I’m a writer, director, and former Disneyland Paris dancer (yes, ears included) who swapped the stage for the classroom, and the classroom for the page. After years of wrangling teenagers on and off stage as a drama teacher, writing community theatre, and shaping devised plays with students, I now channel that same energy into TV drama and dramedy.

My work is bold, character-driven, and unapologetically female. I’m drawn to stories about relatable and complex women and the communities they build, whether they’re fighting for justice, grappling with identity, or simply trying to hold their lives together with grit, humour, and hope. I believe TV is at its most powerful when it reflects real lives and real mess: the relationships we cling to, the systems that fail us, and the resilience we find when we have to rise again.

My current project, Butterfly, is an 8-part dramedy that feels urgent, timely, and deeply personal. At its heart is Piper: a former Olympic hopeful and mother of three whose life unravels after her husband’s betrayal and a devastating health crisis linked to environmental pollution. In losing everything, she finds a new community at her local lido, a place of healing, reinvention and a base to bring together a group who come together to fight for their community. Butterfly blends humour and heartbreak, grit and tenderness, tackling the themes of survival, reinvention, and the fight to be seen. If Toxic Town and Mr. Bates vs The Post Office shone a light on injustice, and Last Tango in Halifax and Cold Feet captured the raw, funny messiness of women’s lives, Butterfly is the series that threads those instincts together, with added warmth, wit, and a splash of hope.

The story of Butterfly grew out of my own experiences. As a teacher and parent, I’ve spent my life surrounded by people their struggles, their resilience, and their messy brilliance. Years of listening, observing, and helping others to find their voices on stage has shaped me into a storyteller who writes with empathy, authenticity, and heart. I’ve also lived a life in motion: from performing in Paris to teaching in London to building a family by the sea in East Sussex, where water pollution is an ever increasing issue. Along the way, I’ve collected stories of friendship, love, loss, and renewal, threads that constantly weave themselves into my writing.

I am fascinated by the way communities come together when institutions let them down. That fascination is at the core of Butterfly and my wider body of work. I write stories that explore what happens when ordinary women are pushed to the margins, by family breakdown, by injustice, by systems that don’t listen, and how they fight back. My characters are messy, flawed, and sometimes funny when they least expect it. But they are always human, and they are always real.

As an emerging screenwriter, I see my career as a bridge between everything I’ve done before and everything I want to achieve now. My years as a performer gave me a love of physicality, rhythm, and spectacle. My years as a teacher gave me a toolkit for collaboration, resilience, and improvisation. And my years as a parent have given me patience, grit, and an understanding that sometimes the best stories are found in the chaos of everyday life. All of that flows into the scripts I write today.

I am actively seeking representation for scripted work, with a focus on television drama and dramedy. My ambition is to create series that resonate with audiences now, shows that entertain while also sparking conversation, shows that put women at the centre in ways that feel truthful and necessary. Representation matters deeply to me, not just in terms of gender but in terms of class, voice, and experience. I want to tell stories that reflect real lives in Britain in 2026: stories that grapple with inequality, injustice, and resilience, but always with heart, humour, and humanity.

Based in East Sussex, I live with my husband, two children, two cats, and five rats. I’m at a point in my career where I am ready to step forward, connect with industry professionals, and bring my projects to a wider audience. With Butterfly leading the way, I’m excited to share work that feels fresh, urgent, and above all real.