Henrietta & Jessica Ashworth

Named as Broadcast 'Hotshots' 2013, selected for Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2012 and listed in the the BBC’s New Talent Hotlist in 2017, Jessica and Henrietta wrote their first script The Shakespeare Club – a farce about authorship controversy – at the age of 15.

Their feature script Olivia & Jim was placed third on the Brit List in 2011 and is currently in development with producer Ivana Mackinnon supported by the BFI. Following on from their TV work on the third series of Fresh Meat and the BAFTA-winning Dixi (CBBC), Jessica and Henrietta are now writing on the second series of Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Killing Eve for BBC America. They are also developing projects with Warp, BBC, BBC Films, BFI, Baby Cow, and their first US Project, Code Name: Verity, with New York production company Levantine Films.

Jessica also works as an actress, appearing in Julian Jarrold’s Becoming Jane and writing and performing with sketch group The Dudes. Henrietta directed their award-winning Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 'Best Debut' show Call Of Dudey last year. Henrietta is a graduate of the University of Sussex, and was awarded the prestigious Arts & Humanities Research Council Award scholarship. She studied for a Masters in Film at University College London, completing it in 2013 with a Distinction.

The Ashworths are developing feature film Siren, about a young girl who develops terrifying powers, produced by Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures.  

Tell It To The Bees, adapted from Fiona Shaw’s novel of the same name, is their feature film debut. Produced by Daisy Allsop, Riverstone and the BFI, the film is directed by Annabel Jankel and stars Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger. The film received its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and UK premiere at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival. 

Their recent script Queen's Gambit was featured on the Brit List 2018.