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Alice Birch

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Alice is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose recent plays includeThe House of Bernarda Alba(National Theatre);[BLANK] (Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break);Orlando (Schaubühne, Berlin) andAnatomy of a Suicide(Royal Court Theatre).

Alice wrote the critically acclaimed original seriesDead Ringers, inspired by the Cronenberg film of 1988, for Annapurna and Amazon last year. She was the lead writer and an executive producer and the series starred Rachel Weisz. Previously Alice wrote on the TV adaptation ofNormal People, alongside Sally Rooney and Mark O’Rowe, for which she and Sally were nominated for an Emmy.  She also wrote on the TV adaptation ofConversations with Friendsand she worked as Story Editor on Season 2 ofSuccessionfor HBO.

Her first feature wasLady Macbeth which won 5 British Independent Film Awards in 2017 including Best Screenplay. Her second feature was an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel Mothering Sunday for Number 9 Films and Film 4. She co-wroteThe Wonderwith Sebastián Lelio and Emma Donoghue, and most recently she wrote an adaptation ofThe End We Start Fromwhich was directed by Mahalia Belo and starred Jodie Comer.

Other Awards include: Winner Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2018, George Devine Award (forRevolt. She said. Revolt again); Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting.  

Alice is represented by United Agents in the UK and by UTA in the US.

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