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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
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Sarah
Solemani
Writer for theatre, film and television
Sarah is a showrunner, writer and EP for TV. She is also an actress and director. Currently based in the States.
Credits include upcoming comedy-drama Chivalry, which she's co-created and co-written with Steve Coogan for C4, Ridley Road with Red for BBC One and PBS, The Secrets - The Conversation, produced by Working Title for the BBC, and Aphrodite Fry, produced by Ruby Pictures for Sky and described by Metro as 'a British answer to Girls', and the hit HBO show Barry, which won a WGA award for Best New Series, and was nominated for multiple Emmys.
As a playwright, Sarah's work has been performed at the National Youth Theatre, Soho Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Arcola, Southwark Playhouse, Old Vic, Theatre503 and the Public Theatre, New York.
She is currently working with Mary Trump on adapting her book about her Uncle.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
Email Jessica Cooper
Grabbed the viewer by the chops from its startling opening scene, and held on until the closing credits...This is a thriller and a love story and, as Sunday night fare, like a sip of champagne after weeks of supermarket cola.
Carol Midgley
The Times on Ridley Road
CV
Television
Writer & Creator
Original comedy drama commission.
Sarah also stars.
An adaptation of Jo Bloom's novel of the same name, Ridley Road follows the life of young a young Jewish hairdresser who moves to London after the death of her father. A story that explores life and love within the Jewish community in 1960's London.
Adaptation of Caitlin Davies non-fiction book about women in Holloway Prison.
On the eve of their wedding, Charlotte's fiancée confesses a secret which leaves her questioning everything.
Original romantic comedy pilot set in Brighton.
Writer
Riches to rags story about a fading British aristocrat who loses her Castle and falls through the London housing crisis.
Writer & Producer
Comedy about a depressed hitman.
Writer & Director
Set on one night on the New York subway, the episode tells the story of Basquiat and Madonna.