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British screenwriter

Abby Ajayi is a British television screenwriter.

Early life

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

Career

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

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

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

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.

References

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  10. Vourlias, Alexis; Benveniste, Alexis; Clement, Nick; Fuente, Anna Marie de la; Dore, Shalini; Drury, Sharareh; Flam, Charna; Garrett, Diane; Hopewell, John (2023-03-01). "From Abby Ajayi to Rosalía: Meet Variety's Impactful International Women of 2023". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  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.
  12. "New frothy TV drama series 'Riches' mixes money and blood". AP NEWS. 2022-11-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  13. Dray, Kayleigh (2022-11-03). "Riches: exclusive first look at ITV's major new drama". Stylist. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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