Emerald Fennell

Fennell appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Chickens with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet. She then joined the cast of the BBC One series Call the Midwife as Patsy Mount,[7] after dyeing her blonde hair red.[8] She is also known for her film roles in Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita & Virginia (2019).

On 23 October 2018, it was revealed that Fennell would play Camilla Shand in the third season of the Netflix series The Crown.[9] Fennell made a brief appearance in her directorial debut film Promising Young Woman as the host of a 'blow job lip' make-up tutorial video.

In 2008, Fennell was commissioned to write a film script (co-produced by Madeleine Lloyd Webber). Called Chukka, it's a romantic comedy about a group of teenagers who fight the closure of their school by taking on the rich kids at polo.[3]

Her first novel was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in January 2013: Shiverton Hall, a children's fantasy.[10][11] In December 2012, it was released as an ebook by Bloomsbury USA.[11]

The Creeper, a sequel, was published mid-2014. ISFDB catalogues them as the Shiverton Hall series.[11] It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2014. She then released Monsters in September 2015,[12] her first adult horror book.[13]

In July 2018, it was announced that Fennell was hired by her close friend Phoebe Waller-Bridge as head writer for the second season of the BBC America series Killing Eve, replacing Waller-Bridge, who remains as a producer. Fennell wrote 6 episodes for the season.[14] Fennell also become one of the show's executive producers. Speaking to The New York Times, Fennell said "Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] and I had worked together in the past, and we’ve been friends for nearly 10 years. We met on a film — Albert Nobbs — which we both had tiny parts in. I started in the very early days as a writer in the Season 2 writer's room. Because it's such an unusual show, they did a very loose writers' room for a week just to see, and then wonderfully and luckily for me they promoted me to head writer."[15] The second season began broadcast in April 2019.[16] At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Fennell was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the season 2 episode "Nice and Neat".[17]

In January 2019, it was announced Fennell would write and direct Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan.[18] Production began in March 2019.[19] The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.[20] As of April 2020, the film holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics consensus reading, "A boldly provocative, timely thriller, Promising Young Woman is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Emerald Fennell -- and a career highlight for Carey Mulligan".[20] She produced the film with, amongst others, Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap Entertainment production company.

In January 2020, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced he would collaborate with Fennell on a new musical, Cinderella, which is planned to open in London in May 2021.[21]