Nancy Harris is an award-winning writer from Dublin who lives in London.
Nancy was nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Writer award in the Comedy category for The Dry, which she wrote and created. It is an 8 x 30’ series directed by Paddy Breathnach (Element Films for Britbox, RTE). She also served as EP.
Series 2 was released on ITVX in March 2024, and RTE One in May 2024 (now available on ITVX and RTE Player). The first series won two IFTA awards for Ciaran Hinds and Sarah Lynch (five nominations).
Nancy also writes extensively for the theatre. Somewhere Out There You, opened at The Abbey Theatre in September 2023. The Royal Shakespeare Company will be producing Nancy’s new version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Red Shoes at the Swan Theatre from November 2024, to be directed and choreographed by Kimberley Rampersad. The Beacon will be produced by Irish Rep in New York this September/October.
Other recent plays include a new musical The Magician’s Elephant (based on the book by Kate diCamillo) for which she wrote the book and co-wrote lyrics with composer Marc Teitler, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in 2021/22 ; Two Ladies at the Bridge Theatre, London directed by Nicholas Hytner and The Beacon for Druid, Galway and the Gate Theatre, Dublin, directed by Garry Hynes.
She is a past recipient of The Stewart Parker Award for playwriting and The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
Nancy wrote two episodes of the Channel 4 series DATES for Balloon/C4, directed by Charles Sturridge and starring Sheridan Smith for which she was nominated for BAFTA Breakthrough Talent Award.
Nancy Harris is represented by Frances Arnold