Amelia Bullmore

Amelia studied Drama at Manchester University. She started out as an actress and began writing professionally in 1994. She continues to do both.

Her first play, Mammals, directed by Anna Mackmin, had an extended sell-out run at The Bush in 2005 and went on a national tour in 2006. The play was staged in Los Angeles in 2009. Mammals was short-listed for the What's On Stage Best New Comedy award and co-won the Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

Her adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts, directed by Anna Mackmin, had a sell-out run at The Gate in 2007 and has since been produced at The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.

She wrote a short play for the Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays in 2009. It was directed by Anna Mackmin.

Her recent work includes the play Di And Viv And Rose, originally at the Hampstead before transferring to the West End.

For television, Amelia has written episodes of This Life, series 2 (Writers Guild Best Television Drama), Attachments and Scott and Bailey series 2, 3 and 4. She devised and co-wrote a series of ten minute films, Black Cab. She was a Dennis Potter Award finalist in 2000 for her television screenplay, The Middle.

Amelia's radio writing includes four series of Craven, a Fact to Fiction; Cashflow and the afternoon plays The Middle, Family Tree and The Bat Man.