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English screenwriter and playwright

Laurie Nunn
BornMay 1986 (age 38)
London, England
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • playwright
RelativesTrevor Nunn (father)
Ellie Nunn (half-sister)

Laurie Nunn (born May 1986) is an English screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for creating the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023).

Early life

Nunn was born in London in May 1986, the daughter of Australian actress Sharon Lee-Hill and English theatre director Trevor Nunn. Her parents divorced in 1991. She has a sister named Amy, an older half-brother named Joshua from her father's previous marriage to actress Janet Suzman, and a younger half-sister named Ellie and younger half-brother named Jesse from her father's later marriage to actress Imogen Stubbs. Ellie is an actress. At the age of 14, Nunn moved to Australia to live with her mother. She earned a BA in Film and Television from Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts in 2007, then returned to England and earned an MA in Screenwriting at the National Film and Television School in 2012.

Career

Nunn's first full play, King Brown (2017), earned her a place on the shortlist for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. She went on to create the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023).

References

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  2. ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (27 April 2020). "Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn: 'You can't make sex scenes flowery!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. (no author). "Nunn divorce", The Times, 21 May 1991, Home news
  4. Dickson, Andrew. "Trevor Nunn Life in Theatre", The Guardian, 18 November 2011
  5. ^ Savill, Richard; Wardrop, Murray (25 April 2011). "Imogen Stubbs and Sir Trevor Nunn separate after 21 years". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. (no author). "Divorce for Janet Suzman", The Times (London), 19 April 1986
  7. "Janet Suzman Biography-see Companions and Family", tcm.com, accessed 20 April 2012
  8. (no author). "Actress Imogen Goes Back to Her Roots for Marriage Blessing", Press Association, 18 September 1994, Home News
  9. "Laurie Nunn". independenttalent.com.
  10. "Meet 2017 short-list Laurie Nunn". 25 January 2019.

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