British women screenwriters

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

German-born British-American author (1927-2013)

British actress

British novelist and scriptwriter (1864-1943)

English author of young adult fiction

English actress

English author and actress.

British screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer

British actor and film director (born 1969)

Welsh playwright and screenwriter

British television director (born 1960)

British filmmaker (born 1955)

British film director and writer (1905-1991)

Scottish filmmaker and actor

British-born and raised Palestinian human rights advocate, speaker, film writer, and producer

Scottish screenwriter

British actress

British screenwriter

Scottish playwright

British comedian and actress

Zimbabwean film director

British film animator

Tanzanian British screenwriter and film director

British film director (1914-1999)

British novelist, frequently as duo with husband C. N. Williamson

British stand-up comedian and screenwriter

British film director and producer

American entrepreneur, screenwriter (1853-1923)

British writer

British television writer

British novelist and television writer (1926-2014)

British writer and politician (born 1972)

British writer

French film director

English playwright

British writer, screenwriter and actress (1886-1964), known as Oliver Sandys and under various other pseudonyms

British playwright and screenwriter

British-French screenwriter (1942–2020)

British novelist and screenwriter

American actress and director

British journalist, novelist and screenwriter

British screenwriter