E8

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    7.336 2024 HD

    England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Louisa Harland

    img
  • 1970
    imgS E

    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    1 1970 HD

    Five women along with two riotous backing singers come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band in order to enter a local talent contest, but in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joanna Scanlan

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