Abby Ajayi

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Abby Ajayi is a British television screenwriter.

Early life

Ajayi was born in London to Nigerian parents. [1] [2] She studied law at Wadham College, Oxford and was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to study screenwriting in New York. [3] [4]

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Career

Ajayi began her career in the UK writing on television shows including EastEnders , Hollyoaks , and Casualty . [5] In the US, Ajayi has worked as a writer-producer on Four Weddings and a Funeral , The First Lady, [6] Inventing Anna , and How to Get Away With Murder . [7] She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on Inventing Anna. [8]

In 2020, she was selected by Drama Quarterly as one of its "Writers to Watch". [9] In March 2023, Ajayi was featured in Variety 's "International Women of Impact Report". [10]

Ajayi also writes fiction and she has been published in the literary magazine Callaloo . [11]

In 2021, Ajayi wrote and directed the drama series Riches for ITV and Amazon which began filming in 2021. The series was broadcast in late 2022. [12] [13]

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  3. ↑ Tonelli, Adriana. "Abby Ajayi". NYFA. Archived from the original on 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  4. ↑ Maxwell, Dominic. "Abby Ajayi on Riches: 'You can't outrun racism if you've got a big bank account'". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  5. ↑ Scriptworks, BBC Studios. "Writers' Academy graduate creates new ITV drama Riches". bbcstudios.com. BBC Studios. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Latif, Leila (2022-12-16). "'The first time I've seen Black people represented like this': ITV's glam, groundbreaking new drama". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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  11. ↑ Ajayi, Abby (2015). "How to Lose Yourself". Callaloo. 38 (2): 341–344. doi:10.1353/cal.2015.0054. ISSN   0161-2492. JSTOR   24738266. S2CID   162161026. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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