Lisa McGee

Lisa McGee (born 1979/1980[1]) is an Irish[2] playwright and screenwriter. McGee is the creator and writer of Derry Girls, a comedy series that began airing on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2018.[3][4] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.[1]

Lisa McGee
Born1979/1980 (age 41–42)
Derry, Northern Ireland
OccupationScreenwriter, Playwright
Known forDerry Girls
Spouse(s)Tobias Beer

Biography

McGee was born in Derry, Northern Ireland where she studied at Thornhill College. She then studied Drama at The Queen's University of Belfast.[5] She was writer on attachment with the Royal National Theatre in London in 2006. Her plays include Jump, The Heights, Nineteen Ninety Two, and Girls and Dolls, for which she won the Stewart Parker Trust New Playwright Bursary 2007.[6][7]

McGee's television credits include The Things I Haven't Told You for BBC Three,[8] the Irish television series Raw which she created for RTÉ,[9] time as a writer for three series of the BAFTA-nominated Being Human for the BBC, the Channel 4 sitcom London Irish, which she created, writing for the Golden Globe-nominated drama series The White Queen for BBC 1, Indian Summers for Channel 4, and The Deceived for Channel 5 co-written with her husband Tobias Beer.[10] Her stage play Jump has been adapted into a film.

Personal life

She is married to actor Tobias Beer.[5]

References
  1. "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. "Lisa McGee: I had to defend being Irish". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  3. "Casting announced for new Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls - Channel 4 - Info - Press". www.channel4.com.
  4. Allen, Ben (9 April 2019). "Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee breaks down the series 2 finale, James and Erin's budding romance and what might happen next". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. "Derry Girls could become TV hit - if viewers can understand them". Belfasttelegraph. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "Nick Hern Books - Girls and Dolls By Lisa McGee". Nick Hern Books.
  7. "Major Achievements - Tinderbox Theatre". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. THE THINGS I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU - TX Trailer. YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  9. "Archived copy". www.rte.ie. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Hardy, Jane (5 August 2020). "Lisa McGee and husband Tobias Beer on their new television drama The Deceived". The Irish News. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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