Sarah Quintrell

Sarah was born in Croydon, South London. She is best known for writing the multi-award wining Ellen (2016), Amazon Prime's The Power (2023), His Dark Materials (BBC - Season 2) and The Trial: A Murder in the family (C4 - 2017). In 2017, Sarah was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. Sarah began her career as an actor, appearing in shows such as Rillington Place, Doctor Who, Call the Midwife and Lewis. Her first TV role was in the BBC sitcom Carrie and Barry where she played teenager Sinead, alongside Claire Rushbrooke, Michelle Gomez, Mark Williams and Neil Morrissey. Sarah had an extensive career on stage and was the original Bobbie in Mike Kenny's The Railway Children York Theatre Royal. She transferred with the production to London where it won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Other theatre includes Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (York Theatre Royal), Celia in As You Like It (Derby Playhouse), Forty Years On (York Theatre Royal) and an assortment of new writing. She played Natalie in James Phillips's City Stories during its residency at The Other Palace, London and transferred with the play to 59East59 New York as part of the Brits Off Broadway season. She trained as an actor at The Manchester School of Theatre.